Feeding Advice Please..

[katia]

Hiya,

My daughters 12hh DartmoorX had Laminitis a few months ago and has been stabled ever since. He is now back in work and we are trying gradually to build his fitness and help him shed those extra few pounds.

Currently all he is having is Hay and a Feed of HiFi lite with supplements. What I want to know is, what you think would be a good feed to give him that bit more energy now we are increasing his work, but low calorie enough for him ? Any recommendations?

Thanks.xx

 

[Maisy]

I would think that he will be fine with good quality hay, and perhaps the hifi lite with a feed balancer?

I have a little 11.3 fell type pony who is just fed Lucie Stalks (from Simple Systems) and their balancer. She then has hay at night and is still out 24/7.....hopefully until after half term!

 

[angiebaby]

I shouldn't worry about feeding him anything else, as he looses the pounds he will naturally have more energy.

Instead I would recommend a balancer, Bailey's low-cal is excellent and fine for laminitics.

 

[Walshy]

My 14.2 show pony has just had lami and all we are feeding her is hay and hi-fi lite

she hasn't got as much weight on has she used to have but i would rather her be a little less round and still be able to work her. If you are bringing the pony back into work it will get more energy when he gets some muscle back and keeps the weight of

 

[katia]

Thanks for the replys guys, I had read up on the Bailey's low cal and thought it looked good, I shall see how he goes as he gets fitter.

Thanks again for the replies,
Kate.xx