What would you feed my oldie?

JackDaniels1

JackDaniels1

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He's a skinny Minnie - have moved him onto lots of lush grass, he's on it 24/7. He has difficulty eating in general - hay and haylage comes out his mouth in balls and he's not very fussed in trying it either! He does graze in his new field, head is always down munching.

At the mo, I give him 3 round scoops of soaked speedibeet and apples with veg oil. He has this every evening however quite a bit of it falls out his mouth/ends up on the ground!

Would I be better of giving him something else instead?
 
Has he had his teeth done recently, I love Allen and page veteran vitality, and fast fibre and speedi beet, all soaked into a mash, add some fenugreek, seaweed and soya or corn oil in place of veg oil. Can u feed morning and evening ? Also pink powder by naf is great o bring them back to health
 
We fed our oldie back up to weight after a nasty extended bout of colic which left her very poor, by feeding soaked grassnuts, speedibeet and dried grass (Graze-on or Readigrass) with linseed oil. And because we knew that she was fine with it, a dollop of molasses. I wouldn't give NAF PInkPowder to anything, having had problems with 2 horses who were it, the problems resolved almost immediately it was stopped.

ETA, she was fed x2 daily and lived for another 6 yrs to the grand old age of 31, on a similar diet, just different quantities according to the season
 
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My old girl tb x is on good grazing with halleys just grass in a bucket with good quality hay in a net overnight in summer.
Feeds x2 daily of 2 handfulls alfa a oil, 1 stubbs scoop of baileys number 4, 1 scoop wet unmollassed beet and micronised linseed, in winter. She's 31 next may
 
I second that for the veteran vitality, also baileys do an amazing weight gain called cooked cereal meal. It has been a godsend to a TB that looses weight over winter. :-)
 
If food is falling out of his mouth I'd suspect teeth - who has done his teeth someone with some sensible qualifications? Have you had a good look/ feel when they were there and had the gag on?

My oldie has no back teeth and does just what you describe with half chewed balls of hay on the floor of his stable. I'm having sucess with very soaked grass nuts
 
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