Getting advice on HHO...

metalmare

metalmare

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This forum is about the best place I can think of to get lots of opinions (especially as I'm not in touch with many horsey people anymore) but I've posted in the correct place (stable yard) and only had one reply :(

I don't think many people visit the other forums... still hoping to get definitive solutions to my problem ;)
 
I did go look I promise but as the owner of a TB and a WBxTB I have no idea what a good doer is never mind how to look after one!!
 
LOL, his fat is almost driving me to purchase a TB next time round! Plenty of grass for one of those. Having had a standardbred a few years ago I prefer the getting weight on to getting weight off faff!
 
Shall we swap for the winter. I have a 2yo filly who could do with some grass and I certainly don't have any! Honestly, if it's not one thing it's another. You always want what you don't have eh?
 
I find that posting in New lounge is the most effective to get plenty of replies, whatever the topic is - having said that I do often look in stable yard as find some of the posts very interesting.
 
You do always want what you haven't got! What I want is a bleak hillside, not a lush Lincolnshire paddock!

I think I will post in the New Lounge in future ;)
 
I've brought on all my native cobs from foals. They only got ad-lib hay or haylage. If I felt they needed a 'boost', then they only got chaff, like Happy Hoof, and NAF Pink Powder. Most native type foals/youngstock don't need additional hard feed. Hope that helps.
 
One of my Welsh D colts had a reacurring respiratory infection and was on antibiotics for quite a while. His coat became dull and his dung was loose. I swear by NAF Pink Powders.

I made a huge mistake years and years ago. I had a stunning coloured cob foal that I was desperate to show. I really fed him up, he was in 'show' condition, you would call it obese now. Every show he entered, he won. He was beautiful. He had to be PTS as a 6 year old. Being overweight all his life took its toll on his joints and feet. I blame myself. It was a very hard lesson to learn from, one that I will never do again :(
 
He's not deliberately overweight... far from it. In the early spring he was stunning when he was at his thinnest. I like the section as because of their sleek araby appearance.

It's been suggested I try a Rockie's 5 star field lick to provide essential vits and minerals. They are not based on mollasses. This idea really appeals.

Any thoughts?
 
The lick would be perfect and access to ad-lib hay or haylage if he needs it. See how he goes over the next month or 2, if you need to tweek his diet, then a chaff mix like Happy Hoof should be sufficient.
 
Thanks so much for the advice :) A lick it is then as everyone seems agreed!

He has always refused hay except obviously when he was stabled last winter (none of those luxuries this year) ;) So I've never forced the issue. I'm going to keep a bit in though in case of snow, although last year he still refused it and preferred to dig :)
 
ummmmm i have only ever been in new lounge as love the diversity of questions and posts - anything from weather, yummy farriers what your horse would be if human to more serious questions regarding care health etc - if need more specific answer other lounges there but hey lets keep new lounge fun light and great to be in
 
babymare... I was suggesting that serious questions SHOULD be in the other lounges, not here, but sadly not many people visit the other lounges to share their wisdom.
 
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