My mini has been with me just over a week and is currently in quarantine. I took her home from Camelot since she sat all week and went over the weekend with no takers. She is just the sweetest girl and my little boys love to hug her and brush her.
I have always fed my big horses free choice hay and that is what I have been giving my little mini girl (good quality mixed grass hay, no alfalfa) but I am very surprised how much she is eating, on the order of 3-4 flakes a day. She is a little chunker as you can see in my avatar so although she was run through the auctions she was certainly not underfed and making up for being starved! Should I begin limiting her hay?
And I am concerned that when she is released from quarantine and moves into a paddock with my other horse she will blow up like a balloon if she is able to eat hay freely long term. Some strategies I have been thinking of are a hay bag hung high up or a tall feeder that she can't reach?
Many thanks!
I have always fed my big horses free choice hay and that is what I have been giving my little mini girl (good quality mixed grass hay, no alfalfa) but I am very surprised how much she is eating, on the order of 3-4 flakes a day. She is a little chunker as you can see in my avatar so although she was run through the auctions she was certainly not underfed and making up for being starved! Should I begin limiting her hay?
And I am concerned that when she is released from quarantine and moves into a paddock with my other horse she will blow up like a balloon if she is able to eat hay freely long term. Some strategies I have been thinking of are a hay bag hung high up or a tall feeder that she can't reach?
Many thanks!