Hello! I am needing a bit of help in feeding the big giraffe. Vet has come back with his latest bloods and there all under control ( trust me to buy a giraffe who has ppid!) Hey Ho!
However the issue is his weight is just decreasing.. He has no muscle like litrally no muscle at all. Even on his croup it's gone
partly as he hasn't been worked in around 14 months and the cushings for you. The weight.. I aren't sure if it'd ibd related or cushings related. Where going to pop him on equitop myoplast and see if that helps. He does get adlib hay but in a 14 hour period he only ate 7kg. Normally he eats about 11kg.
He is on quite a lot of feed as well.
1kg of cool stance
500 grams of linseed
0.9kg of equibeet ( dried)
And a heaped scoop of the thunderbrook muesli. Split into 3 feeds. Along with his supplements. I can't really increase his hay on a night as he gets it adlib. I could give him some in the field though I was thinking you can get the lami friendly haylage? Or I could up his hard feed?
Any thoughts?
However the issue is his weight is just decreasing.. He has no muscle like litrally no muscle at all. Even on his croup it's gone
partly as he hasn't been worked in around 14 months and the cushings for you. The weight.. I aren't sure if it'd ibd related or cushings related. Where going to pop him on equitop myoplast and see if that helps. He does get adlib hay but in a 14 hour period he only ate 7kg. Normally he eats about 11kg. He is on quite a lot of feed as well.
1kg of cool stance
500 grams of linseed
0.9kg of equibeet ( dried)
And a heaped scoop of the thunderbrook muesli. Split into 3 feeds. Along with his supplements. I can't really increase his hay on a night as he gets it adlib. I could give him some in the field though I was thinking you can get the lami friendly haylage? Or I could up his hard feed?
Any thoughts?
