What would you feed this horse?

[Kadastorm]

Pony was obese when first purchased - 5yr old, 13.2hh NF gelding, 420kg on tape.
It has taken over a year but he is now 360kg.

He is in rehab work for PSD and Navicular so currently walking for 45minutes under saddle per day increasing every two weeks by 5 minutes. He has no grass in his current paddock but when we move yards he will have a large paddock that will be sectioned into 3 for rotation. At the end of the month he will be coming in over night.

What would YOU feed him?


Current YO thinks he needs something else as I only feed him chaff and baileys lo cal balancer AM and PM, he currently has a couple of wedges of hay AM and PM. When we move he will have grass and a huge haynet over night plus his morning and evening feeds. He also has Top Spec 10:10 Joint Supplement.

 

[be positive]

I would be feeding him as you are except the hay would be soaked and I would probably use fast fibre instead of chaff but it is much the same, he is better off a little under weight with his ongoing problems and will not require more feed until he is actually working, if he even needs it then.

 

[ellie11987]

Current YO thinks he needs something else as I only feed him chaff and baileys lo cal balancer AM and PM, he currently has a couple of wedges of hay AM and PM. When we move he will have grass and a huge haynet over night plus his morning and evening feeds. He also has Top Spec 10:10 Joint Supplement.

Fast fibre with either pro hoof or a forage plus balancer. Might be worth noting that not all bf horses get on with Topspec