I will be honest. I've owned horses and ponies for some fifteen years or more. I've often had and indeed currently do have between 5-8 horses in my care. I have never made gradual changes to feed.
I have a degree of involvement with feed stockists so often end up with a few bags of freebie...
Totally out of my depth. Been lumbered with a lami pony. Had it many times in the past. If he gets it again he will undoubtedly have to be pts.
He's been sectioned off in a small area for the past year to prevent it. Fed hay in place of grass as the area he is in is almost completely bare...