ahhh wish I had kept mare where she was!!!!

But you still haven't explained why it is not ok for your gelding to be travelled for 8 hours without food once, but 22 hours a day minus forage is perfectly acceptable..

Or if your 2 other horse also have no forage.

Or why there are apparently several other horses/owners who cope perfectly fine with no forage.
 
Queenbee said:
I didn't know they were giving them out in Christmas crackers last year... Do you think they will be giving hons degrees in equine science out with Christmas crackers this year or do you reckon it will be a different subject... Perhaps forensic science?
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As far as I can tell, the ability to pull a cracker is about the requirement for a degree in Equine "Science". And I really dislike these courses passing themselves off as science, when they cover as much Bachelors level science as the teletubbies in my experience.


That said, there are occasional students who make the most of the (generally poor standard) teaching they are exposed to and couple that with common sense to become worthwhile members of society. I fear that small quota does not include the OP.
 
Oh god honestly hihosilver your an @rse, where are your other horses then, names, pictures? Talk about digging yourself a hole, I normally don't resort to this but seriously I hate the folk that bleat about how they saved a horse blah blah blpah and then bloody hurt it by putting what they want first gets my goat :mad:

I'm sure you can show us pictures of your mares condition in theis field that was full of mud a few days ago and has now completely transformed in to the highest calorie grazing we have ever heard of.

You said in you original post that you had made a mistake so FREAKING MOVE THE HORSE already!!

Oh wait...... That's right..... Its a my little pony, silly me ;)
 
And this is ha what I'm taking to the hickstead derby this year.... And we are going to win

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I'm in my 2nd year of doing a Bsc equine sports science. And I wouldn't let half the people on my course near an 'orse! So yes OP...i can believe you have a degree.. perhaps you missed out on the primary reading...
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:eek::eek::eek:

AND WHAT IS ALL THAT GREEN STUFF IN THE BACKGROUND!!!!
 
Goldenstar said:
Lots of time before hickstead to feed it up.
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I have recently realised it doesn't need feeding... But cause Its my baby it is allowed a maccy d happy meal every day, other than that its in its field which is made out of plastic grass. My vet thinks my approach is fantastic :D:D:D:D and is going to recommend it to all his other clients.

With the money I'm saving I am able to make my facilities sooooooper dooooooper, which is of paramount importance since I will be going to hickstead.

jFTD: but it is 10% of my body weight:confused::confused:
 
Delicious_D said:
hihosilver said:
I bet it was the Anthrax.....
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*SNORT*

TuscanBunnyGirl said:
I'm in my 2nd year of doing a Bsc equine sports science. And I wouldn't let half the people on my course near an 'orse! So yes OP...i can believe you have a degree.. perhaps you missed out on the primary reading...
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AND WHAT IS ALL THAT GREEN STUFF IN THE BACKGROUND!!!!
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I beleive it's called (((((((forage))))))

Queenbee said:
jFTD: but it is 10% of my body weight:confused::confused:
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*SNORT*
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hihosilver said:
I think there are too many hurtful and negative things said which I am not bothered about. But to say she would have been better going for meat than to be with me is a very sick and worrying statement. I have stuck with her for 3 year have managed to ride her for 3 months been told to put her down and thankfully not listened and spent a fortune on x-rays, treatments, and love her to bits. She is very well has no colic or is she about to drop dead from starvation.
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Sounds like an ERR jobbie
 
You dont know what pink is???
Well your degree was really usefull.

Why dont you shut us all up and show us a picture of said mare, in said field.
Plus what about your other two horses?
Where are they and how are they coping?
 
hihosilver said:
had the vet check her today as he was at the yard,....he said she looks well and compared to some he has recently seen she looks fantastic! he had a chuckle about her being starving... he recommended 2 hard feeds a day which I have put into place. So she is fine and well enough to buck and canter around today:D
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OP, firstly, I agree with you, You really should have left your mare where she was. It was a big mistake to move her; and I think you need to put right your mistake.

Also, and with all due respect, "he recommended 2 hard feeds a day which I have put into place." Why did you need a vet to tell you this? If you are able to feed twice a day, why were you not already doing this? Really, why?

The fact remains that your horse need forage for 18 hours a day and is getting forage for 2 hours, less the time you are long reining. This works out at forage for only 10% of the required time. At some point, this will cause a problem, it may not be apparent now, except for weight loss, but eventually it will cause health issues.

And, "So she is fine and well enough to buck and canter around today:" This really is not a good measure of health; and, unless bucking and cantering around is a normal thing for her, it could indicate the beginnings of an issue.

OP, you know this situation is very wrong for your horse, you came here and said it, and now you have many people worried. I am amazed that you missed the opportunity to request the support of your vet to convince your YM to change the policy.
 
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