Fruits And Vegetables

Feeding fruits and vegetables to horses can encourage poor feeders, add some variety to a horse's diet and act as a low fat treat to reward good behaviour. Fruits and vegetables should be clean and cut into strips rather than round pieces that can become lodged in the throat. Mouldy or rotten fruit or vegetables should be avoided.

Each horse will have different tastes and not all will like the same fruits or vegetables although most horses relish carrots and apples.

Vegetables safe to feed horses include:

• Beetroot
• Carrot
• Celery
• Parsnip
• Swede
• Turnip

Vegetables that are not safe to feed horses include:

• Onions
• Potatoes

Fruits safe to feed horses include:

• Apple
• Banana (including the peel)
• Grapefruit
• Orange
• Pear

Fruits that are not safe to feed horses include:

• Rhubarb
• Tomato

If there is any doubt as to whether a particular fruit or vegetable is safe to feed horses then it is best to leave it out.