What do Shetland ponies eat? - TV Episode 347

What do Shetland ponies eat, is a great question that we find the answer to in this week’s Shetland Pony Club advice video.

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What do Shetland ponies eat?

The main part of a Shetland pony’s diet is grass. He eats for as long as 16 hours per day, so can eat lots more grass than you might have in your garden.

Ponies like a varied diet

Just like us, ponies like to eat a range of foods. They are especially fond of milk thistles in summer and eat prickly common thistles in winter. They also enjoy other spikey plants such as blackberries, both the fruits and leaves, in the autumn.

Winter feeding of Shetland ponies

When it’s cold, the grass stops growing and ponies may need to be fed hay, which is dried grass, as a supplement to their normal grazing. They may need an additional small feed when they are being ridden regularly, to give them energy. Our ponies at Shetland Pony Club have a feed each morning when they are being ridden by children.

Nutritious and delicious

Ponies also need to eat a range of minerals and vitamins. On the Shetland Isles the ponies eat seaweed on the beaches, which is full of nutrients and salt. At Shetland Pony Club in Surrey, we don’t have seaweed, but the ponies enjoy a salt lick to get their extra minerals.

How to store your pony feed
It’s important to store your pony feed carefully. Find out what happens if you don’t do this!

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