Posted 2015-06-03 4:55 PM Subject: Yearling has picked up pacing.
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My yearlings is on stall rest due to an injury. Has been for a while. Has handled a 10x20 in the barn great. Moved to new house. Now she has a 10x16 shed and a 10x30 run. At first she was mad because the others were lose in a 100x150 lot by her. Then she got over it and was fine. As of yesterday she has started pacing. She has about 30 days more of stall rest. What do I do? She has free choice hay, always has. I'm afraid she's going to walk off her calories and/or give herself ulcers. I got some ulcer stuff to put her on but the pacing.... I thought maybe a toy but idk if it wil help.
Posted 2015-06-03 5:25 PM Subject: RE: Yearling has picked up pacing.
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I will now goat shop. Thank you lol. She has a "hay bucket" (half barrel) that stays full of good, pretty hay that she munches on when she's hungry but she's not a chow down kind of horse so it occupies her for maybe an hour a day. I have been wanting a goat anyways lol
Posted 2015-06-03 7:01 PM Subject: RE: Yearling has picked up pacing.
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Year before last my mare was on stall rest for 8 months because of a bad suspensory tear. I took 6 panels and set them up in the pasture beside the pasture the geldings were in so she could see them. I moved the panels daily so she would have frest grass to munch on and hung a hay bag in her pen and water buckets on one of the panels. Worked great. Since she could see the rest of the horses she didn't go crazy.
Posted 2015-06-04 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Yearling has picked up pacing.
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When we had a yearling on stall rest, we rotated horses in the barn with her. We had 3 other yearling and they each had to spend a day in the barn. It was good for everyone.
Yearling has picked up pacing.
