noblesteed
Well-Known Member
My gelding is back from horsepital after his op and now he's feeling better he's not too impressed with box rest. He has been pacing round his stable which I am not too bothered about as the vet says he needs to move about. He has to walk out twice a day for the next month before a reassessment, and this is a problem as he's just full of it, yesterday he was leaping about!
He currently eats 2 scoops per day of Safe and Sound. He's a very good doer.
What worries me is that he gets bored and depressed quite easily which also makes him bargy and rude. He isn't easy to lead so I got a rope halter but he has no respect for that at all!
The first thing I plan to do is cut hard feed but is this ok as he will need nutrients to heal????? Or how about a balancer mixed with something like Fast Fibre? He won't eat chaff that contains alfalfa and I am not sure which ones don't have it.
He's on a bed of barley straw which he likes to eat in preference to his hay, so I am giving him a nice deep bad so he can root around for tasty bits, along with his haynet.
What else can I do to cheer him up without filling him full of energy and naughtiness??
He currently eats 2 scoops per day of Safe and Sound. He's a very good doer.
What worries me is that he gets bored and depressed quite easily which also makes him bargy and rude. He isn't easy to lead so I got a rope halter but he has no respect for that at all!
The first thing I plan to do is cut hard feed but is this ok as he will need nutrients to heal????? Or how about a balancer mixed with something like Fast Fibre? He won't eat chaff that contains alfalfa and I am not sure which ones don't have it.
He's on a bed of barley straw which he likes to eat in preference to his hay, so I am giving him a nice deep bad so he can root around for tasty bits, along with his haynet.
What else can I do to cheer him up without filling him full of energy and naughtiness??