Jesse now refuses the IR treats that I put his prascend in..   he used to eat them readily.. ( flax, unsweet apple sauce, cinammon) So, I need something to give his prascend each day.  I can easily take a handful of timothy pellets and wet them a bit.. It is a bit of a hassle.. can a fig newton be offered without upsetting things like insulin, glucose?  etc  I gave him 2 as a test today and he ate them readily. .  lj friedman san diego nov 2014

LJ, consider yourself lucky that your guy will still take the tablet(s) in foodstuffs *at all* -- my mare is so suspicious of anything from my hands bc of the so-called "poisoned" hollowed out carrot w Prascend tablet that I once gave her, that she still will not take a (safe) naked treat from me, ever. If i put said treat on ground or in her bucket -- she willingly eats it. But no way is she taking that chance again, and will likely take that grudge to her grave (the original insult occurred in Oct, 2014). So now Prascend dosing requires two syringes each morning, and some fussing and lip curling, but a tenuous agreement has been reached between us, thankfully.

Lj,

My horse, Bailey, often goes "off" his Prascend carrier.  I use a small piece of banana as a "pill pocket"  When he refuses to eat it I change it up for a few days.....hollow out a carrot....put a piece of carrot or teeny piece of apple on the banana/Prascend.  Then I try again and he is fine with the plain banana for weeks.

Rather than guessing what might work as a pill carrier and worse yet just experimenting to see if there is a problem with feeding it,  here is a link to a nutrition data site.  I couldn't find fig newton cookies on here, but I did find fig bars, raw figs, dried figs.  I then googled fig newton and got an ingredient and analysis which is probably the same info on your Fig Newton package......so easy to find.  You asked about feeding one fig newton, but fed two?!  I think if you look at the ingredients/analysis you will agree that was not a good choice.   I agree with Sheri who pointed out that laminitis is much more of a hassle than feeding wet timothy pellets or doing a five minute search of a possible pill carrier/feed  for an IR/PPID horse.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-fig000000000000000000000.html

http://www.foodfacts.com/ci/nutritionfacts/Snack-Foods/Fig-Newtons-Cookies--oz/57057

The fact that you posted here and asked about using the cookie after I assume you read the label on the package tells me that based on taking the NRC + Course, IR/PPID Course and being an active member on this board who has access to the files and archives that something about feeding fig newton cookies raised a red flag.   Follow your instincts and do a search first before feeding.

Kathy Brinkerhoff

SE/WI. 10/12