noblesteed
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
My horse is looking fantastic, his weight is spot on. He is a native x, good doer, had mild lami this spring. After 3 weeks box-rest the vet fat-scored him 2.75 - 3.
Since then I have worked hard on keeping the weight off. I am delighted to say his girth had to be swapped for his 'smaller' one 2 months ago and today I had to put it up another hole. His fat pads have completely gone and he is looking excellent, you can feel his ribs and he had muscle contours on his shoulders etc. I would say he'd fat score about 2.25 now.
He is unclipped, in a light rug if needed (he's very hairy). He gets a 2.5 slices of unsoaked hay at night and 2 slices by day. His feed is 1/2 scoop fast fibre, a handful of chaff and handful high fibre cubes. He's been in for 2 weeks due to the awful mud! He's ridden at weekends at the moment.
The question now his how to stop him losing any more weight with the cold snap coming. I don't want him to end up skeletal, this is the thinnest he's ever been. But I also don't want to overload him with lami-causing nasties. Even eating haylage raised his pulses so I have to be very careful.
Would simply more hay be enough to keep him in good shape?
My horse is looking fantastic, his weight is spot on. He is a native x, good doer, had mild lami this spring. After 3 weeks box-rest the vet fat-scored him 2.75 - 3.
Since then I have worked hard on keeping the weight off. I am delighted to say his girth had to be swapped for his 'smaller' one 2 months ago and today I had to put it up another hole. His fat pads have completely gone and he is looking excellent, you can feel his ribs and he had muscle contours on his shoulders etc. I would say he'd fat score about 2.25 now.
He is unclipped, in a light rug if needed (he's very hairy). He gets a 2.5 slices of unsoaked hay at night and 2 slices by day. His feed is 1/2 scoop fast fibre, a handful of chaff and handful high fibre cubes. He's been in for 2 weeks due to the awful mud! He's ridden at weekends at the moment.
The question now his how to stop him losing any more weight with the cold snap coming. I don't want him to end up skeletal, this is the thinnest he's ever been. But I also don't want to overload him with lami-causing nasties. Even eating haylage raised his pulses so I have to be very careful.
Would simply more hay be enough to keep him in good shape?
my mare gets skinny but she's very laminitis prone, fast fibres the only thing I've found to put on weight safely!
I was convinced my lot were odd bods. Yes, it gave three of mine softer or loose poos. I have gone back to speedibeet. FF does have garlic in it but don't know if that's the cause of less firm poos for some.