Hot Horse, what to do?

thanks for the suggestions.
She is currently getting a tablespoon of corn Oil in her feed am and pm, and has been put on a grassier hay. I do feed her carrots and apple/carrot oat treats that are probably adding to the problem. I will try that feed and see what happens, I so appreciate everyone's help and hopefully in time I will have a happy result to share.

Hey, I just posted my info. on another thread in Horse health. Read it and see if that explanantion makes more sense to you! Hope it helps. I know how trying it all can be! Seems like we have to have a chemistry Major to know how to deal with horses systems!

I will do that, thanks! She is much better today, about 4-5 days off the alfalfa and she seems to be getting her head back :) but need to look at her feed as well

by the way, my apologies for writing she was getting corn syrup,its corn oil, just a slip, but wanted to report, off the alfalfa she is finally settling back into her old self, YEAH

wow

I can say I had no idea how much of a difference hay can make, this horse was so quiet when she came. We were giving her grassy hay for the first three weeks, then gradually gave her some alfalfa. As you know a week into that she turned into another horse, now a week off of it and the horse I first met is back! I have poster her for sale on the sale thread. I hate to think of her leaving but she isn't mine anyway and all I do these days is trail ride, and she has to much talent to just trail ride.

anyone know of anyone in the florida area looking let me know and thanks so much for your help and I am sure I will be back with many questions, this forum is wonderful.

thanks again!!!

Yikes, alfalfa and TB's...whoa. You've already figured that out it seems like. How much turnout does she get? 24/7 turnout tends to chill them out too if that's possible.

I never had a full TB before and never had a horse that skinny so learning lots
She is now turned out 24/7

Agreed on the alfalfa. That makes my TB hotter than heck! Get on a complete feed where you don't have to feed as much alfalfa if that is all you have available. Also beet pulp does wonders putting weight on those TB's. If i take mine off it he drops quite a bit of weight.

Also plenty of turnout. If you can do 24 turnout do it. Some horses just need lots of space. I disagree with arrow about no lounging. I would rather take the edge off with that than in the saddle. I don't bounce as well as I use to.

i wouldnt necessarily call her hot. there is a big difference between hot and full of beans from lack of riding or full of beans because she has a full belly with lots of energy :) and between just being forward. especially in these initial stages just let her get her sillies out. i lunge my wb before riding so he can get rid of the silliness he gets when he has some feed related energy ;) keeping her feed completely cool though would be good. what has worked on my three is: hard feed: lucerne chaffe, rice bran, senior pellets, copra (coconut meal) and sweet bulk which is a mix of wheaten chaffe, oat husks (they dont create the heat that the oat itself does) and the complete supplement. i add other bits and pieces too but they dont help with weight really, hay: a mixture of lucerne hay, wheaten hay, rhodes hay and barley hay. they get about 2 biscuits of each a day per horse. thats 8 biscuits a day. on days that they get heavy work they might get nearly a bales worth of hay. mixing up your hay means they are never getting too much of one thing. i have heard lucerne hay makes them hot but i havent encountered that yet myself. all the other hays would definitely not create heat.

thanks for all your suggestions and help. She is out 24/7 and I am going to get some side reins today and try lunging her, its just so darn hot and buggy right now

she is so sweet and kind most of the time, I think she will come around just fine