Copper and zinc for feet
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 1:43 am
My horses are barefoot and I maintain their feet myself. In my quest to always try to improve and do better, I follow Pete Ramey's page on Facebook as well as others. He and his followers are big on CA Trace, the idea being that horses really need copper and zinc for their feet is much underrated.
I don't like to feed my horses all in one supplements. I feed them individually, so I can see what's working and what's not. Their feet are quite good, but I'm always trying to see if I can do better. I could not find a copper and zinc supplement close to the doses recommended. I finally did find separate poly copper and poly zinc supplements, marketed mostly to improve coats. I am giving it to them at that dose, which is a bit more than the CA Trace. After some issues with flipping the feed and not liking it, they will now eat it as long as it's well mixed in and not a blob of it.
Has anyone used the CA Trace or other supplement and noticed a big difference? Has anyone just supplemented with copper and zinc for that and noticed a difference? I'm just starting this, so it will take awhile, but I would be interested to know if anyone else has done this.
I don't like to feed my horses all in one supplements. I feed them individually, so I can see what's working and what's not. Their feet are quite good, but I'm always trying to see if I can do better. I could not find a copper and zinc supplement close to the doses recommended. I finally did find separate poly copper and poly zinc supplements, marketed mostly to improve coats. I am giving it to them at that dose, which is a bit more than the CA Trace. After some issues with flipping the feed and not liking it, they will now eat it as long as it's well mixed in and not a blob of it.
Has anyone used the CA Trace or other supplement and noticed a big difference? Has anyone just supplemented with copper and zinc for that and noticed a difference? I'm just starting this, so it will take awhile, but I would be interested to know if anyone else has done this.