🔹Feed all grain or pelleted feeds in a large tub on stall mats. 🔹If your equine is fed meals, prevent any hay from falling on the ground. If the only source of hay is the last tiny bits (fines), scrounging for them in sand or dirt greatly increases the odds of accumulation. 🔹Avoid grazing on short pasture grasses. 🔹Provide loose or slow-fed free-choice hay. If concerned about caloric intake, provide a minimum of 2 - 2 ½ % of body weight in hay a day that is 10% or less in NSC’s in slow feeders. 🌿When choosing slow feeders, look for those that best contain hay from falling on the ground. Always select a mesh size best suited for your horse's skill and frustration level. Horses🐴 are designed to graze/forage 16-20 hours a day - ingesting small amounts as they move from place to place. It is possible to mimic the horse's natural lifestyle – to allow free choice forage and slow consumption (if necessary) - while encouraging movement. This scenario compliments👍 their digestive tract - providing optimum conditions for a very complex, vast, and sensitive route of ingesta from intake to excretion. Learn the most effective means for removal & the best way to prevent sand accumulation👉 Follow the link in bio 👉 tap on Blog Posts – Organized By Topic👉 tap on Gut Health 👉 tap on Sand Colic - The Surprising (Simple) Cure & Prevention #sandcolic #equinecolic