Re: maintaining horse weight

["Gene Recor" <gene@dreamsoft.com>]

I don't know if this will help or not but I have  a Morab and I feed her 20#
of pellets and 10# of orchard/timothy hay a day. Along with her vitamin
mineral supplements.




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From: <guest@endurance.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:40 PM
Subject: RC: maintaining horse weight


> leah mellott royleah@desupernet.net
>      I have a very young 16 year old morgan mare.  She is a "hotter" mare
> with a high natural heart rate and metabolism.
> I have been conditioning her for two years for longer rides.  Her fitness
> and endurance is fine but I am having a
> problem keeping weight on.   I have had a vet out to cover all the bases;
> parasites are negative, blood work came out
> fine, and thyroid is also normal.  I have her on grass and hay, she is
> getting almost 9lbs of feed a day  (A mix of 10%
> alfalfa pellets, and pennfield enduraevent).  She keeps getting thin in
> the flank area and sometimes some along the
> topline and ribs. Any help is appreciated.
>
>
>
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