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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | ThreeCorners - 2015-02-15 4:33 PM
A handful of grain will get her in just as good as a 1/4 scoop. Reduce the grain to just a handful and give her some hay instead. Dont feed a second scoop of grain or if you must, then just a handful, and I do mean 1 human handful.
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | Here's pics of her. She's 14.0hh exactly.
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | Feed ingrediance from their website
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Location: Where I am happiest | TessBelle - 2015-02-15 4:38 PM
ThreeCorners - 2015-02-15 4:33 PM
A handful of grain will get her in just as good as a 1/4 scoop. Reduce the grain to just a handful and give her some hay instead. Dont feed a second scoop of grain or if you must, then just a handful, and I do mean 1 human handful.
Are you meaning grain like oats? Or feed in general?
Whatever grain/feed your feeding. You posted she gets 1/4 scoop a.m. and then 1/4 scoop p.m. Just give a handful instead of a 1/4 scoop and give her hay. Also, she doesn't look like a cushings horse to me and I don't think she is "obese". She is built to be a easy keeper and yes, she's packing good flesh. Like I said reduce her grain, feed her hay as no horse should go that amount of time with no hay and maybe look for a better feed for easy keepers. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | ThreeCorners - 2015-02-15 7:22 PM
TessBelle - 2015-02-15 4:38 PM
ThreeCorners - 2015-02-15 4:33 PM
A handful of grain will get her in just as good as a 1/4 scoop. Reduce the grain to just a handful and give her some hay instead. Dont feed a second scoop of grain or if you must, then just a handful, and I do mean 1 human handful.
Are you meaning grain like oats? Or feed in general?
Whatever grain/feed your feeding. You posted she gets 1/4 scoop a.m. and then 1/4 scoop p.m. Just give a handful instead of a 1/4 scoop and give her hay. Also, she doesn't look like a cushings horse to me and I don't think she is "obese". She is built to be a easy keeper and yes, she's packing good flesh. Like I said reduce her grain, feed her hay as no horse should go that amount of time with no hay and maybe look for a better feed for easy keepers.
I think her only being 14hh makes her look a lot bigger than what she actually is. |
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| Looking at the pictures, she looks an appropriate weight for her body type.
I find compact horses don't ever look "fit". As they have the same amount of muscles on their body as a horse that is a foot longer and taller.
I personally would test for cushings if that is what my vets suggest, i doubt my vet would suggest it unless I was having some sort of issue with her.
I would invest in a hay saver hay bag so I could have feed in front of her 24/7. If she is not on suppliments. I would cut out the grain/feed.
I would also go to a harder feed such as Timothy, brome, orchard grass, whatever you have available in your area.
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Location: Florida.. | I think its just the way shes built,, but that grains and whats in it .. is not a good quality ..if she was mine id start working on getting her back and tummy strong....
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | I've always though she looked more fit than fat but every one makes comments about her being 200-300lns over weight. I'm going to the vet Saturday to have coggins done so I'll ask her then and see what she thinks. Another sign of Cushings was abnormal hair growth. She didn't grow a winter coat. Never has. She doesn't sweat either.
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Location: Florida.. | TessBelle - 2015-02-15 9:16 PM I've always though she looked more fit than fat but every one makes comments about her being 200-300lns over weight. I'm going to the vet Saturday to have coggins done so I'll ask her then and see what she thinks. Another sign of Cushings was abnormal hair growth. She didn't grow a winter coat. Never has. She doesn't sweat either.
to me it just looks like her topline is weak therefore her tummy is weak to . |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | Bibliafarm - 2015-02-15 8:18 PM
TessBelle - 2015-02-15 9:16 PM I've always though she looked more fit than fat but every one makes comments about her being 200-300lns over weight. I'm going to the vet Saturday to have coggins done so I'll ask her then and see what she thinks. Another sign of Cushings was abnormal hair growth. She didn't grow a winter coat. Never has. She doesn't sweat either.
to me it just looks like her topline is weak therefore her tummy is weak to .
Meaning??? I'm trying to learn what all this means. |
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Location: Florida.. | it could be why she appears fat to some... her belly isnt tight and her back is droopy in simple terms.. if she worked to get a strong back and firm belly muscles shed appear fit and not fat.. lol..just tone it up .. it appear weak to me.. her hind end is firm though , but thats just my opinion..her neck isnt cresty so thats a good sign..
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | Bibliafarm - 2015-02-15 8:31 PM
it could be why she appears fat to some... her belly isnt tight and her back is droopy in simple terms.. if she worked to get a strong back and firm belly muscles shed appear fit and not fat.. lol..just tone it up .. it appear weak to me.. her hind end is firm though , but thats just my opinion..her neck isnt cresty so thats a good sign..
So what kind of exercises works on her back? |
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| Sounds more like a thyroid issue to me. Have a thyroid test done. Runs about $65. She does not look like she has Cushing's to me. One of my horses has been on thyroid meds for about 6 years. One symptom is that he cannot stand to be brushed. He also does not sweat. |
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Location: mi | Just an FYI. I have read and also been told that just taking a horse off of hay or grass for extented hours then back on for a long period really doesn't slow down their consuption. If they are on pasture 24/7 they eat until they are full or content then go relax. If they are in a stall for 12 hours then out on the pasture for 12 hours. They will spend that entire 12 hours eating to catch up. So they end up eating just as much in 12 hours as they would in 24.
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