horsegirl
Well-Known Member
I feed him
1.5 scoops conditioning cubes (spillers)
3 scoops alfa a oil
4 ish carrots
2 apples
150 ml veg oil
some parsnip or swede
biotin supplement
and 2 likits (big) a week
split into 2 feeds and a decahedron
plus approx 5 sections of hay per day
He is turned out all day but there is very little grass.
Before I got him he lived out all the time and just had grass, he was quite thin but I have been gradually increasing the amount I feed him, originally he was on normal pony nuts and Happy hoof, then pony nuts & alfa a oil now 2 weeks on the conditioning cubes and although he has put on a little weight you can still see his ribs. He is worked for about 1 hour 6 days a week hacking or schooling or both.
I was advised that there is no point feeding massive meals as most of it will pass through undigested so should I give him sugarbeet on top of what he gets or reduce the nuts & alfa qty and then add some sugarbeet? He is a TB so I don't want to give him anything which is going to make him fizzy.
Any suggestions? I don't want him going into winter still thin
1.5 scoops conditioning cubes (spillers)
3 scoops alfa a oil
4 ish carrots
2 apples
150 ml veg oil
some parsnip or swede
biotin supplement
and 2 likits (big) a week
split into 2 feeds and a decahedron
plus approx 5 sections of hay per day
He is turned out all day but there is very little grass.
Before I got him he lived out all the time and just had grass, he was quite thin but I have been gradually increasing the amount I feed him, originally he was on normal pony nuts and Happy hoof, then pony nuts & alfa a oil now 2 weeks on the conditioning cubes and although he has put on a little weight you can still see his ribs. He is worked for about 1 hour 6 days a week hacking or schooling or both.
I was advised that there is no point feeding massive meals as most of it will pass through undigested so should I give him sugarbeet on top of what he gets or reduce the nuts & alfa qty and then add some sugarbeet? He is a TB so I don't want to give him anything which is going to make him fizzy.
Any suggestions? I don't want him going into winter still thin