Archiepoo
Well-Known Member
Hi im really hoping you clever people will be able to help me, i have a 17 yr old horse ,not old in himself and in very good health but a bit tricky to keep weight on. hes had his teeth checked and no problems there ,hes only ridden for an hour or so every other day so not working hard. when he came to me he was a bit thin so wanted to up his calories,previously was fed chaff ,pony cubes and beet but not in large quantities. hes a very cool dude and food doesnt heat him up much so im free to feed anything i want to get the weight back on. so i started feeding him the same as he was used to but in slightly larger quantities ,barely any weight gain over several weeks so i thought because hes so cool i could get away with adding barley rings and alpha a which would up his calories and protein ,anyway after several weeks there was noticable improvement in weight- but his back legs are now swelling over night! so is it the barley? the protein or the starch thats done this? or is he sensitive to alfalpha? ive cut out all hard feed so whatever it was thats upset his system should settle down again, so i need to give him a high calorie feed but cant overload his system-any ideas ?? im toying with equijewel anyone used this??