Posted 2014-11-02 12:29 AM Subject: Overfeeding a colt, causing them to be over in the knees- help?
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I have a yearling filly I bought that was very poor and very behind- I have maybe gotten a little over-zealous with the nutrition and 30 days into having her, she is starting to look over in the knees (she wasn't at all at first)- I have reduced the feed WAY down. She is in about a 7 acres pasture with decent grass, free choice coastal, and a half a scoop of omolene growth twice a day now. Someone told me to add a vitamin to her feed but wasn't sure what it was. Thoughts?
Posted 2014-11-02 1:23 AM Subject: RE: Overfeeding a colt, causing them to be over in the knees- help?
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Posts: 600 Location: Oklahoma & Texas
Feed em msm...sounds weird but whenever I have a fast grower or one that is going through spurts of growth I feed em pure msm top dressed on feed am and pm...it's cheap I get a tub for 6 bucks atmy feed store and it lasts a month...its a natural anti inflammatory and will keep em from getting epiphysitis...not to mention it'll make their manes n tails grow like crazy.. i started just feeding it to my weanlings soon as they're weaned after my vet recommended it for one that was growing at a really fast pace..sounds like yours may have the beginnings of epiphysitis which happens when the bone grows too fast and the ligaments n tendons are trying to catch up..they get inflammation in the growth plate area that if left untreated can cause bad joint/bone problems later...bump down the protein and add msm...also don'texercise/lunge em til the Iinflammation recedes as it will only cause more irritation and inflammation. .they can be turned out just not exercisd.
Overfeeding a colt, causing them to be over in the knees- help?
