Feeding Advice Please, WWYD?

[Zeb93]

Hi,
My TB is currently looking very skinny despite my best efforts to get some weight on him! He was on calm and condition, alfa-A oil, 200g linseed and pink powder but this didn't seem to be working. After looking at a lot of feeds on the internet and comparing nutritional information I have changed him (gradually) to 2 feeds of 1 stubbs scoop Baileys No. 4 Conditioning cubes, half a stubbs scoop of Outshine and a scoop of alfa-A oil. If I give him bigger feeds he leaves it, he is quite a fussy eater and not at all motivated by food. He is in at night ad-lib haylage and has haylage in the field. He is currently in what I would call light work. The general consensus on here seems to be that linseed is better than outshine but having looked at the digestible energy of both the outshine has significantly more calories in the amounts recommended to feed. He has recently been wormed and the dentist is booked.
Any suggestions? All help much appreciated

 

[JillA]

Check for worms, teeth, bloods (for kidney and liver function, Insulin resistance, Cushings etc.) On that sort of diet no healthy horse should be losing weight - have you discussed with your vet?

 

[montysmum1]

Check for worms, teeth, bloods (for kidney and liver function, Insulin resistance, Cushings etc.) On that sort of diet no healthy horse should be losing weight - have you discussed with your vet?

^^^ this, speak to your vet and get some bloods done. Hope you sort things out ok x

 

[Zeb93]

Check for worms, teeth, bloods (for kidney and liver function, Insulin resistance, Cushings etc.) On that sort of diet no healthy horse should be losing weight - have you discussed with your vet?

Its not that he is losing weight, he was very skinny when I got him in Ocotober as had been left in a field all summer with no rugging or hard feed and although he has put on a minimal amount of weight since then it is nowhere near as much as I would like. He has been wormed and teeth are getting done next week. He is probably between a 3 and a 4 on Baileys condition score guidelines. He is otherwise healthy, shiny coat, alert and got plenty of energy! If he starts to drop weight I will definitely be talking to the vet.