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noodle
26th Jul 2008, 08:28 PM
Recently got lou-lou, little sec a developed poss laminitis within a week of getting her, but farrier thinks poss more severe footsoreness.
Anyway she lived out when I got her, now she goes out at night[5pmish till 7am}
She has a haynet of soaked hay in her stable but hardly touches it, All i feed her is 3/4 mug of soaked lo-cal balancer, 1 scoop garlic then a tinyhandfull of hi-fi lite to mix in with. it amounts to a tiny meal. prob 1 half mugs.
She is a very very eater so will happily eat nothing till she is turned out.
My only worry is I dont like her eating so little during the day then going out and STUFFING grass{I should add its not rich green grass}grazing muzzle has been tried but she now gets it off.
She can be a little lazy too, now is it worth giving her something else with her brekkie to make a more substanial meal.
Someone suggested giving speedibeet{not sugarbeet} to help bulk out meal, give slow release of energy.
Ideas please, havnt a clue on the 'best' ways and what to feed a horse

mogadoga
26th Jul 2008, 08:37 PM
im not saying dont worry at all, but the grass doesnt contain as much fructins during the night and they rest more at night, so she wont be stuffing herself as much as she would during the day.

have you tried different styles of muzzles? Some horses get them off but alot manage to cope fine with the greenguard ones :)

noodle
26th Jul 2008, 08:43 PM
Thank you for the reply, I havnt a problem with her weight, if anything she is a little light, my worry is that she is having this tiny meal{just for vitamns ect} and eating nothing else for hours until she gets turned out, :eek: I will stop worrying one day