do any of you barefoot people just feed grass/hay and don't suppliment at all?
i'm having a conundrum (whats new there eh?!) honey is verging on over weight - not stupidly so but certainly i don't want her to gain any more weight.... next week i get my saddle so i think we'll be fine keeping her weight as she is/reducing it slightly...
she is out 24/7 on rather good lush grazing (lots of different types of grass/ herby plants, odd shrub) and she has ad-lib poor quality hay (shes on that as she seems to crave course fibre due to the lush grass - same happened last year -she just eats what she wants and i top up when its nearly gone - it equates to about half a hay net a day)
now - i have had real trouble getting this horse to eat any additional food that holds her vits and mins oil and mag ox. and believe me i've tried most things i can think of in terms of feed and different suppliments/balencers....
so - do you think she actually needs the suppliments? she certainly looks wonderful but has not eaten her food properly for weeks.... surly if she needed/craved it she would self medicate??
i am so tempted to just take her off everything until she starts to need additional food again in autumn... do you think this would be detremental for her feet? i could prob hide her mag ox in an apple once a day....
i'm having a conundrum (whats new there eh?!) honey is verging on over weight - not stupidly so but certainly i don't want her to gain any more weight.... next week i get my saddle so i think we'll be fine keeping her weight as she is/reducing it slightly...
she is out 24/7 on rather good lush grazing (lots of different types of grass/ herby plants, odd shrub) and she has ad-lib poor quality hay (shes on that as she seems to crave course fibre due to the lush grass - same happened last year -she just eats what she wants and i top up when its nearly gone - it equates to about half a hay net a day)
now - i have had real trouble getting this horse to eat any additional food that holds her vits and mins oil and mag ox. and believe me i've tried most things i can think of in terms of feed and different suppliments/balencers....
so - do you think she actually needs the suppliments? she certainly looks wonderful but has not eaten her food properly for weeks.... surly if she needed/craved it she would self medicate??
i am so tempted to just take her off everything until she starts to need additional food again in autumn... do you think this would be detremental for her feet? i could prob hide her mag ox in an apple once a day....
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