shaepony
Member
I just got a 10yr old 28.5" stallion that came from an uneducated home. His teeth have never been floated and he was at the point where you can start to easily see ribs. They were feeding him 1/2 a flake of regular grass hay AM and 1cup of cob PM. I have had this little guy for 1 1/2 weeks now; I free feed orchard grass and have him up to 1cup of senior horse grain AM/PM, he also gets turned out on the clover pasture(all our pastures grew up in clover this year) 30min AM/PM.
I am used to dealing with full sized horses and am worried about giving the little guy too much rich food and making him sick, but I really need to put weight on him. I don't want to over do the protien and cause stones but I also need to put some weight on him. Does any body who has had experience useing senior horse know how much is okay to give a 175lb(thats using a weight tape)mini to put the weight back on? and how much time can I possibly work him up to on grazing clover? Will he be okay if I just keep increasing grazing time as long as his manure doesn't get softer or is the clover way too rich? I may just be worrying too much and talking my mind but I thought it wouldn't hurt to get some extra oppinions.
I am used to dealing with full sized horses and am worried about giving the little guy too much rich food and making him sick, but I really need to put weight on him. I don't want to over do the protien and cause stones but I also need to put some weight on him. Does any body who has had experience useing senior horse know how much is okay to give a 175lb(thats using a weight tape)mini to put the weight back on? and how much time can I possibly work him up to on grazing clover? Will he be okay if I just keep increasing grazing time as long as his manure doesn't get softer or is the clover way too rich? I may just be worrying too much and talking my mind but I thought it wouldn't hurt to get some extra oppinions.