Flibble
Well-Known Member
Hope this doesn't sound dumb but I have started feeding hay from the floor after advice from Physio. Before he has always had a small holed net to slow him down. Feeding from the floor has worked a treat (been doing this since early December) his movement has improved shed loads.
Lovely boy has now started putting weight back on so I am obviously too generous. Reading all the stuff on the internet it suggests a good doer should be fed forage at 1.5% times body weight. So if say you are 600kg this is 9kg.
Not a good doer 2 to 2.5% so would get 12 to 15kg.
All fine but if said good doer is out by day in at night (4.30 ish to 8 so that's about 15 to 16 hours) how much hay overnight?
I may start soaking if I do could I soak half and feed half dry.
He isn't morbidly obese just as my physio says a bit chunky and I want to nail this before it gets out of hand an I don't want him standing around fretting.
Lovely boy has now started putting weight back on so I am obviously too generous. Reading all the stuff on the internet it suggests a good doer should be fed forage at 1.5% times body weight. So if say you are 600kg this is 9kg.
Not a good doer 2 to 2.5% so would get 12 to 15kg.
All fine but if said good doer is out by day in at night (4.30 ish to 8 so that's about 15 to 16 hours) how much hay overnight?
I may start soaking if I do could I soak half and feed half dry.
He isn't morbidly obese just as my physio says a bit chunky and I want to nail this before it gets out of hand an I don't want him standing around fretting.