Dry Rot
Well-Known Member
Someone else started a similar thread but got shot down in flames for asking what I thought was quite an interesting question.
Basically, the original question was how do you feed a poor doer that is pregnant? I assume the critic got upset because she believed that poor doers shouldn't have been put in foal in the first place which may be true but is a singularly unhelpful remark for anyone else interested in the usual intelligent replies, but if we could all go through life using hindsight it would be a wonderful world.
So, let's have another try. What condition do you consider ideal for the mare at service? If that condition changes (too thin, too fat) during pregnancy, what do you do to try to correct that, if anything? I have a lot of experience of feeding breeding sheep in pregnancy and suspect horses are not much different, but judging from some of the advice I've received (!) others don't agree. Oh and I have the standard veterinary text book here as the final word if I don't agree with anyone!
Basically, the original question was how do you feed a poor doer that is pregnant? I assume the critic got upset because she believed that poor doers shouldn't have been put in foal in the first place which may be true but is a singularly unhelpful remark for anyone else interested in the usual intelligent replies, but if we could all go through life using hindsight it would be a wonderful world.
So, let's have another try. What condition do you consider ideal for the mare at service? If that condition changes (too thin, too fat) during pregnancy, what do you do to try to correct that, if anything? I have a lot of experience of feeding breeding sheep in pregnancy and suspect horses are not much different, but judging from some of the advice I've received (!) others don't agree. Oh and I have the standard veterinary text book here as the final word if I don't agree with anyone!