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OldSchoolCowgirl Reg. Jan 2008	Posted 2018-03-09 11:02 PM Subject: Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP!
Location: midwest mama	Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP! I recently got a mini as a companion for my barrel horse. He is a food hog and eats everything in sight as fast as he can, but my gelding is a slow eater. Also, my gelding gets grain and alfalfa/grass hay and the mini gets grass hay only. Anyone know how to keep the mini from eating everything (including stuff he isn't supposed to have) before my gelding does? My gelding is a slow eater - even with his grain. I'm pulling my hair out trying to come up with ideas. HELP!!!! Edited by OldSchoolCowgirl 2018-03-11 5:24 PM
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SKM Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2018-03-10 12:11 AM Subject: RE: Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP!
Saint Stacey	Muzzle him until the gelding is done and then feed the pony.
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GLP Reg. Oct 2013	Posted 2018-03-10 4:37 AM Subject: RE: Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP!
I just read the headlines Posts: 4483	What about feeding the mini some grass pellets while your horse is eating his grain.
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rodeomom3 Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2018-03-10 7:03 AM Subject: RE: Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP!
Shelter Dog Lover Posts: 10277	SKM - 2018-03-10 12:11 AM Muzzle him until the gelding is done and then feed the pony. This ^^. Minis are very susceptible to colic and founder
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Southtxponygirl Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2018-03-10 8:28 AM Subject: RE: Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP!
A Somebody to Everybody Posts: 41354 Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas	OldSchoolCowgirl - 2018-03-09 11:02 PM Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP! I recently got a mini as a companion for my barrel horse. He is a food hog and eats everything in sight as fast as he can, but my gelding is a slow eater. Also, my gelding gets grain and alfalfa/grass hay and the mini gets grass hay only. Anyone know how to keep the mini from eating everything (including stuff he isn't supposed to have) before my gelding does? I'm pulling my hair out trying to come up with ideas. HELP!!!! Is the mini eating your horses feed out of your horses feed trough/feeder? And the others are right, I would worry about founder if the mini is eating your horses feed. I have a mini also and when he got to have free run/roam of the pastures out here he founder himself on mesquite beans, so I have to be carefull also, he stays in a large pen with one of my geldings but he cant eat/reach the geldings feed. Edited by Southtxponygirl 2018-03-10 3:35 PM
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Fun2Run Reg. Jul 2005	Posted 2018-03-10 11:38 AM Subject: RE: Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP!
A Barrel Of Monkeys Posts: 12972 Location: Texas	I have to keep mine in a pen, he's such a chow hound little jerk.
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r_beau Reg. Apr 2010	Posted 2018-03-10 3:16 PM Subject: RE: Anyone With A Mini Or Pony For A Companion? NEED HELP!
Born not Made Posts: 2932 Location: North Dakota	I would separate the two when you feed. Mini’s do not need to eat much. Most people overfeed them, they become overweight, and then they founder. They have very different nutritional needs than a full size horse.
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