RockRiverTiff
Well-Known Member
Streaker turned 20 this year, but if he knows it he's not showing it. This is the most hot-blooded mini I've ever had on the farm, and I've been struggling to keep every extra ounce on him. When he was younger, my vet even had us using a supplement for Thoroughbreds. I give my senior mares beet pulp for extra calories, and all the other minis' diets are based around a complete senior feed already, but Streaker won't eat either. If it's not sweet feed he won't eat it. Period. I also give him additional small feedings throughout the day, but I've found he just eats them a bite at a time before he heads out to run again. If I close him out of his run he won't eat at all--just paces near his gate.
So how do you guys keep the weight on your senior stallions? Other than good dental care and the usual attention to health and diet, do any of you do anything extra for your older stallions? What supplements work (that they will actually eat)?
Here's the crazy man yesterday:
So how do you guys keep the weight on your senior stallions? Other than good dental care and the usual attention to health and diet, do any of you do anything extra for your older stallions? What supplements work (that they will actually eat)?
Here's the crazy man yesterday: