arizonalover1
Active Member
Hi everyone!
so, i own this appendix gelding who has pretty bad ulcers. he would buck, take off ect.
we switched his food to alfalfa for lunch, and an all hay diet (bermuda the remainder for the day and hand grazing as often as possible) and he’s doing so much better and never does any of the above anymore.
he gained a lot of weight (before he was a little skinny).
However, now he’s refusing to eat his bermuda!!
He’s loosing weight and often has a lot of hay left, while my other guy (different stall) eats everything by the time they get fed again.
Is this nothing to be concerned about? (it’s getting summer and i know some horses dislike eating when the weather is inconsistent)
Or is it a bigger problem? i’m a little concerned because of his weight loss, but he’s always been hard to keep wait on.
His food schedule is 2 flakes of bermuda in the morning, 2 flakes of alfalfa at lunch and 2 flakes of bermuda at night.
(first he got 1 flakes of alfalfa and 1 flake of bermuda at lunch but we upped his ‘dosage’ because he was loosing weight but it hasn’t helped much)
PLEASE PLEASE help. I honestly have no idea what to do!
so, i own this appendix gelding who has pretty bad ulcers. he would buck, take off ect.
we switched his food to alfalfa for lunch, and an all hay diet (bermuda the remainder for the day and hand grazing as often as possible) and he’s doing so much better and never does any of the above anymore.
he gained a lot of weight (before he was a little skinny).
However, now he’s refusing to eat his bermuda!!
He’s loosing weight and often has a lot of hay left, while my other guy (different stall) eats everything by the time they get fed again.
Is this nothing to be concerned about? (it’s getting summer and i know some horses dislike eating when the weather is inconsistent)
Or is it a bigger problem? i’m a little concerned because of his weight loss, but he’s always been hard to keep wait on.
His food schedule is 2 flakes of bermuda in the morning, 2 flakes of alfalfa at lunch and 2 flakes of bermuda at night.
(first he got 1 flakes of alfalfa and 1 flake of bermuda at lunch but we upped his ‘dosage’ because he was loosing weight but it hasn’t helped much)
PLEASE PLEASE help. I honestly have no idea what to do!