Bit confused: a fatty and grass!

[ForeverBroke_]

I've tried to hunt down the last thread that I think covered this but I failed miserably, so apologies.

Basically, I have a horse who is on field rest for the next few months. He is SLIGHTLY overweight, more so than I'd like anyway, on no hard feed and soaked hay in a largely short field/pen dependant on his way of going.

My YM has asked that I strip graze his field now for it is too wispy to hay and it wont be cut/topped otherwise. It is quite long - but very patchy and seems to be more wispy bits than actual grass. That said, which is better for him in terms of weight - short grass / long ? I was always of the understanding that long grass has less to it, but I thought I'd check!


Many thanks!

 

[ForeverBroke_]

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[appylass]

It sounds good to me. I would very carefully strip graze it keeping close eye on his weight. Long grass tends to have less sugars in it than short and will provide much needed fibre too. I have done this with my fatties and it works well - I always find I tend to give them more than they really need when i move the fence, so you need to be strict

 

[ForeverBroke_]

It sounds good to me. I would very carefully strip graze it keeping close eye on his weight. Long grass tends to have less sugars in it than short and will provide much needed fibre too. I have done this with my fatties and it works well - I always find I tend to give them more than they really need when i move the fence, so you need to be strict

Thanks! He has half a field which is short/bald and then the back had been left for hay but this is the bit that now has to be stripped. It gets moved about 1ft, or less than a day so this should be ok!