LaurenBay
Well-Known Member
I've tried to feed her damp, soacked, dry, in net, floor etc but she still won't eat it ! Grrrr
She isn't off her food as she will quite happily graze, eat her bed (she's on straw) So I know she isn't ill, she's just being a fusspot! She never used to do this, it's only been over the last 4-5 days.
Unfourtantly she isn't having turn out every day at the moment either. She is out every other day. The 2 big paddocks that supply the Horses with every day turnout have just been sprayed (poxy buttercups) and we have been advised to keep them off it for 2 weeks. We didn't spray the smaller field so have split the herd in to 2 groups and they swap every other day. All the other Horses at the yard eat the same hay as her quite happily.
There was a haylage there which YO gave me to try, however as I unwrapped it, I could smell it was off and then when I looked at it, I could see mould. Deffiently not feeding her that so I disposed of it. She's in today, I gave her extra straw, so atleast she could eat something. Not ideal I know but better then nothing.
What can I try to make the hay more tasty for her? She's still a good weight and fine in herself. She does eat a little but never finishes it.
She isn't off her food as she will quite happily graze, eat her bed (she's on straw) So I know she isn't ill, she's just being a fusspot! She never used to do this, it's only been over the last 4-5 days.
Unfourtantly she isn't having turn out every day at the moment either. She is out every other day. The 2 big paddocks that supply the Horses with every day turnout have just been sprayed (poxy buttercups) and we have been advised to keep them off it for 2 weeks. We didn't spray the smaller field so have split the herd in to 2 groups and they swap every other day. All the other Horses at the yard eat the same hay as her quite happily.
There was a haylage there which YO gave me to try, however as I unwrapped it, I could smell it was off and then when I looked at it, I could see mould. Deffiently not feeding her that so I disposed of it. She's in today, I gave her extra straw, so atleast she could eat something. Not ideal I know but better then nothing.
What can I try to make the hay more tasty for her? She's still a good weight and fine in herself. She does eat a little but never finishes it.