happyhacking:)
Well-Known Member
I have recently taken on a 4 1/2 month old semi ferral dartmoor hill pony straight off the moors. He is at the moment quite wormy and not in the best of health. He is at the moment very thin. He is now settling well at home. He is at the moment feed haylage (i offered him both hay and haylage and he seems to have a preference for the haylage) as well as a few high fibre nuts a bit of happy hoof a bit of original brewers yeast and from tomorrow will be on a vitamin and mineral supplement.
I have well and truely chucked myself in at the deep end with him as he is my first youngster. I could really use some advise as to whether i am feeding him the right thing in the right amounts. Im concerned as he is a native that if I put him onto anything too good that i could end up with a laminitic pony but on the other hand am aware that as a growing foal he is going to need the correct things in the correct amounts. May well be over thinking this but could really do with some advise.
I have well and truely chucked myself in at the deep end with him as he is my first youngster. I could really use some advise as to whether i am feeding him the right thing in the right amounts. Im concerned as he is a native that if I put him onto anything too good that i could end up with a laminitic pony but on the other hand am aware that as a growing foal he is going to need the correct things in the correct amounts. May well be over thinking this but could really do with some advise.