Feeding up a laminitic

[miggy]

Moomonster has had laminitis in the past (pre my ownership) this year I have been really careful with strip grazing etc as have been paranoid. am now worried though that she looks a bit thin to be going into winter and just not generally as well looking as I would like.
Have started in at night and rugs etc, could go for good grass now or ok grass plus hay (lovely or more fibrous) and feed.
Was planning ok grass, nice hay plus speedibeet/happyhoof/AlfaA oil/oil/baileys lo cal balancer
Good plan or any better ideas?

[martini55]

I would start off with speedi-beet, it's great for puting on weight. You could always bulk it out with something like hi-fi-lite too. If your horse needs something more then high-fibre cubes are great (dodson& horrell do high fibre nuts, spillers do high fibre cubes- they are basically the same thing). I've been feeding the latter to my horse in a snak-a-ball to help put on condition and she loves them!

[artemis]

I agree. I give mine speedibeet all year round.

[Nik-n-Kia]

Speedibeet and Oil!!!

I poured the oil into the speedibeet once it was soaked and Kia soooks it up!!

Oil is ok for lami prones as there is very little/no actual proteins.sugars in it!!

Kia loves corn oil the best!!! I get a box of 15 bottles from lidls for £7.00

Nikki xxxx

[goeslikestink]

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[x x Summer x x]

Yep speedi beet, I fed happy hoof to my 12hh lammy pony, I had been away for a while and my parents got someone else to feed her who thought starving her was the right thing, when i got home she was all ribs and very poor

Within 3 months I had her back to a nice weight with just a scoup of beet a day and 3 handfuls of happy hoof plus hay.