Subject: Re: [RC] Horse won't keep weight
on while working..
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.
