Equus Health Clivers 1kg - Horse Supplement

Equus Health Clivers – 1kg

Clivers, cleavers, goosegrass, sticky willy: the same straggling hedgerow plant under four names, dried and bagged as a straight herb. Equus Health sell it on its own with nothing added, for owners who would rather feed a single herb than a compound supplement they cannot see into.

Equus Health describe clivers as reputed to provide support for the lymphatic and glandular systems, and particularly useful for horses and ponies spending more time in their stable. Their rate is approximately 30g a day for horses and 20g for ponies, so a 1kg bag runs to about 33 days for a horse and about 50 for a pony.

Performance & Benefits

• A single dried herb, with no fillers, carriers or molasses.
• Traditionally fed to horses on limited turnout, where the hedgerow part of the diet is missing.
• Fed by weight, so the rate is easy to control.
• Measured with a 50ml scoop — five for a horse, three for a pony.
• 1kg bag, roughly a month for a horse at Equus Health's own rate.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies spending more time stabled than turned out.
• Owners feeding single herbs rather than blends.
• Adding to any normal bucket feed.
• Feeding alongside forage and a balanced diet, not instead of one.
• Not a broad-spectrum supplement — a single herb fills no vitamin or mineral gaps, and a balancer such as Blue Chip Original does that job.

Feeding

• Equus Health's rate for horses is approximately 30g daily, or five 50ml scoops.
• For ponies, approximately 20g daily, or three 50ml scoops.
• At those rates the 1kg bag lasts about 33 days for a horse and about 50 for a pony.
• Add to the normal feed and mix through, damping the feed if the herb sits on top.
• Introduce gradually rather than starting at the full rate.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: dried clivers herb (Galium aparine, also called cleavers or goosegrass). Nothing else.
• Equus Health publish no typical analysis for the dried herb — no protein, oil, fibre or ash figures — so none is stated here.
• 1kg bag.

Care & Caution

• Equus Health publish no statement about competition rules for clivers. Herbal products are a common source of trouble under FEI and BHA rules, so check the current rulebook of your governing body before feeding it to a competing horse.
• Not a medicine. A horse with swollen legs or a glandular problem needs a vet, not a herb.