fruity
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So have had my new horse a few weeks now (15 hand ish, ISH) all was going well until a week in she hurt her back legs on a fence,all fine now,still applying cream to wound sites and legs will be ok,dressings are off now. She was a little bit quiet and took a while to settle in as she had come straight from the breeder (she's 2,3 end of june) the thing i'm finding hard is getting her to eat a decent amount of hard feed,at her vetting the vet mentioned her teeth needed doing but were not horrific and i've now booked that in for 2 weeks time as wanted to settle her in and also give a bit of a gap as she really did get stressed out with me faffing with her back legs and didn't want to over load her with too much. She recently had the farrier which i was worried about as her legs were a little sore still but she was a very good girl so that's one thing sorted.
Anyway blabbing now,so when i get the horses in,they all have their feed and whilst the others get stuck in,she will just have a few mouthfuls and then just look around,generally into space! and i'm now concerned as she has lost quite a bit of weight. She is ribby and her hip bones are more prominant. I've tried so many things but nothing seems to wet her appetite,i have discovered she isn't keen on wet feed,she prefers dry which isn't ideal as now paranoid as she would then be prone to choke. She will after about an hour decide to eat but it either takes ages or she leaves half of it.
She has D&H youndstock mix,build up mix with Linseed mixed in,i've tried sugar beet,chaff,balancer,soya oil,nuts......everything, i think what triggered it was i had to give her bute and abx when she hurt her leg and now she seems suspicous of any hard feed,she will eat hay all day happily but she def needs more than just that,any ideas?
She's seems well in herself and as i work at a vets i will def take things further if she gets worse but for now she seems very content and happy with her herd members it's just at feed time that's a headache for me. My friend who keeps hers at mine sais she just seems very picky and delicate which she is in many ways so maybe i'm being paranoid but the feed i'm giving her most horses would take your arm off for so can't understand why she's so fussy,maybe it's because i'm used to welsh d's that are piggy's!
I did ring her breeder and she said she always would eat anything and was a right foodie which has confused me,i think she is one of those quiet stressy types that goes into herself as she is always no trouble and very well mannered. So would appreciate thoughts/ideas? Many Thanks
Anyway blabbing now,so when i get the horses in,they all have their feed and whilst the others get stuck in,she will just have a few mouthfuls and then just look around,generally into space! and i'm now concerned as she has lost quite a bit of weight. She is ribby and her hip bones are more prominant. I've tried so many things but nothing seems to wet her appetite,i have discovered she isn't keen on wet feed,she prefers dry which isn't ideal as now paranoid as she would then be prone to choke. She will after about an hour decide to eat but it either takes ages or she leaves half of it.
She has D&H youndstock mix,build up mix with Linseed mixed in,i've tried sugar beet,chaff,balancer,soya oil,nuts......everything, i think what triggered it was i had to give her bute and abx when she hurt her leg and now she seems suspicous of any hard feed,she will eat hay all day happily but she def needs more than just that,any ideas?
She's seems well in herself and as i work at a vets i will def take things further if she gets worse but for now she seems very content and happy with her herd members it's just at feed time that's a headache for me. My friend who keeps hers at mine sais she just seems very picky and delicate which she is in many ways so maybe i'm being paranoid but the feed i'm giving her most horses would take your arm off for so can't understand why she's so fussy,maybe it's because i'm used to welsh d's that are piggy's!
I did ring her breeder and she said she always would eat anything and was a right foodie which has confused me,i think she is one of those quiet stressy types that goes into herself as she is always no trouble and very well mannered. So would appreciate thoughts/ideas? Many Thanks