winter feeding for lammi prone pony

[iluvpin]

hi

I have been thinking about what to feed pin this winter, and i wanted to feed her outshine as pin is lammi prone but underweight, but unfortunately im not going to be able to because of the price because at £14.50 for a 5kg tub and it is only going to last me 4-5 days feeding the recommended amount of it (1.3kg)

So instead i am thinking of feeding her balieys local balancer along with either Alfa a, or Alfa a oil, and then some speedibeet if needs be as it gets colder.

I was just wondering what everyones thoughts are on this and do you feel it will be ok?

she will also get 4 sections of hay(last years so not good quality) in a small holed hay net (hung so is nearly touching the floor).
How does this diet sound?

Thank you in advance
loz an pinxx

[Yann]

It sounds OK to me apart from the Alfa A, which I would avoid as it's mollassed. I fed pretty much the same sort of thing last winter but we're going to try Simple System stuff this year and see if we get on any better with that.

Does your horse run out of hay? I would personally be looking to feed ad lib, soaked if necessary if you're having any issues.

[iluvpin]

hi

thank you for the reply, i will change from Alfa a to Alfa a oil when i buy my next bag.
no she doesn't run out of hay well not atm still has 1/4-1/2 of her haynet left, but as it gets colder if she starts running out i will give her more hay, but generally she has never needed more than 4sections.

thank you

loz an pinxx

[puzzles]

You may find Alfa-A Lite another useful alternative to Alfa-A Original/Oil.

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My little mare cant touch most of the feeds out there due to lammi so she does really well on happy hoof and speedi beet and nothing else except extra magnesium supplement. She does really well on it and holds weight.

[Jetstreem]

Another thumbs up for Alfa-A lite. My lammi prone pony gets happy hoof, alfa- a lite and bailey's lo cal and does brilliantly on that.

I am not sure whether the Alfa-a oil is suitable to lammi's, although I have just looked at the ingredients list on the website and Mollasses isnt listed so I would presume it would be ok. Not sure I would feed it to a lammi as a single feed, I think I would rather feed it as an as-well-as purely due to its greater energy content.

Cerys :)

[Pink's lady]

Afa-Oil has even less sugar in it than Alfa-A Lite (i.e none at all) but is high energy, so not suitable for most fatty lamintics. It would however be great for Pin. It is all fibre so can be feed as the stable diet.

I would also buy a tub of Pink Powder (about £20, so not expensive) and feed her that until it runs out, starting a week or so before you up her feed for winter. It's a probiotic and great general supplement too, so would be perfect for her.

My not-particularly-great-doer laminitic (possibly - never been proved!) will be getting a huge bucket of 2/3 Alfa-Oil to 1/3 speedibeet (possibly fibrebeet) with Pink powder this winter. No a drop of sugar in sight:p

[iluvpin]

hey

thank you for the replys, was just about to say a nutritionist said Alfa a oil should be ok for a lammi prone pony but then seen pinks lady said it was ok.

pinks lady do you i would be best feeding the local balancer as well as the Alfa a oil and speedibeet or just a powder supplement?
will get some pink powder for her.

thank you
loz an pinxx

[artemis]

If you are worried about the 5% sugar in speedi beet then soak it in a double bucket. An old supplement bucket will do for the inside. Put holes in the bottom & drain excess water out which will contain the sugar. I do this for my cushings/laminitic pony.

[artemis]

If you are worried about the 5% sugar in speedi beet then soak it in a double bucket. An old supplement bucket will do for the inside. Put holes in the bottom & drain excess water out which will contain the sugar. I do this for my cushings/laminitic pony

Also soak the hay to remove excess sugar.

[Showjumper]

Diet all sounds OK (pretty similar to what my good-doer gets - Bailey's Lo Cal, speedi beet and a handful of Hi Fi Lite chaff) but I'd be concerned about hanging a haynet too low as if your horse gets her leg caught in it and panics she could injure herself. Better to either feed it off the floor (or in a bucket if she's messy) or in a haynet tied at the proper height.