Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Feeding an Idle horse: Kicking horse etc.

Louisa--

First off, I think part of his bad barn behavior is a side effect of having
been stall-bound for so long.

Secondly, I think he's probably getting too much energy and protein for an
animal on maintenance with no way to burn it off since he's still
recuperating.   I have a couple of questions regarding his feed:

1)  Which protein level Vitality is he getting--10, 12, 14, or 16%?
Also--how much of this and the beet pulp is he getting a day?

2)  Does he get hay ?  What kind and how much?

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From: "Ridecamp Guest" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:16 PM
Subject: [RC] Feeding an Idle horse: Kicking horse etc.


> Louisa Pierce Louisa_Pierce@xxxxxxxx
> Background:  My girl friends horse recieved a sprial fracture from another
horse back
> around Nov 2001.  (but he was not blameless)  He was stall bound for about
4 months.
> The entire time he stayed on Nutrena Vitality and beet pulp.
>
> When it was time for him to go on 1/2 day turn out.  She moved him to my
barn.
> He did not like being in his stall for obvious reasons, so we put him out
in a very
> small turn our area, and he decided to "eat" my barn, fence and dig holes.
>
> Okay...we get thru that and he goes out side full time now and is in very
light work.
> He is not "eating" my horses - well okay, chases and bites them all, and
still when he goes in
> the stall (after a 14 hr turn out) he proceeds to kick the wall (when no
one is there to see) and
> he has now "structurally damanged" my post and beam barn.
>
> I have been more then patient with him.  I think alot of his problem is
his food/grain.  You all
> seem to know alot of about feeding.  What do you think?  He is getting way
to much protien w/
> little to no work.?  I have told the owner this, but so far she has no
intention on changing his grain
> just yet, but is thinking about it.
>
> He know has to stay outside 24/7, but that is not working. He is getting
eaten by bugs and he
> is not getting any rest and he is 100% bitten all over his body.  I feel I
am stuck - I can't
> put him side and I hate to leave him outside.
>
> Thansk
>
>
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