Re: Old Horse

[Niccolai Murphy <niccolai_m@yahoo.com>]

To make up for the missing part of the 'hay' ration why not get some
hay cubes and soak them before feeding? There's a few alfafa/timothy
and alfafa/bermuda cubes out there for a reasonable price.




---peggy brush <psbrush@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> This past weekend we rescued an older horse (mid 20's) who is about
400 
> lbs. under weight.  He is unable to chew hay (no molers).  I have
him on 
> beet pulp, rolled oats, Equine Senior with I mix with some molasses
and 
> warm water.  We live in souther Wisconsin so I am tring to put some 
> weight on him before it gets to cold.  We do have inside stalls so he 
> can get out of the bad weather.  I am hesitant to but him out with
our 
> other horses since we have 2 'studdy' geldings.  Does anyone have any 
> suggestion on feed?  I can do a lot but since we have a lot of other 
> animals I do need to watch the budget.  (It seems we end up with a
lot 
> of critters in need of a home.)
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