At 20:43:47 on 27.04.10, Hockey Chick wrote:
I have an eight year old 16.3h throughbred that I bought 3 weeks ago he was very under weight when I took him but already he is looking better. My question is how much do I feed him? I give him karon oil. At the livery stables they only normally keep cobs and generally just feed them once a day and then leave them on grass! I think he should be fed hard feed twice a day with either grass or haylage am I right? Also how many scoops should it be? And the last bit of my question is that he is loosing hair could that be linked to his food? There are no scabs or itchyness or traces of insects!

At 20:59:26 on 04.05.10, zoewest wrote:
well i have a 16 TB and she was very underwait when we got her and unconditioned i personaly whould recomend 24seven acsess to haylage or grass or mixture of both, i give mine two feeds a day breckfast and diner an amazing feed i whould seggest is called calm & condition i cant remember the brand but its a water mixed food and is amazing to put on weight (keep it on) but keeps her calm. i also mix this with a safe & sound chaff mmix witch is really ggood for nutriance. i give her 1/2 c&C and 1/2 S&S in morning and 1C&C and 1/2 S&S in the evening :) but if you look on the back of feed bags it normaly has a guied hope this helps

At 17:02:47 on 15.05.10, HorseVet wrote:
If your horse is gaining weight I don't see what the problem is? Most horses don't need more than plenty of god quality forage. Check teeth too. Best wishes HorseVet