Advice re feeding 3.5yo WBxTB.

[BFTJ]

Hi all,

I have a 3.5 yo WBxTB stallion, due to be cut in early spring.

He lives out 24/7, grass in field available in places but his majority intake is hay as we already have a lot of mud!

He has 1 bucket feed per day currently, and it's 1 scoop of equi-glo, 1 scoop of alfa a original, a powder balancer called 365 from equine answers plus a scoop of low cal chaff just to slow him down a bit.

He looks okay, pretty shiny considering getting is still unrugged, and actually he has got a bit fat in the last few weeks! He developed physitis at 10 weeks old so I've always been conscious of feeding too much.

I just want to ensure I'm feeding him appropriately for his age, what do you recommend for your youngsters?

 

[Barton Bounty]

Suregrow fed as a balancer and micronised linseed

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

My 3.5yo ID is on a mug full of fast fibre, a quarter mug full of micronised linseed, and a flat round scoop of low cal/sugar chaff - twice a day.
He is neither dropping nor gaining, I have only added the linseed in now the grass has dropped off as he dropped off slightly too.
He also then gets a few handfuls of the baileys fibre nuggets with vitamins in his treat ball of a night.

 

[ihatework]

Sounds fine, assuming he looks and behaves well. you are essentially just stuffing him full of fibre.
If he is getting too fat you could reduce the Alfa and beet a bit.

Personally I don’t see the point in buckets of fibre stuff if they have plenty of hay, but equally there is nothing wrong with it. My young non working horses just get stud balancer/grass/hay

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Personally I don’t see the point in buckets of fibre stuff if they have plenty of hay, but equally there is nothing wrong with it. My young non working horses just get stud balancer/grass/hay

He gets excited for it and I like giving him things he gets excited about - it's silly isn't it, especially when they can't miss what they don't know they could have

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

Suregrow fed as a balancer and micronised linseed

I feed Arthur sure grow xx

 

[AandK]

I am a believer of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. If the horse looks well then don't change anything, if he is looking too well then cut down the quantities of beet and alfa. The only thing I would question is the low cal chaff, alfa-a is a chaff so he probably doesn't need both. But then, I refer back to my first sentence

 

[Birker2020]

I would be consulting a nutritionist because young fast growing horses (particularly long necked gelding WB's) can be predisposed to Wobblers but this can be prevented by not feeding excessive amounts of energy and cutting down on diets that are high in calcium, protein and phosphorous. So ideally a balanced ration that meets the nutrient requirements for the particular class of horse being fed.

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

I would be consulting a nutritionist because young fast growing horses (particularly long necked gelding WB's) can be predisposed to Wobblers but this can be prevented by not feeding excessive amounts of energy and cutting down on diets that are high in calcium, protein and phosphorous. So ideally a balanced ration that meets the nutrient requirements for the particular class of horse being fed.

This is my worst nightmare over feeding and messing up my boys growth plates I’ve asked the vet exactly what I should be feeding and when for this reason

 

[Spirit7]

I settled on 1/4 Stubbs scoop agrobs myo protein x 2 a day with same amount of Speedibeet and mug of linseed 2 x a day with a progressive earth balancer for my nearer 4 year old warmblood. Has been lightly rigged though. He’s super soft and shines as well as a lovey weight (slightly lighter)