Haynet in a bucket/ safe hay replacer

[poiuytrewq]

Can anyone advise please.
A week in and little old pony is looking better, however my little fat pony I suspect is looking fatter! Although they are getting along like a house on fire they are not the best combo to keep together!
They turn out all day together on not much grass at all, he is muzzled, she has her head down all day so i think she is managing to get something. So that's the best I can do for him then.
In the night they come in (not stabled but loose together) and have ad-lib hay. Ideally he should have a little net of well soaked hay but obviously that wont help her out. He's not actually a pig though and i don't think is eating tons of hay. They do both enjoy rifling through my horses bed looking for the food he flings everywhere so he will be picking up bits there. I know he'd be putting weight on at this time of year regardless.

I thought I don't want to split them but may give them separate time for a good few hours in the evenings, He can go in the pen with a scattering of soaked hay and she can have a proper good bucket full of what?

I'm still going to be feeding her but thought a partial hay replacement while she's alone would be a good idea.
I had a friend who's old horse solely had trugs of soaked stuff and looked great on it as like this pony he couldn't chew hay well.

What would I use and what quantities for a 11hh pony would be safe?

 

[cauda equina]

I like this

Hay Replacer for Horses | HayCare

Quick soaking hay replacer - high fibre Timothy grass for horses with poor teeth.

www.simplesystemhorsefeeds.co.uk

 

[meleeka]

I’ve only just seen this. I was searching for what hay replacer for fatties when one hasn’t got many teeth. I have a very similar problem, one that could go on a total hay replacer and two that would pop

My old girl currently has a mix of Haycare and Speedibeet. I add a bit of Happy Hoof Mollasses Free as she still likes something to chew on. She’s not too keen on Haycare on its own but likes it if mixed. Her tea is Spillers Speedy Mash Fibre so she can have her gut supplement. They are currently separated overnight, but ideally I’d like to leave them out together. I’d have to feed them all the same and although the mare is very good at grazing hers, don’t think the Shetlands would stop until they got colic.

 

[tda]

Agree, Haycare, worked well on both a dentally challenged OAP and a skeletal brood mare

 

[Highmileagecob]

Speedibeet mixed with grass chop - Graze On, Ready Grass etc., soaked Pink Mash helps to keep gut sounds going, I can't use hay, but Silvermoor Veteran haylage is eaten with no problem. It is a second cut haylage, chopped a similar length to HiFi lite type stuff. My oldie does have some chewing teeth though, not sure how your old lady can manage!

 

[poiuytrewq]

She is currently having speedibeet and fast fibre, linseed, sometimes soaked pony nuts for variation!
I do see her "grazing" so think shes getting some grass, not sure how much! I did also see her picking, usually she just doesn't bother. I do mean to try haylage and see if she can eat that. She shows no interest at all in any form of chaff type feed i can mix a little handful in her slop but not much more than that.
She is definitely less starving seeming than she was which is a huge relief.

I’ve only just seen this. I was searching for what hay replacer for fatties when one hasn’t got many teeth. I have a very similar problem, one that could go on a total hay replacer and two that would pop

My old girl currently has a mix of Haycare and Speedibeet. I add a bit of Happy Hoof Mollasses Free as she still likes something to chew on. She’s not too keen on Haycare on its own but likes it if mixed. Her tea is Spillers Speedy Mash Fibre so she can have her gut supplement. They are currently separated overnight, but ideally I’d like to leave them out together. I’d have to feed them all the same and although the mare is very good at grazing hers, don’t think the Shetlands would stop until they got colic.

That's the difficult bit isn't it! I turn out overnight on not much grass, fat one muzzled and she has longer stuff round the fence which she eats. Then i do split them for a portion of the day. her with lots of long grass and he clears up the yard for me of hay the messy TB drops

 

[Highmileagecob]

I think you are doing the best you can. In my head, mixing a grass chop with the soaked food increases grass intake - whether I am being unrealistic here, I don't know.