Hi guys, I have recently got a horse from the track, a sweet gelding. He is very skinny, ribs showing, pelvis sticking out a bit, and doesn't eat much. I work at the stable who raced him and since he retired (around 2 weeks before I took him home) he wasn't finishing his dinner and he doesn't seem to be eating much here. I am wondering if he has stomach ulcers, as I am all too aware of problems feeding a high energy diet but not exercising a horse can be. Right now he is just getting:
Breakfast:
2 scoops lucerne chaff (also known as alfalfa)
2 scoops basic pony pellets
Dinner:
2 sc lucerne chaff
2 sc pellets
1 sc pollard
I have been supplementing it with a scoop of the food he got as a racehorse to help him transition to a different diet, but am not sure whats in it as my boss just chucked a heap of it into a big chaff bag for me to take home. By the look it seems to have oats, barley, lucerne and wheaten chaff and lupins, maybe some sunflower seeds (I think),
So wondering what you think re: ulcers, and any opinions on his new diet. Also, his teeth have been done, I gave them a good feel and they are in pretty good shape.
Thanks!!
Breakfast:
2 scoops lucerne chaff (also known as alfalfa)
2 scoops basic pony pellets
Dinner:
2 sc lucerne chaff
2 sc pellets
1 sc pollard
I have been supplementing it with a scoop of the food he got as a racehorse to help him transition to a different diet, but am not sure whats in it as my boss just chucked a heap of it into a big chaff bag for me to take home. By the look it seems to have oats, barley, lucerne and wheaten chaff and lupins, maybe some sunflower seeds (I think),
So wondering what you think re: ulcers, and any opinions on his new diet. Also, his teeth have been done, I gave them a good feel and they are in pretty good shape.
Thanks!!