What do you feed your oldies?

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My old mare is 23, a ID x connie very good doer in summer and is retired. She has all her own teeth! (reg checked) and is currently on pergolide for cushings (had a few bad lami attacks) but has been really well for 8 months. She lives in at night and goes out during the day (not much grass but has good hay)
My problem is this week she has not being eating her feed- hifi veteran, sugar beet and 16 + half a scoop and 1/2 scoop own brand course mix. I think she is bored of the hifi and is now not keen on the 16+.
Any other suggestions?
 
I feed my very spoilt 24yo TB Dengie Alfa Oil, speedibeet, Topspec cool condition cubes & Topspec Senior Balancer.
He has to have a high oil fibre diet due to suspected EPSM & he is a poor doer in winter. He does briliant on this diet as well as ad lib quality haylage.
 
My 19 yr old TB is on Top spec balancer, Allen & page calm and condition, hifi and speedi beet plus good quality haylage.

I know she's not as old as yours and most people wouldn't class her as a true oldie but she had major colic surgery (17ft of small intestine removed about 5 and 1/2 yrs ago) so she has to be managed in terms of feed. Her 2 field buddies are on a similar diet - they're 24 and 26 and all 3 are doing really well on it this winter
 
My 42 year old has Baileys number 4 and spillers conditioning mix. He lives out 24/7 and is doing pretty well on it
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my 35 year old gets speedibeet fast fibre hifibrecubes 16+ barley rings and blue chip redigrass and chaff
he cant eat hay
 
My 23 yr old, own teeth, good doer, is fed speedibeet, Mollichaff Veteran Chaff and a teacup of D&H Pasture Mix. The Veteran chaff is very very lightly molassed and oiled and is packed with nettles, mint, antioxidants and every vit and min known to man. It can be fed as a total hay replacer but my boy still likes his haynets. He absolutely thrives on this diet plus being in a happy, happy yard where he has special privileges despite his 4 ASBOs for pushing through fences and hedges!
 
My 2 25yr old WB dressage horses , have soaked Allen and Page calm and conditiion , top spec feed balancer , speedibeet, and Alfa A. they are in at night in the winter and get haylage and out 24/7 in the summer.
They have all their own teeth and look fab!! They A and P is exellent when soaked for Oldies we have another veteran who has had in the past major colic surgery with a lot of intestine removed and she also is in work and has this diet. We suppliment her also with a herb mix called winter Glow/ summer shine which is Linsead, fungreek , garlic, mint and seaweed and probiotic. It helps stimulate the appetite calms digestion and keeps the lymphatic system moving.
Maybe you could try it
 
My old pony wouldn't eat HiFi but liked Spiller's Happy Hoof, so that is worth a try.

I am concerned that you are feeding a known laminitic cereal-based feeds such as 16 + and coarse mix. It is much safer to stick to fibre-based feeds with low levels of soluble carbohydrates - things like Happy Hoof, Spiller's High Fibre Cubes, Speedibeet etc. If she is hard to keep weight on in the winter then the Speedibeet is very good, as it is low in soluble carbohydrates but still contains as many calories as many conditioning cubes.
 
My oldie (19) who had laminitis for the first time this year is fed adlib good quality hay, Happy Hoof, Baileys Lo-cal and either Speedibeet or Fast Fibre when she needs to gain weight.
In the past she has also had a small amount of Allen & Pages L-mix or Slim & Healthy but I try to avoid feeding her any cereal and wouldn't feed anything with more than 10% startch.
Dengie Hi-Fi Lite is also suitable but I've know several horses turn their noses up at it
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I am looking at feeding a very small amount of Baileys Outshine for weight gain.
 
I agree completely with TGM! Obviously I'd recommend winergy senior over the other as i think it's the best but any of those would be better than a mix. growth would also be suitable if she needs more calories than the senior provides and is even lower starch than slow cubes.
 
My ponies are 17, 18, 26 and 32. The eldest is a retired Welsh A with early Cushings and poor teeth, hasn't eaten hay for about 4 years. He has Happy Hoof and Hi Fi Regular with Speedibeet, and soaked Spillers High Fibre Cubes in the worst of the winter. In at night, out on poor grazing all day.

26 year old drops weight easily, will eat max 4kg hay at night and a slice in the morning. He has HiFi Regular and Spillers Senior Conditioning mix with Speedibeet. Also does well on Baileys Topline Cubes but I like the glucosamine content in the mix.

The mares have HiFi Regular and Speedibeet, with ad lib hay. They all have a glug of veg oil, and carrots.

None of them enjoys Hi Fi Senior. I don't like Alfa A for ponies unless they're really working hard, though the Welsh/Arab had it when coming back to work the first winter after weaning her foal, and I really don't like Sixteen Plus - it seems palatable enough but every pony I've known to use it has been loopy, and I certainly wouldn't feed 16+ or a coarse mix to a laminitic.
 
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