JJS
Well-Known Member
I tried Flower on TopSpec Stud Balancer as a much younger foal, but had to take her off it when it made her as mad as a March hare. Writing it off as that one product, I nonetheless left our grazing to do its work and decided not to over complicate things.
A few days ago I decided to try her on something else as she's been having a pretty rapid growth spurt and I wanted to make sure she was getting everything she needed. I went for Suregrow, but have had exactly the same problem again. Two days of feeding it as a balancer and she went absolutely loopy - bordering on dangerous - in the field: rearing, bucking, and charging around at top speed, missing me by an inch. Stopped feeding it and she seems pretty much back to normal in the space of 24 hours.
Does anyone else have a horse that just can't tolerate balancers? Luckily she's a good doer, so hard feed isn't really necessary, but it makes me wonder whether she'll be able to cope with any feed at all!
As you can see, she managed to throw some serious shapes...
She finally stopped after 20 minutes of non-stop silliness, put her most innocent face on following a major telling off, but was back to charging around again five minutes later.
A few days ago I decided to try her on something else as she's been having a pretty rapid growth spurt and I wanted to make sure she was getting everything she needed. I went for Suregrow, but have had exactly the same problem again. Two days of feeding it as a balancer and she went absolutely loopy - bordering on dangerous - in the field: rearing, bucking, and charging around at top speed, missing me by an inch. Stopped feeding it and she seems pretty much back to normal in the space of 24 hours.
Does anyone else have a horse that just can't tolerate balancers? Luckily she's a good doer, so hard feed isn't really necessary, but it makes me wonder whether she'll be able to cope with any feed at all!
As you can see, she managed to throw some serious shapes...
She finally stopped after 20 minutes of non-stop silliness, put her most innocent face on following a major telling off, but was back to charging around again five minutes later.
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