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Can horses be fed one huge meal each day?

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This depends, if the meal is hay then yes, you can have hay in large amounts in front of the horse once a day, provided that the horse will not gobble it down too quickly and be hungry the rest of the day.The best way to do this is to put the hay in a slow feeder of some kind.

If you mean grain, then no. You should never feed more than 4 pounds (1.8 kg) per meal. If it's 5 pounds or more you need to break the meals down into 2 or more small meals a day.

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No. Horses are designed to eat small amounts almost constantly throughout the day. Feeding single large meal of forage means that the horse would spend hours a day not eating and that increases the risk of gastric ulcers and colic. Feeding a single large meal of concentrate also increases the risk of colic.

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