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Hi, I've been a lurker along time but finally joined lol.

In the past I had tbX who was fed on hay, D&H build up, molichaff showshine and speedibeat.

I am now currently sharing a haflinger and will be loaning him in the new year, he lives out unrugged and is currently still looking like a rhino! At the moment he's not on any hay and gets molichaff original and pasture mix, personally I dont think he needs the molichaff seeing how fat he is!

So come the new year if I do loan him I want ideas of what I could feed him, I know I want high fibre and low cal but I'm not sure which feed would be best, he will continue to live out but with other horses meaning I can't leave hay or mineral blocks out for him, however he will be coming in whilst i groom/ride etc so can munch on hay and have a salt lick then but I want to make sure he gets everything he needs, he's 19 so I also want to give him something to keep him mobile (although he's not stiff at all at the moment)

thanks
 
If he is getting hard feed but no hay I would swap it over. Cut the hard feed (maybe a handful of Hi-Fi if you are feeding vits) and feed hay.
Much better for the horse, and if he needs something extra you can start looking at decent fibre based feeds.
 
joeanne said:
If he is getting hard feed but no hay I would swap it over. Cut the hard feed (maybe a handful of Hi-Fi if you are feeding vits) and feed hay.
Much better for the horse, and if he needs something extra you can start looking at decent fibre based feeds.
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At the moment I can't control what he's been eaten, and when I loan him I wont be able to put hay in the field as he'll be sharing it with others.

I dont think he'd get enough hay from 1 hour of been able to have it in the stable which I why I'm looking at hard feeds
 
If there is plenty of grazing he doesn't need anything else. I have a 19 and 21 year old and they don't get any joint supplements yet, only minerals to balance their grazing which I had analysed.

As he's overweight you need to exercise him to get his weight down, then think about feed. If you want to feed a vitamin and mineral supplement then how about some Equibites by D&H.

The Mollichaff and Pasture mix are not doing him any favours as they have too much sugar/starch in them.

If the grazing is poor and he needs a hay replacer use something like Fast Fibre which is low in sugar/starch and energy, he can eat that while you are grooming him.
 
AngieandBen said:
If there is plenty of grazing he doesn't need anything else. I have a 19 and 21 year old and they don't get any joint supplements yet, only minerals to balance their grazing which I had analysed.

As he's overweight you need to exercise him to get his weight down, then think about feed. If you want to feed a vitamin and mineral supplement then how about some Equibites by D&H.

The Mollichaff and Pasture mix are not doing him any favours as they have too much sugar/starch in them.

If the grazing is poor and he needs a hay replacer use something like Fast Fibre which is low in sugar/starch and energy, he can eat that while you are grooming him.
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I'm increasing his work load as well but at the moment I only go up 3 days a week so I'm limited as to how much I can do, once I'm loaning him he'll get ridden every day so hopefully will start losing the podge!

I know they're no good for him, previously he was been given D&H just grass to munch on while the others got fed so he didnt feel left out, but his owner has changed it so theres not alot I can do about that at the moment.


The grazzing he is on at the moment is good, its not been used all summer and its a massive field so plenty of grass and I personally dont think he needs any hard feed, just something to give him vits and mins
 
My good doer gets a handful of either hi-fi light or good doer (depending on what I can get my hands on) and that is all. He only gets it to stop him pinching his field mates food. Definately get rid of the pasture mix and swap to a low cal chaff. You could add a multi vitamin like Equivite if you think he needs it. And lots and lots of walking, marching walking, helps also. Good luck.
 
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