pick your brains about a tucked up horse

[mrogers]

Tan is looking really well but is quite tucked. I've wormed her, and put her onto a pro biotic,fast fibre and chaff just incase she has a stomach ulcer but nothing has seemed to help. Shes out in the day on good grass with access to a big haylage bale and in at night. She is clipped but is well rugged without being cold or sweating. Before I go down the route of blood tests, does anyone have any suggestions? Some friends have suggested a balancer like blue chip

Heres a pic of her, you can't really see how much she is tucked but it just shows that she is in good nick and looks otherwise healthy

 

[Queenbee]

Is she new to you, I take it she is stabled, how is she actually behaving in the stable? Does she have company in the field? How long has she been tucked up?

 

[mrogers]

De-hydration went through my mind but shes drinking the same as she always has and if you do a pinch test, her skin bounces straight back.

I've had her since March and shes been on the same yard, stable fields etc

She is stabled at night but is nice and relaxed and really wouldnt care if you kept her in constantley

My other horse did go 10 days ago so she is by herself at the minute but she has been tucked up for nearly 4 weeks now. I'm now starting to worry a little bit as i thought a change from a high cereal diet would help but after 3 weeks on it theres no real difference

 

[MissTyc]

One of my horses goes like this on haylage but fine on normal hay - always has, not sure why!