Saracen Donkey Diet 20kg - Low Energy, High Fibre Feed

Saracen Donkey Diet – 20kg

A fibre-based, low energy cube built around donkeys rather than adapted from a horse feed. Donkeys evolved on poor, dry grazing and are markedly better than horses at pulling energy out of fibre, which is exactly why good UK grazing plus a horse ration puts weight on them so fast. Saracen's answer is to hold the calories down, keep the fibre up, and carry the vitamins and minerals a forage diet misses.

Crude fibre is 20.5% and digestible energy 10.9 MJ/kg, with protein at 9.5%. Saracen name it for donkeys in all life stages that are poor doers and need condition, and they list it as suitable for donkeys prone to laminitis — unusual for a hard feed, and the reason this product exists at all.

Performance & Benefits

• Fibre-based low energy cube formulated for donkeys, not a repurposed horse feed.
• Crude fibre 20.5%, with digestible energy held to 10.9 MJ/kg.
• Yeast and fibre sources included to support hindgut health.
• Saracen list it as suitable for donkeys prone to laminitis.
• Fully fortified with vitamins, minerals and trace elements for a forage-based diet.
• Aimed at donkeys that are poor doers and struggle to hold condition.

Suitable For

• Donkeys at all life stages.
• Poor doers and donkeys that need help holding condition.
• Donkeys prone to laminitis, which Saracen name specifically.
• Donkeys on a forage-based diet needing vitamin and mineral cover.
• Not a feed for a horse or pony in work — the energy is deliberately low, and a Saracen horse feed suits those instead.

Feeding

• Feed alongside good quality forage, which should remain the basis of the diet.
• Introduce gradually over a week or more, and feed to bodyweight and condition.
• Saracen publish no feeding rate for this product on their own website, so none is stated here. Their nutrition team will give a rate for an individual donkey.
• Split the daily amount into small feeds rather than one large one.
• Fresh, clean water at all times.

Composition & Analysis

• 20kg. Saracen publish no ingredient declaration for this cube on their product page, so none is stated here — the sack label carries the current declaration.
• Crude protein 9.5%. Crude oil 3.5%. Crude fibre 20.5%. Starch 11.5%. Sugar 4.0%. Digestible energy 10.9 MJ/kg.
• Per kg: vitamin A 11,500iu, vitamin D 1,150iu, vitamin E 300iu.
• Calcium 1.1%. Phosphorus 0.36%. Magnesium 0.14%. Sodium 0.3%. Chloride 0.5%. Potassium 0.7%.
• Per kg: iron 110mg, copper 37.5mg, zinc 110mg, manganese 62mg, iodine 0.5mg, selenium 0.5mg.

Care & Caution

• Starch is 11.5%. That is low for a cube but it is not nothing, so keep individual feeds small and never leave a bin where a loose donkey can reach it.
• Donkeys are prone to obesity and to hyperlipaemia. A donkey that goes off its feed or looks dull needs a vet quickly rather than a day of watchful waiting.
• Because Saracen publish no feeding rate here, weigh what you give rather than working in scoops.