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    This document provides a list of fruits and vegetables that are considered safe and unsafe to feed horses. It begins by explaining that horses are herbivores designed to eat plants and grass, so small amounts of certain fruits and vegetables can be an acceptable treat. However, the document was surprised to find people feeding horses unhealthy foods like chocolate, chips, and bread. It then lists several fruits and vegetables that are considered safe to feed horses in small amounts, as well as foods that should be avoided as they are poisonous, such as avocados, onions, nightshades and chocolate. The document stresses that any treats should be fed sparingly and in bite-sized pieces to avoid choking.

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    This document provides a list of fruits and vegetables that are considered safe and unsafe to feed horses. It begins by explaining that horses are herbivores designed to eat plants and grass, so small amounts of certain fruits and vegetables can be an acceptable treat. However, the document was surprised to find people feeding horses unhealthy foods like chocolate, chips, and bread. It then lists several fruits and vegetables that are considered safe to feed horses in small amounts, as well as foods that should be avoided as they are poisonous, such as avocados, onions, nightshades and chocolate. The document stresses that any treats should be fed sparingly and in bite-sized pieces to avoid choking.

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    This document provides a list of fruits and vegetables that are considered safe and unsafe to feed horses. It begins by explaining that horses are herbivores designed to eat plants and grass, so small amounts of certain fruits and vegetables can be an acceptable treat. However, the document was surprised to find people feeding horses unhealthy foods like chocolate, chips, and bread. It then lists several fruits and vegetables that are considered safe to feed horses in small amounts, as well as foods that should be avoided as they are poisonous, such as avocados, onions, nightshades and chocolate. The document stresses that any treats should be fed sparingly and in bite-sized pieces to avoid choking.

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    Fruits Vegetables Safe Unsafe

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    This document provides a list of fruits and vegetables that are considered safe and unsafe to feed horses. It begins by explaining that horses are herbivores designed to eat plants and grass, so small amounts of certain fruits and vegetables can be an acceptable treat. However, the document was surprised to find people feeding horses unhealthy foods like chocolate, chips, and bread. It then lists several fruits and vegetables that are considered safe to feed horses in small amounts, as well as foods that should be avoided as they are poisonous, such as avocados, onions, nightshades and chocolate. The document stresses that any treats should be fed sparingly and in bite-sized pieces to avoid choking.

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    Fruits & Veggies for your Horse-What’s safe and what’s not…

    Horses are herbivores, meaning they are physiologically & anatomically designed to eat plants &
    grasses. In the wild, they are unlikely to encounter many fruits or vegetables. However, carefully
    chosen fruits & vegetables fed in moderation is a welcome treat for any horse. In my search for a
    complete & trustworthy list of safe & unsafe fruits/vegetables for horses, I was shocked to read
    that people were feeding their horses things like chocolate, sardines, potato chips, bread,
    potatoes and other unhealthy & potentially dangerous foods.

    If in my research there was any controversy as to the safety of a food I listed it as unsafe. My
    motto is “When in doubt…throw it out” or “Better safe… than sorry”.

    First, a few safety tips.


     Be sure & cut the fruit/veggie in safe pieces (strips rather than chunks) to avoid choking.
     I personally recommend avoiding any seeds or pits.
     Again I want to stress that these foods should be fed sparingly, more as a treat than a
    meal.
     According to my research, the following foods are safe in small amounts (just the
    fruit/vegetables-the safety of all the leaves/stems is not addressed here-so don’t assume
    because the fruit is safe that the leaves are too)
     For IR horses check out the Nutrition Data link below-I did look up some of the more
    common ones

    • Apples, cut into pieces; red delicious and not the sour types (a small apple has 15g of sugar)
    • Apricots (pitted)***
    • Bananas (high in sugar-less than 6” long banana-about 81g-has10g of sugar)
    • Beets, cut up (high in sugar-1 cup 9g of sugar)
    • Blueberries (1 cup 15g of sugar)
    • Cantaloupe including rinds (1 cup diced 12 g of sugar)
    • Carrots, cut into pieces (small 5 ½”long 2 g of sugar)
    • Celery
    • Cherries (pitted) ***
    • Cranberries
    • Dates, pitted-1 pitted date( 7g) contains 4g of sugar
    • Grapes-seedless, red or green-10 grapes has 8g of sugar
    • Green beans
    • Guava
    • Iceberg lettuce
    • Oranges and orange & lemon rinds
    • Parsnips (careful-foliage causes skin photosensitivity and a rash)
    • Peaches (pitted) ***
    • Pears (pitted)
    • Plums- prunes also okay but will be higher in sugar (both need to be pitted) ***
    • Raisins, seedless-1 oz (60 raisins) 17 g of sugar
    • Split peas-good source of protein-60 grams supplies 15g of protein
    • Strawberries (can include the tops)
    • Sweet potato-high in starch-1 cup of cubes has16.8g of starch
    2

    • Squashes (pumpkins, butternut, acorn, zucchini)


    • Watermelon including rinds (1 cup diced 9g of sugar)

    ***Even though this fruit is safely consumed by humans, the leaves, shoots,
    bark and pits of the fruit contain cyanogenic glycosides that can cause poisonings in
    livestock.

    AVOID-considered poisonous to horses:


    Avocados, onions, rhubarb & persimmons.
    Vegetables and fruits of the nightshade family – Potatoes, tomatoes, all sweet
    and hot peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, tamarios, pepinos, pimentos, paprika, and
    cayenne peppers.
    Cruciferous vegetables-broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts,
    mustard family, horseradish, winter cress, turnips. Some sources warn that these
    can cause gas in some horses & may cause gas colic, while other sources list
    poisoning of livestock, including horses.

    Chocolate is dangerous to horses as they are unable to metabolize the theobromine


    in chocolate. Can cause severe colic, seizures & metabolic derangements.

    References:
     http://nutritiondata.self.com/
     http://avocadopoisoninghorses.com/
     http://horses.about.com/od/basiccare/a/feedingtreats.htm
     http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/avocado
     http://www.justanswer.com/horse-health/1qytq-household-foods-toxic-horses.html
     http://www.ehow.com/list_7517624_flowers-vegetables-poisonous-horses.html
     http://www.angelfire.com/pro/realm/PoisonousPlants.html
     http://www.petparents.com/show.aspx/horses/horse-health/common-foods-to-avoid-
    feeding-your-horse
     http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=18556
     http://chemistry.about.com/od/factsstructures/a/theobromine-chemistry.htm
     http://www.equineguelph.ca/pdf/facts/Prunus%20Poisoning%20June%2026_08.pdf
     http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/poison/agbook/arctium.htm#Brassica
     http://books.google.com/books?id=rcNw1sUPmdsC&pg=PA610&lpg=PA610&d
    q=cruciferous+vegetables+horses&source=bl&ots=B9mqNWhXUz&sig=p1KJS
    wUmIvt7eMVR7KcUjI_GMJs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fKAHUITnGuqU2wWzrv3DB
    A&sqi=2&ved=0CE0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cruciferous%20vegetables%20
    horses&f=false

    If you have reliable updates/information on the safety or danger of any


    fruits/vegetables please contact me.

    Claire C. Cox-Wilson of Shotgun Equine Nutrition --7-20-12


    http://www.shotgunranch.me/

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