Jericho
Well-Known Member
Have just taken on a 18yr old welsh a gelding from a rescue centre and he is prone to laminitis having had a couple of attacks in the past. At the moment he is on very poor grass of about 1 1/2 acres (its more dust than anything) with my other fatty mare and am feeding them a slice of hay each in the morning and evening. They also get a double handful of Healthy Hooves in the morning moistened with very watery speedibeet to get a supplement in my mare. My mare 15.1hh connie x is amazingly actually doing very well on this as it seems she hardly gets anything to eat and probably could do with loosing a bit more of the flab if I am honest!
The little chap is in fairly good condition - he seems a little light in that you can see his ribs when he walks but his coat is shiny etc and I would perhaps be happier that he is this way than over weight bearing in mind the laminitis. I have had a laminitic welsh pony before but she was always on the fat side and managed her condition and grazing very carefully but I never fed her any other supplements other than a handful of healthy hooves/ watery speedibeet as she was 11 yrs old and always looked welll. I just feel that this liuttle chap could do with a little more bearing in mind his age and condition. From what I can tell he was on about 10 acres of very poor grazing with a big herd (10 or so horses) at the rescue centre. His teeth were checked about 5 months ago.
Is there anything else I could feed him such as a laminitis supplement to make sure he gets his vits and mins and support to laminae or are these just a waste of money?
Piccie below although bit hard to see his body shape (oh and he is overdue a trim on his feet - farrier coming tuesday!)
The little chap is in fairly good condition - he seems a little light in that you can see his ribs when he walks but his coat is shiny etc and I would perhaps be happier that he is this way than over weight bearing in mind the laminitis. I have had a laminitic welsh pony before but she was always on the fat side and managed her condition and grazing very carefully but I never fed her any other supplements other than a handful of healthy hooves/ watery speedibeet as she was 11 yrs old and always looked welll. I just feel that this liuttle chap could do with a little more bearing in mind his age and condition. From what I can tell he was on about 10 acres of very poor grazing with a big herd (10 or so horses) at the rescue centre. His teeth were checked about 5 months ago.
Is there anything else I could feed him such as a laminitis supplement to make sure he gets his vits and mins and support to laminae or are these just a waste of money?
Piccie below although bit hard to see his body shape (oh and he is overdue a trim on his feet - farrier coming tuesday!)
