I Keep Getting Reported To The RSPCA :(

[JadeyyAndLadyy]

Can you copy and save the picture from facebook and upload it to somewhere like photo bucket so you can post it here. People may be able to help you more if we can see what condition the horse really is in

its already in the thread, go back a few pages you might find it

 

[glitterfuzz]

I found the picture now! Must have skipped a page! Can you post a better pic if you tidy her up this weekend. Would be helpfull to see one thats taken sideways on and one from behind so she can be condition scored to help you out rather than at an angle or with a rider.

Our TB thats out only really seems to thrive on grass, no matter how much we feed him or rug him he still looses a bit in the winter. (he has 2 hw rugs on, is unclipped, teeth donem, wormed etc) You will find she picks up quickly when the grass comes though. Your paddock does look very over grazed in the picture though so I would carry on with the hay. The horses will tell you when theres enough grass as they will loose interest in the hay ad leave it.

 

[Smash]

Well theres an extra few chunks thrown out

Do you know that she is actually getting access to these?

 

[JadeyyAndLadyy]

I found the picture now! Must have skipped a page! Can you post a better pic if you tidy her up this weekend. Would be helpfull to see one thats taken sideways on and one from behind so she can be condition scored to help you out rather than at an angle or with a rider.

Our TB thats out only really seems to thrive on grass, no matter how much we feed him or rug him he still looses a bit in the winter. (he has 2 hw rugs on, is unclipped, teeth donem, wormed etc) You will find she picks up quickly when the grass comes though. Your paddock does look very over grazed in the picture though so I would carry on with the hay. The horses will tell you when theres enough grass as they will loose interest in the hay ad leave it.

yeah hopefully this weekend ill remember my camera and take a few more pics, i really hope shes improved even just a little bit. and yeah as soon as the grass comes through she should pick up quickly. and i know the grass looks overgrazed but thats the entrance to the field and feed area where all the hay is put so the horses kinda made that area a mud bath that whole area is fenced off now to give it a break theyre over in the other part of the field

 

[maybedaisy]

I have a poor doer. She is stabled overnight in the winter and gets a haybar crammed full of haylage. She also gets hay during the day in the field but she gets bullied off it most of the time.

I feed her a large scoop of equilibrium condition in the morning. At night she gets a medium scoop of calm and condition as a mash with a medium scoop of top spec cool condition cubes and another large scoop of equilibrium condition.

She's also on Pink powder and gastro care.

I get her teeth done every 6 months as I do with both my horses and it does make a difference.

If my mare wasn't stabled she'd be a hat rack as she wouldn't get her fair share of the food. Plus she eats really slowly unlike the other greedy pigs in the field.

 

[Shysmum]

Bottom line - the RSPCA do have a good idea regarding malicious calls, but they do have to attend every call, and in addition to that, I suspect that they may have genuine concerns here (please don't shoot me). The horse in the top photo should be in that condition all year round with the correct management. There should really not be any weight loss if her energy intake balances her energy output. The only real differrence in a HEALTHY horse should be the woolly winter coat covered in a thick layer of mud. The horse in the bottom photo looks markedly different, and it's not just the woolly coat.

There are many questions to be asked here in addition to feeding - worming, teeth, work, bullying, not coping with the weather, illness, stress. And these can only be answered by the OP and a vet (I would def have her vet checked). I am sorry, but the horse should not look like different animals due to the season.

 

[moses06]

My pony looks like different animals due to season....
winter

summer

Getting back to the TB in question - If she were mine I would have bloods done - there maybe some underlying virus/infection/condition that is causing this weight loss, once that's ruled out, teeth, and worming need to be looked at - assuming that is ok, if stabling is out of the qestion I would section off a nice sheltered area to put the horse into overnight and put out loads of haylage and feed a decent, fibre rich condtioning feed such as winergy conditioning or alfa a oil along with speedibeet, grass nuts and pink powders, that way she gets her feed without interferance or being bullied off, Rug wise I would use layers rather than HW, I am not in favour of several HW rugs being slung on old horses - too much to lug around especially when wet!
I haven't read the whole post but I'm sure OP is going to take advice and do what's best for her horse - good luck and keep us posted.

 

[JadeyyAndLadyy]

Thank You

 

[Serenity087]

And another for the record, one winter we kept two fat cobs on a bale a day with no grazing whatsoever (thanks to Laddy deciding the entire paddock needed stomping flat one night... in the rain...). We're talking too big cobs here...

And most of it was only pood on anyway. Starving they were...

Don't remember which year it was, but it snowed a fair bit! So it wasn't a warm one!

 

[Achinghips]

My Tb is an eating machine (wish I could eat like her). Stick a bit of garlic and mint in the feed (to encourage her to eat more as her stomach will have shrunk), don't overdo garlic too much as it tastes too burny, for them.
If you're short on dosh, skip the garlic and try naf thrive which is phenomenal!!!!!!!!!!

Tb's are absolute hot house orchids - they're a real pain - and they're damn expensive to keep, I certainly wouldn't want more than one on my budget, mine eats 6 to 8 times more than the others on the yard - worth it though !!

 

[SirenaXVI]

And another for the record, one winter we kept two fat cobs on a bale a day with no grazing whatsoever (thanks to Laddy deciding the entire paddock needed stomping flat one night... in the rain...). We're talking too big cobs here...

And most of it was only pood on anyway. Starving they were...

Don't remember which year it was, but it snowed a fair bit! So it wasn't a warm one!

Yep agree overweight cobs would certainly benefit from that regime, not quite sure what they have in common with underweight TBs though! The two have entirely different nutritional needs and cannot be compared by any stretch of the imagination.