Rachel Kepes Ferriter, MS
Salty Mare Equine Nutrition
Rachel Kepes Ferriter, MS
Charleston, SC
I am a licensed mental health professional, horse and farm owner, dressage and trail rider, and an enthusiastic lifelong learner. I am constantly seeking education and growth around both human and horse mental and physical well being and feel extraordinarily passionate about applying that knowledge for myself and all of my human and equine clients. I have over 20 years experience with caring for my own horses both at home and as a boarder , and have been advising other horse owners with my nutrition and management skill set from Dr Mottet’s program since 2023. I am especially passionate about working with thoroughbreds as my ottb mare Luna was the inspiration for the education and the business name and the passion behind it all. I love helping owners with their senior horses, with young and growing horses, special broodmares, beloved pleasure riding horses, therapeutic riding and equine assisted therapy horses and also performance horses. I do a lot of advising around special senior horses, horses with ulcer histories and easier keepers with metabolic and or PPID issues on board. I approach my consult work with my professional counseling background which means I am passionate about helping empower horse owners in making their own choices about nutrition and management that are aligned with individual preference, beliefs, and limitations while focusing on the solution and providing evidence based advice. I understand that many horse owners experience a lot of anxiety and self doubt around feeding choices and struggle to wade through conflicting advice from many sources. I love making horse owners feel really confident about their program and helping horses thrive with balanced evidence based nutrition and management choices. I do most of my work virtually but do provide some on farm support local to the Charleston SC area.
Testimonials
“I have been working with Rachel for about 2 months now and have had such amazing results! My horse can be a picky eater and she not only helped us figure out a palatable diet but also saved us money! He has developed more muscle and his mood has improved as well. She is budget conscious and very thorough and I appreciated all of her advice. Would HIGHLY recommend! She did such a great job with my horse that others from the barn are reaching out as well. Even if you think you have things dialed in, chances are you’re missing something or you’re overdoing something else!
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