MooreAcres
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
Okay heres the deal. My mare Sandi foaled almost two months ago. She was in awesome shape until about three weeks after Rebel was born. She isn't deathly skinny, but way thinner than I would ever like her to be. Her belly looks good, but you can feel (not see!!!) her ribs VERY easily and her spine and hipbones are highly visable. I wormed her last week with Ivermectin and am going to do a Panacure spurge this next week. Heres what she gets to eat...
1 (regular sized) butter tub of dry beet pulp
1/2 butter tub of orchard grass/alfalfa pellets
1 butter tub of LMF Development grain (for mare and foals)
1 full scoop (which is 1 ounce) of 100 Calories (basically a pure fat power that is used to put weight on horses)
Unlimited hay
* I put everything but the hay into a 8 quart bucket, fill it about half full with water and let it soak all night before I feed her. It practically fills the bucket. Shes getting almost as much as my friends full sized Appy mare who is also preggo.
Thats JUST BREAKFAST!!! At night she gets all of that PLUS an ounce scoop of vitamins.
What do you think will help? Dietary changes? Different wormer? What? I have no idea anymore. I've never had this problem. I am going to have her teeth checked, but she doesn't seem to have any issues eating.
Shes bred back for next year, so I need her to start gaining weight or it could be bad news for her and/or the foal.
Thanks
Okay heres the deal. My mare Sandi foaled almost two months ago. She was in awesome shape until about three weeks after Rebel was born. She isn't deathly skinny, but way thinner than I would ever like her to be. Her belly looks good, but you can feel (not see!!!) her ribs VERY easily and her spine and hipbones are highly visable. I wormed her last week with Ivermectin and am going to do a Panacure spurge this next week. Heres what she gets to eat...
1 (regular sized) butter tub of dry beet pulp
1/2 butter tub of orchard grass/alfalfa pellets
1 butter tub of LMF Development grain (for mare and foals)
1 full scoop (which is 1 ounce) of 100 Calories (basically a pure fat power that is used to put weight on horses)
Unlimited hay
* I put everything but the hay into a 8 quart bucket, fill it about half full with water and let it soak all night before I feed her. It practically fills the bucket. Shes getting almost as much as my friends full sized Appy mare who is also preggo.
Thats JUST BREAKFAST!!! At night she gets all of that PLUS an ounce scoop of vitamins.
What do you think will help? Dietary changes? Different wormer? What? I have no idea anymore. I've never had this problem. I am going to have her teeth checked, but she doesn't seem to have any issues eating.
Shes bred back for next year, so I need her to start gaining weight or it could be bad news for her and/or the foal.
Thanks
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