Lossing Weight!

[Scottasmith]

Hi guys,
H really need help with one of my horses,
Ive got a 5yo Gelding hes a welsh cob x irish draught and he seems to just pile the pounds on when hes turned onto grass, hes always been a gorger and last year he even broke fences getting to the grass but this year im really starting to worry he will get the dreaded laminitus, hes on 24/7 turnout at the moment but i have been bringing him in durin the day for a few hours, so my question is how long is it safe to keep them off grass?

I also have a 3yo native cob and it is insufferable trying to separate the two he is also putting on a bit of weight but im not too worried as he will be getting broken in a few weeks (so excited) so my other question is could i alternate them daily? e.g. Monday have horse 1 off grass and horse 2 grazing, Tuesday horse 1 grazing horse 2 off grass and so on.

please any advice would be welcome as i wouldnt like to do anything that would cause more problems.
Thanks
Scott

 

[LD&S]

When you bring him in try giving him oat straw, hopefully it will fill him up so he won't gorge quite as much when he goes back out( mine always have straw and do seem to like it, also maybe try soaked hay so that most of the sugar leeches out but he still has plenty to eat, it will be easier in the long run to try and control his weight now than get a load of weight of in the future.
Can you limit the grass area he has?

 

[odd1]

muzzles!