feeding a skinny tb.

[kateD]

Hi I have a very skinny tb gelding (he's been turned out for 10mths buy the racing yard he was in-but has not done well on grass at all) Hes wormed and had his teeth done. I'm currently feeding: 1 large scoop of: Alfa A oil, spillers conditioning mix, unmolassed sugar beet x2 a day plus ad lib hay and hes turned out on plenty of grass for the day. Does this sound sufficent? Thanks!

 

[toomanyhorses26]

Think the amount of food is sufficent but maybe substitute some of the sugar beet for a weight gain product such as the baileys no1 or top spec super conditioning flakes . Also swapping hay for haylege may help as well. When my boy came out of racing we also gave him a course or pre/pro biotics to get things working properly again .

 

[kateD]

thanks toomanyhorses which pre/pro biotic supplement did you use?

 

[FestiveSpirit]

My TB wasnt hugely skinny when I got him (he's been out of racing a long while!) but he struggled to put condition on - Baileys No 4 cubes were great for him

Also would echo the haylege instead of hay if you can get it

 

[Cliqmo]

I might be tempted with pink powder too, just because it seems to help when feeding alot

 

[toomanyhorses26]

http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/Protexin-Bio-Premium-for-Horses-1kg/productinfo/PROTEXBPH/ I used this one but pink powder has a good rep as well and is a bit cheaper - also I used to feed a product called le brick which was really good as each brick is worth bout 4lb of hard feed but its all compressed together so takes ages to eat so I could leave him with it over night - think it was by a company caled horsefair

 

[KatB]

The cheapest way I have worked out to get weight on is Alfa Oil, unmollassed sugarbeet, and topsepc balancer. If you need a little bit extra, add Topspec cool condition cubes. My mare looks fantastic now on this feed with good grass, and has enough energy to work well!!

 

[Britestar]

Ad lib haylage. Also careful how much food you feed at once. Too much in the bucket and half of it won't be able to be digested.

 

[alsxx]

Mine has been getting Alfa A oil and baileys lo-cal for the last 4 weeks and is turned out 24/7 on good grazing, this has really turned him around and he is looking fab on it. He only gets 1 level scoop of the AA and a decent mug of the balancer a day.

 

[kateD]

thanks for the advise guys,

I think I will switch him to haylage and perhaps try pink power- he eats up everything he's givern so hopefully will be seeing some improvment- only had him 3wks..

 

[cellie]

Agree with all the above as it worked with my old tb.If you want alternative to top spec try c and c(my mare is ott on hard feed apart from calm and condition allen and paige).She put on 40 k this summer ( pics in new lounge ) she was very skinny and had no topline.

 

[dom09]

Agree with all of the above. I fed mine on Baileys No 1, Topspec feed balancer and Supa barley rings/nuggets.

 

[Shazzababs]

Agree with all the above, and you could try swapping the sugar beet for soaked barley rings.

Worked a treat my my old boy who was a skinny TB.