A little update on my old boy

[LadyRascasse]

Well we have a diet plan and if that doesn't start to show an improvement (ie no more weight loss) then we will rethink possible a steriod trial.

so he is getting 1.4kg of calm and condition (dry weight), 1.4kg of fast fibre dry weight), split into 2 feeds a day. with 2 scoops of pink powder and 60mls of NAF EnerG. He is staying in overnight so i can see what he is actually eating and he gets 2 sections of horsehage green and 2 sections of meadow haylage. he isnt eating all of his grub but most of it. he still not enthusiastic about grazing and spends a lot of the day dreaming away. so i am not convinced that there is nothing wrong inside but i am going to give the vets suggestions a try first.

the vet wants me to get saracen equijewel can anyone give me some feedback on this? i am worried about spending £30 on it for him to turn his nose up as he doesn't like any nut form of feed. though he will eat it if i put it in his ball (strange horse)

 

[billy2]

Haven't seen your previous post but as the owner of a non-foodie oldie which spends a large portion of his field time snoozing, I can say that Calm & Condition and, in his case, Fibrebeet, really did the trick. Good luck.

 

[MrsMozart]

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooove Equijewel!!!!

Has helped put weight on ex-racer on box rest, and he's stayed sane

And, has helped put weight on Dizzy the dingbat stress head It's not heated her up at all

Both nice and steady. You feed quite a small amount (small pellets) and all our neds like it when they get chance to try some

We feed it with Saracens Releave.

Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooove it

Sorry if I'm going on, but I have tried soooooooo many feeds and spend a fortune (Dizzy's feed bill alone was running at £100 per month at one point!).

 

[SpruceRI]

Another vote for Equijewel.

I fed it throughout one winter when nothing would get weight on one of my mares. It really did the trick, and no wild side effects.