I would like some advice on feed please Ok my cob got Laminitis last year, keeping a close eye on his weight this year and I've got him down to about 520kg on the weightape. He is now on a well grazed field and coping nicely with turnout from 8.30 am to about 3.30-4pm. I can now feel but not see his ribs, but he still has quite an apple bum and fat pads on his shoulders, which are reducing slowly but surely.
He is being ridden or excercised about 5 days a week, gentle work really as my confidence isn't up to doing any fast work yet. Anyway back to my question. I'm wondering if hes getting everything he needs, as he seems to be getting more sluggish as he gets fitter, he has short bursts of energy, and then totally reverts to almost coming to a standstill.
He gets literally two single handfulls of Spillers Happy Hoof, with a magnesium supplement. Now I dug out the bag of happy hoof and checked the scale on the back, and apparently he should be having 3kg. A DAY. So I double checked on the website, and yes, 3kg A DAY. I just went to the kitchen and weighed that out and it seems absolutely ridiculous!!! But then I've never really fed him more than a handful of anything because he lives on fresh air. The bag is only 20kg, that means it would only last me a week!!!
Is this right? Am I overeacting? I'm gonna try and up it a bit just to make sure hes getting all the vitamins in it, but 3kg just seems a bit over the top to me. Is it like dog food, where they seem to grossly overestimate how much a dog should be fed? My dog also seems to live off fresh air as she eats nowhere near what they reccomend she should!!!
He also has one of those himalayan salt licks in his stable that he seems to like, and that is supposed to have lots of minerals in too.
He is being ridden or excercised about 5 days a week, gentle work really as my confidence isn't up to doing any fast work yet. Anyway back to my question. I'm wondering if hes getting everything he needs, as he seems to be getting more sluggish as he gets fitter, he has short bursts of energy, and then totally reverts to almost coming to a standstill.
He gets literally two single handfulls of Spillers Happy Hoof, with a magnesium supplement. Now I dug out the bag of happy hoof and checked the scale on the back, and apparently he should be having 3kg. A DAY. So I double checked on the website, and yes, 3kg A DAY. I just went to the kitchen and weighed that out and it seems absolutely ridiculous!!! But then I've never really fed him more than a handful of anything because he lives on fresh air. The bag is only 20kg, that means it would only last me a week!!!
Is this right? Am I overeacting? I'm gonna try and up it a bit just to make sure hes getting all the vitamins in it, but 3kg just seems a bit over the top to me. Is it like dog food, where they seem to grossly overestimate how much a dog should be fed? My dog also seems to live off fresh air as she eats nowhere near what they reccomend she should!!!
He also has one of those himalayan salt licks in his stable that he seems to like, and that is supposed to have lots of minerals in too.