Still fat!!

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Cazza525

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One of my littleuns is a pure welsh b, unfortunately she lost her foal at beginning of August.
Anyhow, she is still really quite big.........I haven't mollycoddled her since losing foal, in fact up until the weather turned horrid she was being lunged, long reined 4 or 5 times a week. She also comes in for a few hours a day to dry feet out with a tiny amount of soaked hay and a small handful of good doer....
I WILL NOT rug her as she is just sooooooooooo tubby still. She's got a lovely thick coat, shelter, been wormed.
Surely i shouldn't need to strip graze in November? All the others btw are looking an ideal weight for this time of year and are rugged up and on same regime.
Any ideas??
 
I take it you know for sure that she is not in foal ! Mistakes have been made and I bet you'd feel really bad if you got to the farm one spring morning to find a bundle of joy bouncing around, knowing that you have been trying to get her to drop weight all winter!
 
A few years ago we took on a morbidly obese fell pony to bring her back into a sellable condition for her owners. We had to use a gazing muzzle in November to make a difference, so it wouldn't surprise me if you felt the need to strip graze.

We eventually bought and kept this pony as she turned out lovely once slimmed down, and even now we battle with her weight. We took her muzzle off in October there, and havn't changed her soaked hay/low cal. feed diet. She's been putting on weight, so we are considering putting the muzzle back on. Regardless of the time of year, the scales don't lie!
 
There isn't much more you can do then - The grass has been really good through October perhaps now its getting colder and darker she will drop some more
 
I hope she does drop.........she reminds me of a hippo! She's unfortunately grey as well so is a lovely mud brown. She's bright eyed mind and can gallop around when needed.
 
The grass has been growing quite nicely round here. certainly until the temp dropped just last week so it is of no supprise that you are feeling the need to strip graze... keep as you are going over the winter and I'm sure she'll use up some of her reserves as winter progresses!
 

I've got the same problem with my daughters little moorland pony. Have just turned out into our winter field, with my 3 horses, and she is rather portly now. Been trying to kid myself it's mainly her coat, but alas I have to admit there is a lot of tummy too
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I'm sure she will use it up over the winter so am not too worried. I'll let her enjoy it for a few months, she is always on a strict diet from spring onwards.
 
I had the same thing with my mare she went to stud last year, caught but then lost foal but still continued to look in foal, in fact the vet took blood tests in april just to check she would have been due the end of April and stayed huge until September then she lost all of the weight and is back to normal (not that she will ever be thin) but normal for her LOL I wonder if this will happen to your little mare too?
 
My cob is still getting fatter and fatter, being strip grazed still, teeny tiny bit of food and no hay. I give up!!. Don't think the grass has stopped growing here yet
 
I am still muzzling my fatty mare on alternate days. Gave up putting her on her fat strip as she kept jumping out...this is the mare who is supposed to be lame and having a year out at grass, but has no problems pinging the electric fence with ease :-<

She is unrugged though, and will be for most of the winter in an attempt to get her to slim down...
 
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