GageNemo
New User
Firstly, I'm new to the board, so hello and thanks for reading. I have a 17hh Warmblood who was diagnosed with Equine Polysaccharide storage myopathy in February. Diet changes are sorting out most of the issues, plus daily massage before work. However, one of the things I have really noticed is how much he reacts to a grazing change. My field is split in two and i rest each half for three months while using the other half and then swap over. My young horse gets a little excited when we first switch onto the 'new' grass (he's warmblood too) but the older one turns into the spookiest, scarediest cat in the world. He sees things that aren't there and tries to run away from them, he gets scared about going into his own stable and snorts as he goes in, if his feed bucket still happens to be in his stable at night when he is brought in he snorts and quivers - but when the grass dies down again, he goes back to being fairly calm and sensible. I think he gets a massive sugar rush from the fresh grass - it's like having a child that's high on E-Numbers. I need to run the fields this way because of how one end gets particularly waterlogged at certain times of the year, so what I need to try to work out is whether there is anything I can give him/do to help counteract the immediate effect of all the sugar in the grass. Any ideas anyone?
