pottamus
Well-Known Member
Hi, we and a lot of other people are forecast a fair amount of snow over the next few days. Now normally (in winter) this would be no problem for me as I strip graze my lad each day and there is enough for him to eat under the snow.
However, he has been on a very bald area of land for the last 2 weeks to limit his grazing for weight and laminitis prevention reasons. When this is covered by snow there will be nothing for him to even nibble at so I will have to feed him hay.
However...he gets pretty cross and frustrated if he cannot trickle graze and when I put hay out he will just stand and eat it until it is gone! (Greedy Welshie).
I dont want him to stand around for hours with nothing to eat, but don't want to feed loads or he will just risk putting weight on again or laminitis.
If I give him a measured amount of hay to eat say 3 times in the day - how long do you think it will be okay to leave him in between in terms of hours without having anything to eat?
I was thinking of giving him some when he is turned out at 6am, some at 10am, some at 2pm and then he will be brought in for the night at 6pm. These hay amounts will not last him long to eat either...perhaps half an hour at best in a trickle net?
Thanks in advance!
However, he has been on a very bald area of land for the last 2 weeks to limit his grazing for weight and laminitis prevention reasons. When this is covered by snow there will be nothing for him to even nibble at so I will have to feed him hay.
However...he gets pretty cross and frustrated if he cannot trickle graze and when I put hay out he will just stand and eat it until it is gone! (Greedy Welshie).
I dont want him to stand around for hours with nothing to eat, but don't want to feed loads or he will just risk putting weight on again or laminitis.
If I give him a measured amount of hay to eat say 3 times in the day - how long do you think it will be okay to leave him in between in terms of hours without having anything to eat?
I was thinking of giving him some when he is turned out at 6am, some at 10am, some at 2pm and then he will be brought in for the night at 6pm. These hay amounts will not last him long to eat either...perhaps half an hour at best in a trickle net?
Thanks in advance!