Sossigpoker
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Mine ears the TopChop Zero once the hay has run out , so it's certainly working as intended.
Can you use the Baileys grass pellets as a hay substitute? How much do you give in a say or night ?
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Hungry horse
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Can you use the Baileys grass pellets as a hay substitute? How much do you give in a say or night ?
Sossigpoker
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Ah the Baileys nuggets contain alfalfa which rules it out. Shame.
GreyDot
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How long has it been going on for? Just recently? Mine is also very hangry at the moment, but I really think it's down to the season and the change in grass quality. He's a good doer, so he's not dropping weight, so I am riding it out and breaking up his hay rations to smaller amounts through the evening/night when he is in from the field. It means an extra couple of trips to the yard, but seems to be working better than just leaving him with everything for the night all at once.
Celtic Fringe
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My cob is totally ruled by his stomach. He has oat straw to fill up on - not first first choice but he will eat it when and it stops him getting 'hangry'. I think it has around half the calories of hay. I buy 'Easy Pack' oat straw as it is has good long strands so it keeps him chewing. We are in the SE so oat straw is not really a 'thing' here. If you are in the north or Scotland then it should be easier to get hold of non-branded oat straw, although you may need to wait for the harvest at the moment.
Do you provide a separate net of it or do you mix it with hay ?
I mix it with a little hay when he comes into the stable, which is only for an hour or so normally, but he is expert at extracting the hay first! He lives out so I just feed it on the floor in his field. He is often in his own paddock as the other horses are all warmbloods and Iberians so need a lot more fodder than my little fat cob which makes regulating his food intake a little easier!
Sossigpoker
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He had some straw today which he loved, of course.?
He's had it mixed in with his afternoon net. I've also upped his over night hay but soaked it first. And left him with his chaff in the bucket but also straw in the net so we'll see which he prefers (provably both lol ). I've also bulked out his day time nets with some straw so he's got more to pick at. When I left around 6.30 tonight he was actually eating from his soaked haynet with a resting hind leg , rather than angrily attacking it as has been the past few days!
Thanks for all the advice !
He's had it mixed in with his afternoon net. I've also upped his over night hay but soaked it first. And left him with his chaff in the bucket but also straw in the net so we'll see which he prefers (provably both lol ). I've also bulked out his day time nets with some straw so he's got more to pick at. When I left around 6.30 tonight he was actually eating from his soaked haynet with a resting hind leg , rather than angrily attacking it as has been the past few days!
Thanks for all the advice !
Sossigpoker
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Yes just recently, I'm kind of glad it's not just mine then !How long has it been going on for? Just recently? Mine is also very hangry at the moment, but I really think it's down to the season and the change in grass quality. He's a good doer, so he's not dropping weight, so I am riding it out and breaking up his hay rations to smaller amounts through the evening/night when he is in from the field. It means an extra couple of trips to the yard, but seems to be working better than just leaving him with everything for the night all at once.