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Location: Beggs, OK | TurnLane - 2015-04-09 8:42 AM Rachelyn80 has had good luck with Chaffee hay on her senior horse- might try it?
Yes I have :-) If you can get it they do well on it. I leave a bag out full time for my 28 year old mare the yearling fillies that she babysits. We keep it in a big black water trough for them to pick at. They get alfalfa and grass hay too, but I want to make sure that she has something soft if she wants it.
My two that are on stall rest have buckets hanging in their stalls that we try to keep full of chaffhaye for them to pick at. |
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| Great advice everyone !! Just really stinks when they loose their teeth :( |
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Location: South of Canada and North of Mexico | My 30 yr old no longer eats any hay, he gets 8lbs a day (2 feedings) of Triple Crown Complete. That is all he gets and he looks fantastic. I took in an underweight pony Dec 21st and she taped at 550 and she also got 8lbs of TC Complete and is not 675lbs and looks great as well. Love this feed and its worth the price.
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| watchpeppydoc - 2015-04-09 12:48 PM
My 30 yr old no longer eats any hay, he gets 8lbs a day (2 feedings) of Triple Crown Complete. That is all he gets and he looks fantastic. I took in an underweight pony Dec 21st and she taped at 550 and she also got 8lbs of TC Complete and is not 675lbs and looks great as well. Love this feed and its worth the price.
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He looks great !! That's kinda how my guy is .. He stays very fat on just 6 lbs of equine senior & 3 lbs of beet pulp a day . Also grass when they get turned out on pasture when it's not muddy .. |
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Location: Online | 3lbs standlee alfalfa pellets soaked, 2 lbs senior feed and equipride twice a day has kept my old guy fat and sassy. We give him a little grass hay to keep him busy, he can't really chew it up and spits it out, but it entertains him. His poops are nice round bales. |
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| rodeomom13 - 2015-04-09 1:30 PM
3lbs standlee alfalfa pellets soaked, 2 lbs senior feed and equipride twice a day has kept my old guy fat and sassy. We give him a little grass hay to keep him busy, he can't really chew it up and spits it out, but it entertains him. His poops are nice round bales.
Maybe I should try alfalfa pellets instead of cubes! Would be easier for him to eat.. |
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Location: Arkansas | Tatum2 - 2015-04-09 8:04 AM
Chandler's Mom - 2015-04-09 12:03 AM
We have a 36 year old. He gets Purina Sr feed, beet pulp, Platinum CJ, and Platinum Healthy Weight oil. He quids his hay mostly because he has hardly any teeth left. He will take spells where he will leave anywhere from 1/4 to over 1/2 his feed uneaten, and it worries me to death. Then the next day he cleans the trough. My friend says he self regulates, and that he may be getting more hay in his belly than I think and could just be full. I was concerned about how he came out of the bad winter, but my farrier volunteered to my boyfriend last week when he trimmed everyone that Dan looked amazing. He said most of his clients with "normal age" horses don't look nearly as good as he does right now. He was my first horse I got after a devastating car wreck where my best friend was killed and I lost my left leg above the knee; he was my rock and eased me back into horses when I doubted I'd ever sit in a saddle again, let alone own another horse. So when people ask me WHY???? As in why do you feed and take care of a horse that old that requires so very much and yet isn't rideable anymore-----my answer is cause he took care of someone who needed so very much. I know I wrote a book and got way off track, but it makes me happy knowing there are folks out there willing to go the extra mile for their older partners!
Exactly! They do a tremendous amount for us and it's out turn to repay them 
I commend your efforts : )
What an awesome horse you have and what an awesome family he has!
Thank you! I'm gonna get technologically advanced and post pics of Dan and "the herd" on here one day soon. I owe my horses a lot----they helped give me my confidence back after my wreck and opened a whole new world of wonderful horse people to me. When I'm on them they're my legs and make me feel like I fit in with other folks on equal levels. Sorry, there I go again!!! |
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Location: Vinton, La. | Have a 32 year old retired broodmare. I feed her Equine Sr mixed with a bit of a sweet grain because that's what she will eat. No cubes, no pellets, no supplements, no nothing will she put in her toothless mouth besides the above mixture with about a 1/2 lb or so of rice bran 2X a day. I've tried everything. I've upped her feed and she will only eat her usual amount she's been eating for the last 18 years, will leave the rest. Finally after me asking my vet over and over what to do he said, "She's 32!!! She looks great. If it's not broke don't try to fix it."
Oh, and she loves bread! Has four slices in the morning and 4 in the evening every day. Wonder Bread is her complete favorite.
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Location: Kansas | Looky how lucky our old horses are that we faithfully take care of them to the best of our ability instead of sending them to nursing homes.
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