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Ann
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Username: Dres
Post Number: 622
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 - 10:46 am: |   |
Dr. O and all else... I am looking into feeding paprika to my dark horses, to help avoid sun bleaching next summer... even when I keep the darkest horse in during the day she bleaches out specially where she sweats... I have read that a tsp a day will help keep the coat dark, that the Friesian breeders use it... Are there any harmful effects of feeding this that you know of...? Does it work? And when should I start them on it...??
On the first day God created horses, on the second day he painted them with SPOTS.. |
Lilo
Member
Username: Lilo
Post Number: 198
Registered: 4-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 - 7:30 pm: | |
Hi Ann,
This is second hand information. I read it on the Gaited Horse Site. Several people wrote that they used paprika on their black or dark bay horses, and that it really worked. The amount stated most often was 1 Tablespoon per day, although some used 2 or 3 tablespoons.
Just thought I would pass this on,
Lilo |
Ann
Member
Username: Dres
Post Number: 623
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 - 9:22 pm: | |
Lilo thanks... was there anything said/posted about when they started to use paprika? I wonder months before spring... or weeks.. ??
On the first day God created horses, on the second day he painted them with SPOTS.. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 13861
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 7, 2005 - 6:05 am: | |
Ann we have had other members who say they done this and that it helps but I do not know any scientific information that supports this rather expensive habit. We have both true blacks and fading blacks in our barn and for the fading blacks keeping them up during the day keeps them really black.
DrO |
Sue G
Member
Username: Warwick
Post Number: 201
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 7, 2005 - 11:37 am: | |
Ann, I don't know about blacks but I have an old friend who religiously feeds paprika to her chestnuts to keep them "red". She is British and in her late 70s and told me that she got this tip from her father's barn manager when she was a child.
Have no idea if there is any credence to it but I do know that both her chestnuts always have a very intense colour to their coats.
She also feeds her horses powdered milk in the spring as she says it helps them shed out faster and slicker. Has anyone else ever heard of that?
Sue |
Ramona Haskin
Member
Username: Ramonah
Post Number: 20
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, Oct 7, 2005 - 12:10 pm: | |
The main ingredient in 'Black as Knight' is paprika. |
Judith L Gordon
Member
Username: Jgordo03
Post Number: 20
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, Oct 9, 2005 - 4:07 pm: | |
Paprika is from a type Spanish/Mediterranean pepper, it's neither a hot nor a sweet bell pepper. It is dried then ground to make paprika. I would say it is as safe to feed. I'm going to try it on my black horse who tends to fade in the Summer also. Thanks for the tip. |
