Having had the farrier up to Buddy on Sunday, he was explaining how the spread of his feet is due to too much acid. He suggested changing from the Alpha A Oil he has at the minute.
I am not very clued up on feeds so would like any advice (with reasons for the suggestion also).
When I got Buddy, as a 5yo in Oct 08, he was your typical scrawny, no muscle 5yo who hadn't done much consistent work.
I started him on Conditioning Cubes, Speedi-beet and Alpha A Oil. After one month, with work also, this didn't seem to be helping, so I switched to Alpha A Oil, Pony Nuts, Top Spec feed balancer. This has worked lovely, and he has built up in all the right places over the winter. He had 1 scoop Alpha and 1 scoop pony nuts.
Because this seems to have worked with him so well, I am relucant to take him off the Feed Balancer.
However, in recent days I have noticed when you box him, as he turns in the stable to get haylage, he reaches down for a mouthful of straw. For this I was going to re-introduce the speedi-beet.
He eats breakfast and tea well, and has ad-lib good quality haylage every night - and he has a lot. He eats it all by the morning. He drinks just under one large tubtrug of water per night.
But basically, what suggestions do people have?
Farrier recommended Primero Total (mix feed) but like I say, I am reluctant to take him off what seems to work to keep his condition.
Cookies if you got to the end of that!!
I am not very clued up on feeds so would like any advice (with reasons for the suggestion also).
When I got Buddy, as a 5yo in Oct 08, he was your typical scrawny, no muscle 5yo who hadn't done much consistent work.
I started him on Conditioning Cubes, Speedi-beet and Alpha A Oil. After one month, with work also, this didn't seem to be helping, so I switched to Alpha A Oil, Pony Nuts, Top Spec feed balancer. This has worked lovely, and he has built up in all the right places over the winter. He had 1 scoop Alpha and 1 scoop pony nuts.
Because this seems to have worked with him so well, I am relucant to take him off the Feed Balancer.
However, in recent days I have noticed when you box him, as he turns in the stable to get haylage, he reaches down for a mouthful of straw. For this I was going to re-introduce the speedi-beet.
He eats breakfast and tea well, and has ad-lib good quality haylage every night - and he has a lot. He eats it all by the morning. He drinks just under one large tubtrug of water per night.
But basically, what suggestions do people have?
Farrier recommended Primero Total (mix feed) but like I say, I am reluctant to take him off what seems to work to keep his condition.
Cookies if you got to the end of that!!