Need advice on feed for rescued Spanish horse

[Shady]

Aila love, ask on here for somewhere else, iv'e got a suss on the old owner now as there's a woman doing dog rescue over here who's a total nut job and feeds tofu, i can almost guarantee she has wormed him using a natural product like garlic which involves fasting or an off the shelf product which may or may not have worked, can you sneak a wormer into him like Eqvalon Duo? it may help, can you also tape off a little bit of field just while you feed him?, i really do hope your situation improves soon , women like her are as bad as Jehovas Witnesses in my books, putting their own inflexible wants and beliefs before the welfare of the horse

 

[Ailah]

Thank you Shady, I was feeling a bit like I had been run over a ten ton truck with everyones comments. I will do my utmost to get us a different livery, I know I am being bullied and am even terrified that she might read this forum. Small town and they have a big family. It's her way or the highway and I have been worried about being evicted. His teeth are being done this week as is the wormer so 2 positives.I will check to see what the wormer is that is being given.

 

[xsummerholidayx]

Hi everyone i have just got an andalusian horse from Spain in January and can I please remind everyone telling this lady to feed her horse 3 to 4x a day that these horses are not used to this amount of food and you need to do it very very slowly. They take longer to gain weight because they almost need to be fed like a horse that has laminitis. My boy has an extremely sensitive tummy and anything over 2 medium feeds a day has him on the floor with mild colic. These horses don't even get to eat grass in Spain as it hardly ever rains and are even fed straw! It's a very long process but so worth it in the long run x

 

[shortstuff99]

Hi everyone i have just got an andalusian horse from Spain in January and can I please remind everyone telling this lady to feed her horse 3 to 4x a day that these horses are not used to this amount of food and you need to do it very very slowly. They take longer to gain weight because they almost need to be fed like a horse that has laminitis. My boy has an extremely sensitive tummy and anything over 2 medium feeds a day has him on the floor with mild colic. These horses don't even get to eat grass in Spain as it hardly ever rains and are even fed straw! It's a very long process but so worth it in the long run x

I'm guessing as it was posted over 6 years ago it was probably sorted one way or the other ?.

Some horses in Spain are kept that way, some are also kept on grass.

 

[Quigleyandme]

Thank you for all your valuable advice, a lot to digest but all makes sense. I am very inexperienced and have only ridden riding school horses, you know ~ turn up, jump on, get back, hand back horse. I bought this horse because he stole my heart and I know I can make a difference for him and him for me. There are no other liveries that I can go to in my area, I have been looking for weeks so will have to make the best of it. Hopefully as I get a bit more confident about his care then I will be able to stand up for us. One of the other Spanish that she has looks like a Yak too but I don't know what condition he came over in, he's been here about 2/3 years I think. Anyway thank you all & I will keep looking in on the forum. Oh and Shady not sure how to do pics as posting permissions says I may not post attachments

I bought my first pony age 42, me not him, because he stole my heart. He was tethered on a roundabout with “4 Sel” painted on his sides. He was only 4 and I had no experience of horse ownership. You’ve received some sound advice here which you are open to taking on board which is much to your credit. The only thing I would add is to trust your own instincts. Don’t believe your lack of experience makes this other person entitled to tell you how to manage your horse. You should certainly listen but if you disagree with her advice about feeding or rugging that is OK.

 

[Widgeon]

I would like to know how this turned out - I feel very sorry for the OP from six years ago! I hope she found somewhere better to move her horse but she hasn't posted since 2016 so I guess we'll never know.

 

[Spirit2021]

Me to It wouldn’t surprise me if she was bullied to give the horse away.