Pre-Vent® Feeders is excited to announce the expansion of its product line of horse feeders designed to enhance horses’ health and reduce feed waste. The company is launching a new version of the Pre-Vent Feeder that features the same patent-pending design in a smaller size than the original High Capacity feeder.
Preserving natural grazing behavior
The Pre-Vent horse feeder is the first and only feeder designed to imitate a horse's natural grazing behavior with a wide base and angled compartments designed to make a horse use his tongue and lips to retrieve small amounts of grain.
The Pre-Vent horse feeder is the first and only horse feeder designed to imitate a horse's natural grazing behavior. The Pre-Vent® Feeder's patent pending wide base and angled compartments are designed to make a horse use his tongue and lips to retrieve small amounts of grain, requiring him to concentrate and keep his head down while feeding - slowing feeding and reducing feed waste.
The new Standard Pre-Vent Feeder features five angled compartments at the bottom of the feeder. At just over 12 inches high and 20 inches across, and weighing less than 4 pounds, it is the perfect fit for barns, stalls, and traveling with horses.
“The Pre-Vent Feeder has proven its benefits to horses and their owners across the country,” said Kaelin Hanks, vice president of sales and marketing at Pre-Vent Feeders. “Now horse owners can choose which feeder size best fits their horses’ needs and environment.”
The original Pre-Vent Feeder size is still available, and will now be marketed as the High Capacity feeder. It features eight angled compartments and is a great option for horses in pastures and for feeding both grain and hay in the same feeder.
New Size Horse Feeder, Same Benefits
The Pre-Vent feeder was developed by a horse owner who witnessed a severe choke episode of a horse in her care. Since its introduction, the Pre-Vent Feeders team has heard from hundreds of horse owners and veterinarians about the simple effectiveness of the product.
Pre-Vent Feeders promote better health by slowing a horse’s feeding and focusing their attention on eating, much as they would during natural grazing. In a Texas A&M study, horses spent an average of 31 minutes eating from the High Capacity Pre-Vent Feeder, compared to about 19 minutes from a hanging bucket or rubber tub feeder.
The innovative feeders can help reduce the risk of choke, providing peace of mind to horse owners and reducing veterinary expenses. It can also be beneficial to horses with special conditions that require slower feeding, including recovering from surgery.
Pre-Vent Feeders quickly pay for themselves in reduced feed costs. The Texas A&M study showed that horses wasted an average of 10 percent of feed when eating from the hanging bucket, 7 percent when eating from a rubber tub feeder, and only 3.2 percent when eating from a Pre-Vent Feeder.
Pre-Vent Feeder products are now available at leading farm stores, tack shops and retailers in 22 states and in Canada, with more than a dozen new retailers have been added in the past month. For more information or for retail or distribution opportunities, contact 1-888-805-7770.