tashcat
Well-Known Member
Feeding a horse seems so simple, yet I always manage to make it super complicated!
I have a 25 year old gelding, he's around 14'2, and breeding is something like native/connemara/part donkey?!
He has no complaints (fingers crossed it stays that way) - his joints are good, he's not a bad-doer and he is very happy. He does have RAO (some may know as COPD), but this is unrelated to feeding and so I don't feed anything in particular to help this.
Currently he is on calm and condition - he's been on this for about 2 years and he has the loveliest, shiny coat, he is super happy and tummy etc seems fine. I adjust the amount he has based on the time of year (he can lose condition in the winter), but I've never wanted to stop feeding him it, or switch to Alan and Page's senior based feeds because I am so pleased with the c+c.
I also sprinkle some hi-figh nuts on top as nuts are his absolute favourite and I'm a push over! Plus I use the nuts for training and positive reinforcement so they're handy to have. He also gets a bit of garlic, and salt/electrolytes when its very warm or when worked 'hard'.
Today I picked up a sample of the Agrobs Pre Alpin senior roughage/ chaff - and I sprinkled a bit in his c+c. He seemed to love it, and I was very interested in the completely natural ingredients that imitate the grazing of a wild horse. So here's the question.. should I add it into his feed routine? Am I adding in too much/over doing it? Should I replace it with something? How much should I give?
Cup of tea and biscuit for anyone who can help the fussing mother of a been-there-done-it, eaten-it-all kind of horse
I have a 25 year old gelding, he's around 14'2, and breeding is something like native/connemara/part donkey?!
He has no complaints (fingers crossed it stays that way) - his joints are good, he's not a bad-doer and he is very happy. He does have RAO (some may know as COPD), but this is unrelated to feeding and so I don't feed anything in particular to help this.
Currently he is on calm and condition - he's been on this for about 2 years and he has the loveliest, shiny coat, he is super happy and tummy etc seems fine. I adjust the amount he has based on the time of year (he can lose condition in the winter), but I've never wanted to stop feeding him it, or switch to Alan and Page's senior based feeds because I am so pleased with the c+c.
I also sprinkle some hi-figh nuts on top as nuts are his absolute favourite and I'm a push over! Plus I use the nuts for training and positive reinforcement so they're handy to have. He also gets a bit of garlic, and salt/electrolytes when its very warm or when worked 'hard'.
Today I picked up a sample of the Agrobs Pre Alpin senior roughage/ chaff - and I sprinkled a bit in his c+c. He seemed to love it, and I was very interested in the completely natural ingredients that imitate the grazing of a wild horse. So here's the question.. should I add it into his feed routine? Am I adding in too much/over doing it? Should I replace it with something? How much should I give?
Cup of tea and biscuit for anyone who can help the fussing mother of a been-there-done-it, eaten-it-all kind of horse