PennywithHenry
Well-Known Member
Ok, this is going to be hard to explain without pics, so bear with me lol
Sister in law has a shetland. He's 5 years old and is a funny shape. She asked me for advice and I said I'd ask you lot!
He doesn't seem to be 'developed' over his back. He's well covered without looking overweight body wise, but has a big neck with a slight crest, it's just his back looks 'poor' if that makes sense?
This led me to believe it's lack of muscle?
He's on hay and kept in a yard with access to his stable the majority of the day, goes out for a couple of hours per day on ok(ish) grass. He has a hanful of plain chaff with a natural salt rock dumped in the bucket just so that he's had a bucket when the others do, the salt slows him down.
Would you say it was lack of feed or lack of muscle causing this?
Sister in law has a shetland. He's 5 years old and is a funny shape. She asked me for advice and I said I'd ask you lot!
He doesn't seem to be 'developed' over his back. He's well covered without looking overweight body wise, but has a big neck with a slight crest, it's just his back looks 'poor' if that makes sense?
This led me to believe it's lack of muscle?
He's on hay and kept in a yard with access to his stable the majority of the day, goes out for a couple of hours per day on ok(ish) grass. He has a hanful of plain chaff with a natural salt rock dumped in the bucket just so that he's had a bucket when the others do, the salt slows him down.
Would you say it was lack of feed or lack of muscle causing this?
