HTMA & Forage-Based Nutrition Plan

Every horse is unique, and no two nutrition plans should look exactly the same. While many feeding programs rely on generalized recommendations, Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) allows us to create a nutrition plan based on your horse's individual mineral patterns and nutritional needs.

Whether your goal is to support metabolic health, improve hoof quality, optimize performance, or simply build a healthier diet, this service provides a personalized roadmap centered around one simple philosophy: feed the horse the way nature intended.

Why Use HTMA?

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is an educational tool that evaluates long-term mineral patterns within the body.

Unlike bloodwork, which reflects what is circulating in the bloodstream at a specific moment, HTMA looks at mineral deposition in the hair over time. This provides valuable insight into mineral balance, relationships between minerals, metabolic trends, stress patterns, and the possible presence of certain toxic metals.

The results help answer questions like:

• Is your horse receiving the minerals they actually need?
• Are key minerals out of balance with one another?
• Could mineral imbalances be contributing to poor hoof quality, metabolic challenges, or reduced performance?
  

HTMA is not a diagnostic test and should never replace veterinary care or laboratory diagnostics. Instead, it serves as another piece of the puzzle, helping guide more informed nutritional decisions.

My Approach

Using your horse's HTMA results, current diet, forage, health history, and goals, I'll develop a customized forage-based feeding plan designed specifically for your horse.

My recommendations focus on:

• Building the diet around quality forage
• Balancing minerals naturally and strategically
• Reducing reliance on highly processed feeds 
• Supporting healthy metabolism through nutrition
  
• Creating a practical transition plan if you're moving toward a forage-based diet

My goal is to create a nutrition program that is realistic, sustainable, and designed to support your horse's long-term health—not just address today's symptoms.

What's Included

✔ HTMA hair sample kit with collection instructions

✔ Laboratory analysis

✔ Interpretation of your horse's results

✔ Personalized forage-based feeding plan

✔ Recommendations for minerals and supplements when appropriate

✔ Guidance transitioning from processed feeds to a forage-based diet (if needed)

✔ Email support while implementing your plan

This Service Is Great For

• Poor hoof quality
• Skin or coat problems
• Performance horses
• Horses with chronic inflammation
• Horses that aren't thriving
• Owners wanting to optimize nutrition before problems develop

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is used as a non-diagnostic educational tool to evaluate mineral patterns and nutritional trends and should not replace veterinary evaluation or laboratory diagnostics.