We had a thoroughbred racehorse that has come home from the track for a
spell and I have been trying to put some weight on him. He's been getting
300 - 400g cracked lupins and 900g oats mixed with half a kg each of lucerne
and oaten chaff each night and been on dry (but quite good) pasture during
the day. For the last month he's been thriving on this but this morning
when I let him into the paddock I noticed his lower legs are all puffy and
he has little bumps like hives all over him.
I suspect maybe he's getting too much protein or just too much grain since
he's doing nothing during the day, but I'm curious why his legs would blow
up now after being fine for a month on this feed.
I'm going to cut his lupins out and half his oats by half but would love to
hear any advice or comments from anyone who can help. Mail me at
Karena@treko.net.au.
Thanks
Jill