sonjafoers
Well-Known Member
I have a miniature shetland who has a large fat pad which covers his back & comes halfway down his sides, it developed last summer when I moved yards and there is a visible ridge line where this stops so it's an obvious pad of fat.
I really need some help with getting rid of it as I seem to be trying everything with no success.
He lives out and has been muzzled for about a month now with the muzzle being kept on for 20 hours a day. For the remaining 4 hours he comes in for his exercise and is then stabled for a few hours to give him some time without it.
He is led off another horse for an hour 4 or 5 days a week. We have built up to this and can now do a full hour which for him is mainly trot as he has to keep up with the horse I am riding. It involves plenty of hills and often a ride across the moor where my ridden horse trots and he gets a good canter alongside.
He gets Formula4Feet as his only feed, so a tiny amount of pellets to give him his vitamins and keep his feet strong for all the roadwork he does.
I kept him unrugged all winter in terrible wind & rain in the hope he might lose the fat in the cold & wet but it had no effect at all.
I have tried a supplement called LamAlert by Superfix with no success and am now at my wit's end.
He doesn't have a cresty neck and although my farrier keeps telling me about the fat pad he has shown no signs of laminitis.
Please help!
I really need some help with getting rid of it as I seem to be trying everything with no success.
He lives out and has been muzzled for about a month now with the muzzle being kept on for 20 hours a day. For the remaining 4 hours he comes in for his exercise and is then stabled for a few hours to give him some time without it.
He is led off another horse for an hour 4 or 5 days a week. We have built up to this and can now do a full hour which for him is mainly trot as he has to keep up with the horse I am riding. It involves plenty of hills and often a ride across the moor where my ridden horse trots and he gets a good canter alongside.
He gets Formula4Feet as his only feed, so a tiny amount of pellets to give him his vitamins and keep his feet strong for all the roadwork he does.
I kept him unrugged all winter in terrible wind & rain in the hope he might lose the fat in the cold & wet but it had no effect at all.
I have tried a supplement called LamAlert by Superfix with no success and am now at my wit's end.
He doesn't have a cresty neck and although my farrier keeps telling me about the fat pad he has shown no signs of laminitis.
Please help!