Yes, the
complete feeds are concentrated. I’m with you, I see no reason to add
calories that the horse doesn’t seem to need or want. I just read somewhere about horses on
concentrated feeds instead of hay need more dental care because they don’t
do all the chewing that hay fed horses do, so as long as the horse is doing
well with hay & small amount of grain I’d keep it that way. Maybe the
vet thinks the horse needs to be get plump before
winter? I did have one hard keeper that I fed senior feed to, she didn’t
like it. I now do a Panacur or Safeguard purge every
year and my hard keeper is now an easy keeper.
Kathy
Kathy, in
regard to the horse I was talking about on large grain meals. This horse is
extremely fit and active. He is VERY energetic (on a small amount of grain!), is in
good weight, has good teeth and no trouble eating.
But, the horse has worked hard all it's life and IS 20
years old. Gosh, my "top line" doesn't look like it did when I was
young either. And no amount of eating is going to imporve
it. (Actually, eating is the problem! LOL) But, seriously, this horse is one of
the best looking 20 yr. old horses I know. I'm just not sure how providing a
horse that is already at a good weight an "all you can eat" buffet of
senior feed is going to improve it's "top
line". Though a senior feed or a complete feed may not be considered
a "grain" they are still a concentrate aren't they?
