My horse is in overall good health. He's very happy and responsive and for the most part looks great. But he's been losing a bit of weight and I'm getting a bit worried about it. He gets about 1 3/4 quarts of grain and two flakes of hay at night and he's out grazing every day from about 8-9 am until about 6-9 at night. The grass is great and all the other horses in the herd look healthy and happy, a few of them are slightly rotund.
My gelding has never been to pasture before so it's all been an adjustment. First it was the flies that were just driving him nutty and making it so hard for him to focus on grazing so I found a better fly spray and that seemed to have helped a ton. But now that its been so hot (85 - 95 on average with humidity has made it feel about 100 degrees) he seems to be losing more weight. I can't see his ribs but his topline has been very pronounced, he has large hip bones that have always protruded a bit but they seem more pronounced now.
Does he look underweight to anyone? He's an arab x saddlebred. If he does, what should I add to his feed?
My gelding has never been to pasture before so it's all been an adjustment. First it was the flies that were just driving him nutty and making it so hard for him to focus on grazing so I found a better fly spray and that seemed to have helped a ton. But now that its been so hot (85 - 95 on average with humidity has made it feel about 100 degrees) he seems to be losing more weight. I can't see his ribs but his topline has been very pronounced, he has large hip bones that have always protruded a bit but they seem more pronounced now.
Does he look underweight to anyone? He's an arab x saddlebred. If he does, what should I add to his feed?