lucymay9701
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone
I wondered if you may be able to give me some help please with feeding oils to my horse to help increase her weight. I have a 22 year old 16hh full thoroughbred mare who has lost a bit of weight this winter. I have got some advice from Baileys horse feeds and she is now being fed on 4lb of the top line conditioning cubes per day (split into 2 feeds and mixed with alfalfa). The recommended amount for her is 6-8lb but she wont eat more than about 4lb a day (she doesnt have the best appetite) and also had a colic operation in the past so it is best to limit her concentrate feed if possible anyway. She also has an evening feed of sugarbeet and alfalfa and is fed a combination of ad lib hay and haylage at night and mollichaff veteran ad lib for 3 hours in the morning before she is turned out. She is putting a bit of weight back on and for her age and breed she does look pretty good but Id like her to look a bit better. Baileys had recommended I feed 1-2lb of outshine per day because of her limited appetite and also if I needed her to put any more weight on. However I have just priced this and it is really expensive and a bit over budget for me on top of all the other food. The lady at the feed shop said that I could feed soya oil and/or linseed oil instead and that this would be as good as the outshine for increasing her weight, along with being much cheaper.
Please can anyone tell me-
1) How much oil I could feed her per day. (I can split it into 2 or 3 feeds.)
2) As she is a fussy feeder would one of the oils (soya or linseed) be more palatable or are they both pretty tasteless?
3) Which of the 2 would be better for her weight gain or does it not matter?
4) Is it more beneficial to feed a combination of the 2 oils?
If anyone has any advice they could give me Id be really grateful.
Thanks very much
Lucyx
I wondered if you may be able to give me some help please with feeding oils to my horse to help increase her weight. I have a 22 year old 16hh full thoroughbred mare who has lost a bit of weight this winter. I have got some advice from Baileys horse feeds and she is now being fed on 4lb of the top line conditioning cubes per day (split into 2 feeds and mixed with alfalfa). The recommended amount for her is 6-8lb but she wont eat more than about 4lb a day (she doesnt have the best appetite) and also had a colic operation in the past so it is best to limit her concentrate feed if possible anyway. She also has an evening feed of sugarbeet and alfalfa and is fed a combination of ad lib hay and haylage at night and mollichaff veteran ad lib for 3 hours in the morning before she is turned out. She is putting a bit of weight back on and for her age and breed she does look pretty good but Id like her to look a bit better. Baileys had recommended I feed 1-2lb of outshine per day because of her limited appetite and also if I needed her to put any more weight on. However I have just priced this and it is really expensive and a bit over budget for me on top of all the other food. The lady at the feed shop said that I could feed soya oil and/or linseed oil instead and that this would be as good as the outshine for increasing her weight, along with being much cheaper.
Please can anyone tell me-
1) How much oil I could feed her per day. (I can split it into 2 or 3 feeds.)
2) As she is a fussy feeder would one of the oils (soya or linseed) be more palatable or are they both pretty tasteless?
3) Which of the 2 would be better for her weight gain or does it not matter?
4) Is it more beneficial to feed a combination of the 2 oils?
If anyone has any advice they could give me Id be really grateful.
Thanks very much
Lucyx