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[emmilou]

Hi all, as somo of you know, having a few problems with a very fizzy pony!
have thought about changing his mix. he's on just ordinary mix (pasture mix) at the moment. baring in mind he only gets 1/4 (less than) a day.
would it be worth changing to maybe pony nut?(pasture nuts)
thanks xxx

 

[icemaiden113]

Does he need feeding?

 

[miamibear]

Have you thought about cutting out the mix / nuts alltogether and feeding an unmolssed chaff like Hifi light and a multivitamin and mineral supplement.

Is he a good doer?

 

[emmilou]

this is the thing..... he is on large scoop of sugarbeet and chaff plus bran twice a day as he's not a good doer.
he tends to drop of quite quickly x

 

[sleepingdragon10]

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this is the thing..... he is on large scoop of sugarbeet and chaff plus bran twice a day as he's not a good doer.
he tends to drop of quite quickly x

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Is it unmolassed SB?
You could try a combination of pasture nuts(excellent fibre source) and grass nuts(nutrious and an energy source) neither of which should fizz up your boy,and experiment with the ratio til he has enough energy but is still holding his weight.You could also add something like Soya Oil to his diet which is slow release energy but will help him to hold his weight

Bethxx

 

[emmilou]

yeah, its the unmolassed kind (speedybeet)
grass and pasture nuts sounds good. he needs something just not anything thats going to add to his wild ways! its funny, because in the summer i have the opposite problem! a fat pony how can barley get himself out the stable!

 

[sleepingdragon10]

I presume it's the grass that makes him fat

I'd try the grass and pasture nuts and see how you get on

 

[Theresa_F]

I feed a pure forage diet - and am now using simple systems.

I would drop the mix and try pony nuts instead and you could try feeding plain alfa - such as the greengold which contains no molasses.

If you have time have a look at the simple systems website. I am really pleased with the way my two look and they have lots of food to eat to stop them getting bored. My two just have greengold and luciestalks and will be getting a little unmolassed beet shortly as the grass dies off.

 

[icemaiden113]

Glad to see someone else is using simple feed systems!!

 

[Salcey]

Mix always used to send ours a bit silly, once they were changed to nuts we didn't have the problem anymore

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Try contacting one of the major feed companies, they have advice lines & will be only too pleased to give you professional advice.

http://www.allenandpage.com/
http://www.dodsonandhorrell.com/
http://www.spillers-feeds.com/en-gb/united-kingdom/

 

[emmilou]

many thanks all.
am deffinatly try him on nuts and let you all know!
x