Food Wastage

[stealthninja]

We have an old mare who is on hay replacer (fibregy) due to lack of teeth. Just lately though she seems to swill her nose round in the buckets (she has 3 in different corners of the stable) and flip a good 50% of the food out onto the floor where she then wont eat it, because shes an idiot! Anyone elses horses do this and any ideas on how to minimise the food loss?

ETA: Have tried the larger sized buckets, but she just noses them right over onto their sides!

 

[be positive]

Maybe she is trying to tell you something, being clever rather than idiotic, it may be that she is bored with the same feed worth trying something different to see if that helps.

 

[stealthninja]

Hmm that's a thought. Can tell im on lack of sleep She does the same thing with her Kwikbeet though, so I have just assumed shes being a pain in the butt (shes old enough and been with us long enough that shes allowed to do that), but maybe giving her something different to try could help. Might have a word with the food woman and see what she says!

 

[Foxy O]

My old horse does that when he gets bored of a food