My horse went from grossly obese over last winter, to his perfect weight over the course of a year.
A bit worried he’s seemingly lost / going to lose a few too many pounds now the cold has set. He’s not showing signs of illness. But I’d really like to resolve this before he loses more, as I feel he’s gotten a bit ribby over the last few weeks. He’s currently on;
3 cups of Saracen Shape-up
A good handful of Thunderbrook Herbal Chaff
1 scoop of glucosamine
+- 25lbs of haylage daily.
This is for a 14.2 - 14.3 Welsh cross. Last weighed in September and came in at 472kg, which was the ideal according to the specialist. He was not ribby then.
He’s not got any known health issues and is somewhere between a light to moderate amount of work. Turned out every morning currently until 4pm-ish.
Pony is now muscled fairly nicely, but the topline does need work.
Partly because of this godforsaken haybelly... As his workload was upped slightly over summer, it’s reduced slightly but it’s still there driving me mad. Pony has been subjected to the dentist, no issues with chewing. He was wormed not that long ago either.
Unfortunately, I can’t really change foraging as that’s provided by the yard. But I can up the amount if necessary.
But I was thinking about adding a probiotic to his feed to aid his digestion, and what you would recommend product/brand wise?
A bit worried he’s seemingly lost / going to lose a few too many pounds now the cold has set. He’s not showing signs of illness. But I’d really like to resolve this before he loses more, as I feel he’s gotten a bit ribby over the last few weeks. He’s currently on;
3 cups of Saracen Shape-up
A good handful of Thunderbrook Herbal Chaff
1 scoop of glucosamine
+- 25lbs of haylage daily.
This is for a 14.2 - 14.3 Welsh cross. Last weighed in September and came in at 472kg, which was the ideal according to the specialist. He was not ribby then.
He’s not got any known health issues and is somewhere between a light to moderate amount of work. Turned out every morning currently until 4pm-ish.
Pony is now muscled fairly nicely, but the topline does need work.
Partly because of this godforsaken haybelly... As his workload was upped slightly over summer, it’s reduced slightly but it’s still there driving me mad. Pony has been subjected to the dentist, no issues with chewing. He was wormed not that long ago either.
Unfortunately, I can’t really change foraging as that’s provided by the yard. But I can up the amount if necessary.
But I was thinking about adding a probiotic to his feed to aid his digestion, and what you would recommend product/brand wise?