A great way to treat your horse this Halloween
Time: 20 minutes
Happy Halloween from Hooked on Horses
Materials: Small pumpkin and horse-friendly treats, such as:
- Pitted Dates
- Raisins
- Hay cubes
- Apple slices
- Carrot fingers
- Banana chunks
- Sunflower seeds (with or without shells)
Making a Pumpkin Feeder
Cut the top off of a small pumpkin. Scrape away the flesh from the inside of the pumpkin, making sure all the seeds are removed. Fill the pumpkin with a mixture of sliced apples, carrots, bananas, grain, sunflower seeds, hay cubes, raisins or other horse-friendly treats you have on hand. Place the top back on the pumpkin. Place the pumpkin on a small patch of hay, and watch the fun begin. Most likely, your horse is going to become curious and begin to devour the treats … maybe even squish the pumpkin! For treating more than one horse in the same area, place each pumpkin a good distance apart so the horses won’t be competing for the same treat.
How to Treat a Horse by Hand
Hold a treat out to your horse in the flattened open palm of your hand. Make sure your fingers are totally extended. Careful! Curled fingers can easily find their way into a horse’s mouth, which could be ouchy.
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