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Location: Northern Ontario | My mare who is usually an easy keeper is starting to lose weight. She is still shiny and full of energy. Right now she is on free choice hay and 2 lbs of oats, .5lbs of a high protein 25% and fat 15% supplement. Any tips? I don't want.to feed her a bigger quantity (since I cant feed her more than once a day)but I.might have to change what I feed. |
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Location: Willows, CA | What kind of hay? Has she been maintaining weight on this diet in the past? When were her teeth last done? Any recent changes in the diet? |
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Location: Ohio girl moved to PA | could be a number of things. quality of hay could be down, stress, ulcers, teeth? dewormed lately? why only getting fed once a day? once you rule out health, you could try adding DAC bloom or oil. |
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Location: Kansas | have you checked teeth? Any stress (could be ulcers) etc.....lots of factors go into a horse loosing weight |
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| You can swap out part of the oats for fat. Rice bran, renew gold, or a high octane horse food like ultium or horsemans elite by bluebonnet. Like humans, weight in horses is a by product of calorie consumption.
Edit: When's the last time her teeth were done? Does she have a way to stay cool during the day? Heat will melt weight off them.
Edited by hannahbug 2017-06-22 5:07 PM
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Location: Northern Ontario | She maintains really well usually, but the flys are out and pretty bad this year. Thats the reason for her weight loss, but I dont want her thinner even if it is just.for a.month. Her teeth were done this week. |
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Location: OH. IO | If at all possible,feed twice a day. |
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Location: Willows, CA | SuperTrooper - 2017-06-22 6:33 PM
She maintains really well usually, but the flys are out and pretty bad this year. Thats the reason for her weight loss, but I dont want her thinner even if it is just.for a.month. Her teeth were done this week.
If she usually maintains on the current diet and you have been happy with it until now, I would give her a few weeks to see if she starts looking better now that her teeth have been done. That can make a huge difference once she can comfortably chew the roughage part of her diet. This translates into much more complete digestion in the hind gut. |
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