Re: [RC] Horse won't keep weight on while working.. - Maggie Mieske
FAT! And time will help also....I believe that it
takes a horse's metabolism some time to adjust to the rigors of endurance...my
original distance gelding did the same thing his first year and I agonized over
it. The next year he did much better but I had also discovered feeding
beet pulp and vegetable oil. My stallion, Malik, gets 2-3 cups a day to
help him maintain weight.
Subject: [RC] Horse won't keep weight on
while working..
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.
