[RC] Horse won't keep weight on while working.. - Allegra
Hello,
I would appreciate your help
regarding my horse Saint. During rides and conditioning he looses allot of
weight, this became more apparent over the 10 day Shore-2-Shore ride this
spring. He will eat his full, and is given enough to do so. But given the same
amount that he will get fat off of in the winter he will lose weight rapidly in
the spring and during months of hard work. He is given all
he can eat, and there is nothing wrong with him. (According to the vet he is in
great shape "for his age". Geez, does that get tiring to hear.) In all there is
nothing making him loose weight other than the fact he works more, and eats the
same amount.
Seeing feeding him more does no good, as he
only wastes the extra he already has, is their some thing I should put on his
food to help him maintain his weight? I'm not talking halter horse fat here,
just keeping him from looking like a galloping hat-rack. I've thought of
putting veggie-oil on his Sr. Feed and did last year. It seemed to help a
little.
What does every one think? Don't worry about
hot feeds, he's already a screaming idiot. (He paces in his pasture, another
reason he looses weight in the spring.)
Allegra
P.S. the site below was designed around my
horse. Though it doesn't have very good pictures.
