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RE: [RC] supplement for coming two year olds... - heidi

Ten pounds of Strategy?? Yikes!

There is no substitute for a high forage diet, and giving him feed in a 
concentrate form will hinder his developing and properly utilizing his hindgut 
function.  Give him ALL the good grass hay he will eat, supplement with a flake 
of alfalfa, and give him a good vitamin-mineral supplement in a HANDFUL of some 
kind of concentrate, so that he eats it.

Check his teeth (yep, younguns have dental issues) and perhaps consider a 
fenbendazole purge, given his stuntedness, but don't go with 
concentrates/supplements--you will be doing him a big disservice in the long 
run.

Heidi



i got such great feedback about the cow hock question that i thought i'd ask 
another one :)
i think i told you all the colt i asked about is a coming two year old, he is 
22 months right now, and didn't get much pasture time, or all that proper of 
feeding in his past. i looked at his back legs again, and they seem to 
actually be getting better, so maybe part of his problem was under developed 
muscles and stuff, like some of you all mentioned.
i saw a supplement for yearlings, i can't remember the name off hand, and i'm 
wondering if maybe, he should get one? he is eating properly right now, he 
eats ten pounds stradegy a day right now, along with aprox 15-20 pounds 
timothy hay. but i'm hoping to help combat some of his stuntedness, and under 
developement. he seems to be a good heigt, i think he was 13.2 or 13.3 the 
last time the girl measured him, going to be a tall arabian i think. however, 
the vet agrees, that he looks more like 14-15 months, developemntwise. (is 
that a word? lol) so maybe a supplement would help?
i'm hoping someday he may be a good endurance horse :)
thanks ahead of time for all the replies i know i'm sure to get !!


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