Field topping for those with fattys

[jackscrag]

Have one greedy native who is normally muzzled mostly 24/7 in summer, worked and fed soaked hay when in, He just has to look at grass and gains weight,
so im super careful with his diet.

The field we are in at mo is very grazed down, we are due to move horses shortly to a much bigger field, about 3x the size they are in now, thats recently been topped for hay..
(Im on d.i.y -b.t.w) Now, im thinking i might have to keep in during day on (soaked hay) and out at night, with muzzle, when they 1st move to new field ?, As dont want to risk
lammie. He hasnt had it, but i am very self aware and i am as careful as i can be with him.

Im not quite sure how the fructan level is on a newly topped field ??, is it high sugar or lowish ?, their is some new shoots poking threw, im jus worried about
the big change to a much bigger field, from the very sparce paddock he's in at mo, where he's currently enjoying some time un-muzzled, as grass is soo low, he isnt gaining weight or loosing any. He quite happy to be stabled though, even on his own, just be nice for him to be out and not stuck in.
Thanks for reading.

 

[jackscrag]

Anyone ??

 

[Goldenstar]

The grass will be rocket fuel be very cautious .

 

[Auslander]

Mine have gone from a field with grass up to their knees, to a recently topped field which doesn't look like it has a lot of grass in it. In the long field, their droppings were normal, but since moving onto the topped one, they've been producing cow pats - ties in with my conviction that long stemmy grass is better for laminitics than short, stressed grass.

 

[jackscrag]

Thanks for the replys i'll ask yard manager if i can put him somewhere else for a bit till it grazed down. Although i doubt he will be happy about me asking, but worth a try.