galaxy
Well-Known Member
My 17 year old NF has not come out of this winter well at all. He's not horribly underweight, but I've never seen him this skinny. When he's working, you can just (only just) see his ribs.... He's also just not "firing" like he usually is either, and he's touching fences which just isn't like him. But it's quite sporadic, some days he feels just fine....
If he wasn't INCREDIBLY needle phobic I'd have him blood tested, but that has to be the last resort (he nearly killed the vet when she tried to sedate him a few years back....)I have spoken to her and she agrees with this. He does have melonomas.... Which is a worry....
He's been on Winergy Senior since Dec with ad lib haylage.
A month ago I added alfa beet and a bucket of Graze on. It has made a little difference, he has put on a little weight, but not much.... Definitly not enough.
So am gonna change his feed for one last ditch attempt before going down the blood test line. I'm gonna take him off the winergy and put him on Alfa Oil, which is all he's had (with a vit and min supplement) in previous winters and then I thought I'd give him a veteran mix to see if it gives him some more sparkle as well as weight... What do you think? Any recomendations for one in particular....? I have had a look on the websites, but nothing really sticks out. Also thought I'd give him a Vit E / Selenium supplement as the grass around here is known to be deficient, and the symptoms for a deficiency is to be quiet/lack lustre....
Any more thoughts/ideas much appreciated! Thanks.
If he wasn't INCREDIBLY needle phobic I'd have him blood tested, but that has to be the last resort (he nearly killed the vet when she tried to sedate him a few years back....)I have spoken to her and she agrees with this. He does have melonomas.... Which is a worry....
He's been on Winergy Senior since Dec with ad lib haylage.
A month ago I added alfa beet and a bucket of Graze on. It has made a little difference, he has put on a little weight, but not much.... Definitly not enough.
So am gonna change his feed for one last ditch attempt before going down the blood test line. I'm gonna take him off the winergy and put him on Alfa Oil, which is all he's had (with a vit and min supplement) in previous winters and then I thought I'd give him a veteran mix to see if it gives him some more sparkle as well as weight... What do you think? Any recomendations for one in particular....? I have had a look on the websites, but nothing really sticks out. Also thought I'd give him a Vit E / Selenium supplement as the grass around here is known to be deficient, and the symptoms for a deficiency is to be quiet/lack lustre....
Any more thoughts/ideas much appreciated! Thanks.
