holeymoley
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My old boy is 23 now and is EMS insulin resistant but is needing a little bit more condition.
For some background, he's basically what they call 'reversed' since his serious laminitic episode 6 years ago. He isn't reactive to grass and copes fine with the management he's on and has been on in the last 5 years. However the worry is still there so he is treated as such. He doesn't hold any fat pads/crest/swollen orbits etc and insulin levels and cushings levels are always tested regularly and are low. He is muzzled to reduce grass intake and his hay is weighed although no longer soaked. He is now turned out every day for 12 hours approximately and doing just fine. He did drop a bit more weight than I would have liked this last Winter but I put it down to depressing yard routine of limited turnout and quite an unfortunate dark and dreary stable. We have now moved to a much better yard which comprises of the forage freedom and friends and a lovely bigger brighter stable. I am very wary of any hard feed given and I'm quite a fan of Simple Systems which I converted to through laminitis to strip everything from his diet and go back to basics. I now feel he needs a little extra help though.
I don't want to over condition but looking for something with a little bit more to it without adding any nasties or going much more over the 10% sugar & starch recommendation. Everything I seem to look at has quite a lot of 'rubbish' in it. He is currently fed Honeychop Chaff with SS Lucie Fibre Cubes. He is fine with alfalfa. In the Winter he had speedi beet/SS purabeet. My local feed shop had some A&P samples which I was willing to try even for a short period of time, although ingredients looked questionable. I got some samples of the muscle & focus and then seen that it said not suitable for laminitics! Does anyone have any recommendations? The A&P feeds sound good but I can't understand why this one said not suitable for laminitics other than the combined sugar & starch was 12.5% which isn't really that over the top. Not really a fan of D&H or Spillers. Topspec I don't mind. I do run through ingredients with a fine toothed comb! Do I go for a linseed mash or something? Pink mash I've looked at too although shouldn't go down the route of soya so that's bombed that out. Any ideas greatfully received! As said even if it is something short term to just get that little extra on him that's needed.
For some background, he's basically what they call 'reversed' since his serious laminitic episode 6 years ago. He isn't reactive to grass and copes fine with the management he's on and has been on in the last 5 years. However the worry is still there so he is treated as such. He doesn't hold any fat pads/crest/swollen orbits etc and insulin levels and cushings levels are always tested regularly and are low. He is muzzled to reduce grass intake and his hay is weighed although no longer soaked. He is now turned out every day for 12 hours approximately and doing just fine. He did drop a bit more weight than I would have liked this last Winter but I put it down to depressing yard routine of limited turnout and quite an unfortunate dark and dreary stable. We have now moved to a much better yard which comprises of the forage freedom and friends and a lovely bigger brighter stable. I am very wary of any hard feed given and I'm quite a fan of Simple Systems which I converted to through laminitis to strip everything from his diet and go back to basics. I now feel he needs a little extra help though.
I don't want to over condition but looking for something with a little bit more to it without adding any nasties or going much more over the 10% sugar & starch recommendation. Everything I seem to look at has quite a lot of 'rubbish' in it. He is currently fed Honeychop Chaff with SS Lucie Fibre Cubes. He is fine with alfalfa. In the Winter he had speedi beet/SS purabeet. My local feed shop had some A&P samples which I was willing to try even for a short period of time, although ingredients looked questionable. I got some samples of the muscle & focus and then seen that it said not suitable for laminitics! Does anyone have any recommendations? The A&P feeds sound good but I can't understand why this one said not suitable for laminitics other than the combined sugar & starch was 12.5% which isn't really that over the top. Not really a fan of D&H or Spillers. Topspec I don't mind. I do run through ingredients with a fine toothed comb! Do I go for a linseed mash or something? Pink mash I've looked at too although shouldn't go down the route of soya so that's bombed that out. Any ideas greatfully received! As said even if it is something short term to just get that little extra on him that's needed.
