Anyone know of a good way I can increase my 30 year old gelding's appetite?  Yes I have had his teeth worked on.  He gets Bluebonnet Sr feed, Renew Gold with Omega alfalfa cubes as he cannot chew hay very well.  He can still munch on grass but this time of year grass is not very appetizing.  

Do you soak the feed and the cubes?

If you have a vet that has access to it, Winstral. Dex can also increase appetite but you have to be careful with it. It the age of 30, Winstral is going to be your best bet....if you don’t mind the cost or the fact that it’s a steroid.

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He eats his feed fine, slups it up.  He gets 1 lb of Bluebonnet Senior and 1 lb of Renew Gold with THE MM Blends.  He also ges B12 pellets once daily.  He slups that up, he just east his Omega cubes very slowly.  He does not look like he has lost weight.  Just sometimes does not act interested in the Omega cubes.  Oh you are not supposed to soak the Omega cubes because of the flax that is in them.  Plus they are a softer cube.

So he does have an appetite, he is just slow to eat cubes?

Is it possible that the cubes just dont taste good to him?

also, I know you said you have had his teeth done, but honestly, how many teeth does he even have left? It could just be that, even though they are soft cubes, it's too much for him to chew now.

I feed my 30 plus year old donkey beet pulp and soak alfalfa cubes along with his feed, I feed the soaked beet pulp and alfalfa during the day so hes got something to eat on, his back teeth are almost all gone so he cant chew hay are grass so the beet pulp and alfalfa helps him with roughage. I would try soaked alfalfa cubes.. or beet pulp.. 

Yes I have also fed the beet pulp and soaked alfalfa cubes.  I soak the alfalfa cubes I get from TSC the Omega cubes I do not soak as they are a smaller cube and a softer cube.  It seems he doesn't much care for the soaked beet pulp.  Now I have gotten the beet pulp from Bluebonnet but is has molasses in it which he seemed to like of course and it was not a problem for him but my other horses who is younger (23) and fatter does not need the Molasses.  I guess I could just soak enough of that beet pulp for him and not give it to the other.  As far as how many teeth he has, the Vet said he still had a pretty good set of teeth.  He is pooping OK, drinking OK and peeing OK and his last blood work up the Vet said all looked OK.  Maybe I just worry too much.  

I completely understand how you feel!  My Doodlebug was 39 and A.T.E. S.O. S.L.O.W.   I swear sometimes I think he just got tired of chewing and would leave some food in his tub.  It caused me worry to no end.  We did rice bran, Sr Active, and beet pulp plus his supplements, so I have no advice--sounds like you're on the same path we were--just wanted you to know I feel your pain!!  Good luck with your goldie oldie.  

I couldn't get my horses to eat Bluebonnet feed. 

I have tried several different ones from Bluebonnet and he seems to like the Elite Senior as it is more sweeter than the others.  LOL  

My gelding is a terribly picky eater, and a hard keeper too. I've played around with a lot of different products and some he eats better than others. In general, he strongly prefers a beet pulp-based or sweet feed with more texture over a pelleted feed (big surprise there). He also goes through phases where he really likes a product and then decides he doesn't like it. He ate TC Complete for the past 1.5 years and just in the past month has decided that isn't cutting it for him anymore. Now he's on Pennfield Fibregized Omega, and is eating that much better (though who knows how long that will last). When he's going through a picky phase, adding things like soaked beet pulp or soaked alfalfa cubes can also help, at least temporarily. happy wheels

Yes he gets those.  I am thinking of getting the beet shreds from Bluebonnet as he did like those and I just won't feed them to the other guy because he does not need the sweet stuff.  I also thought about putting a little mollasses on his feed watered down.

The one very elderly (39yo) horse I've ever dealt with was given a 'soup' of alfalfa cubes with whatever supplements needed, plus oils, to keep him healthy. He was also given a pad of alfalfa hay to chew on. This horse was used for jumping lessons until he was almost 41, and lived until he was 45. I know how unusual that is, but this diet helped him a ton and will be my go-to should I ever have a horse after it looses its grinding teeth. Not many horses turn down alfalfa in any form!