They are just not hungry!

[tangoharvey]

Just before the snow, my horses with others, were turned out onto 70 acres of rested grass, heaven! Then the snow and ice came and i am religously getting them in for feed and hay, they eat the feeds (of course) but then usually have a kip and the odd bit of hay - why arent they hungry - do they eat as much frozen grass? - Yuk!

 

[MurphysMinder]

Mine are out 24/7 and are on good grass. I religiously give them hay every morning and they eat maybe half a section between them and wander off and carry on grazing, so it would seem grass ice lollies are preferable.

 

[MyBoyChe]

My TB is still not really that bothered about his hay. He is in at night and out all day, has a bucket feed twice a day which he eats but is only eating about half of a full hay net overnight and is ignoring the pile of hay in his field, prefering to mooch about and hunt for horrid cold grass. His paddock is about 4 acres and still has (or had) loads of nice grass in it so as he seems happy enough and looks very well with a shiny coat Im assuming he is just not that hungry yet.

 

[Kokopelli]

Could they be too warm? As hay acts like a radiator sometimes if they have a lot of rugs on or very hairy and too hot they won't eat as much as normal. Are they drinking normally?

 

[ISHmad]

Ours much prefer to eat frozen grass than their hay. They will eat their hay in the field eventually overnight but grass first every time.