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| I normally always stall my horses at night.. And let out during the day, and if it rains they stay up entirely. I just bought a new gelding and I noticed after a day of raining his flanks where sucken in and he hadn't drank as much as I would have liked. (His pervious owners did not stall often) well I would really like to continue to keep him stalled at night due to supplements and certain hay I feed him only, but I also want him feeling good. Like I said I only stall at night, or during rain. Wondering what I should do?
Also, he eats perfectly fine, just boycotts drinking his water and draws up. |
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| I never stall and never will. |
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| I am like you. My horse's are turned out during the day unless weather is bad & we bring them up at night. I have different feeds for all my different ages of horse's, so I need them up so each can get the feed they need. Since your guy is new, may-be try giving him some time to learn a new way of life & his new home. If by 3 weeks he isn't looking like you would like him to, talk to your vet. He / she might have some ideas. A thought is getting some panels & making him an outside area connected to his stall so he can go in & out as he wants. Just a thought. Hope I helped. |
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| He is by no means underweight or not looking good. His flanks are just sucken in, someone said its because he isn't getting enough hay, and I've noticed he doesn't eat hay in the pasture like the other horses he'll munch for a bit, walk off, come back. Never constant, but again he's by no means skinny or even close so I wonder if he just isn't plain hungry? I started putting some extra salt in his feed tonight. (He also has a salt block in the pasture) I can't make run outs my barn is completely indoors. Also, he is stalled next to his fav buddy horse and has a very large window to look out of, my barn has very good air circulation and my stalls are 12x12 so I know he isn't necessarily crowded. |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | Until you get him use to his new routine.. add a extra bucket with water and a few afalfa cubes in it for the night and if you can add water to his grain an possibly soaked beet pulp or soaked alfalfa cubes etc.. it will help..
Edited by Bibliafarm 2016-04-04 9:04 PM
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| I believe in natural as much as possible....we only stall,overnight when the weather is REALLY bad or we are away....we bring all our horses in and feed them because some get special feed and then turn them out... |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Try hanging 2–3 water buckets in different colors and see if he drinks better out of a certain color. Mine are weird that way. One wants yellow, another likes blue. |
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Location: Phoenix | Three 4 Luck - 2016-04-04 7:08 PM
Try hanging 2–3 water buckets in different colors and see if he drinks better out of a certain color. Mine are weird that way. One wants yellow, another likes blue.
Agree. Can you stall the others at night and leave him be? How long have you had him? He might not like the taste of your water yet. |
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| I've had him for about 2 months exactly, he gets beet pulp soaked and he has 2 water buckets, both always fresh water every night and both purple. He gets fed 2 scoops of pro force fuel, and gets straight alfalfa hay when stalled at night (coastal round bales in pasture) you figure he would want to be up at night! Never a dirty stalls always clean shavings. I'm not sure what else I can do to make him more comfortable.... And yes the last couple of days I keep him out and the other in but he just pace around the barn wanting in... I can't keep another horse out with him because I don't have separate pastures. I noticed tonight he wasn't sucken in at all, so I'm gonna see what he looks like in the morning. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Can you put him in a roundpen at night or small pen ? That is what I do for my one who needs more food then others but he stocks up if inside too much . Another has a runout into a small pen with a gate into pasture, so I just close his gate to keep him off too much grass or when it pours to keep his soft feet out of mud.I wish all my stalls had runouts into pens then gates into pasture .. That is ideal ( and on bucket list ). |
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Location: Louisiana | Three 4 Luck - 2016-04-04 9:08 PM Try hanging 2–3 water buckets in different colors and see if he drinks better out of a certain color. Mine are weird that way. One wants yellow, another likes blue.
I have one that once he starts drinking out of a certain bucket, I take it everywhere. And don't water other horses with it. It works though, that's the ONLY bucket I give him water with at home (besides the trough in the field) and he actually drank pretty well on our last trip. Normally, he refuses.
But it does take him a few days to warm up to a bucket.
My my other gelding will drink from anything lol. |
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| I only leave mine up if the weather is bad. Other than that, I bring them in for feeding and then turn them back out. I think they are happier that way and are much less prone to run and buck and play from being all cooped up and hurt themselves. :) |
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Location: Fort Bragg North Carolina | I don't stall horses are prolly happier outside I know I would be. I have one that looses weight at weekend shows because I stall she just doesn't eat as well almost like depression lol weird |
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Location: North Dakota | I choose NOT to stall.
They stay turned out 24/7. I bring them in to feed them their individual supplements, and then back out they go.
They stay out in the rain too (free bath!!!) unless it's COLD (30 or 40 *F).
Maybe it is because they aren't used to it, but I have problems with horses stocking up when stalled due to the lack of movement.
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| leave him out, we only stall horses for our own peace of mind. if they wanted to be stalled they'd come in on their own. Heck, most of the time you'll see them standing out in the rain instead of in the barn, if left alone. Put the horse where ever he is happy, happy horse makes better performances! |
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| Ours are stalled when the weather is severe. If it's just raining, we leave the doors open, put the hay in the stalls (picky buggers won't eat wet hay) and they can come and go as they please. Otherwise, they are out all of the time. |
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Location: Hernando, Ms | Mine are up at night and if the weather is bad during the day. If mine stayed outside 24/7 they would be so fat! They can look at grass and get fat. LOL I wish I could get them to lose weight. |
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Location: Kentucky | I'm not sure the stalling is coorelated with the not drinking. Maybe it's just the change in environment? I would give him a few more days.
I have found that mine like to be stalled. It's their place where they can rest, lay down, and snooze. Mine are in 12 hours, and out 12 hours. In the summer, they are out more, but still up a few hours of the day under fans. |
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Location: MN | When I lived in GA, horses were always in a stall during the day in the hot summers. Winters, they were in at night except for a select few who didnt really need to come in, same in the summer months. Always turned horses out during bad weather after a tornado ripped our roof off of the barn once while the horses were in. Never again did we stall during bad weather!
Now that I live in Minnesota, outside 24/7. Blankented and shelter during the winter. 24/7 access to hay. Much happier outside than in a stall! |
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