Equitop Myoplast.
Did wonder for muscling my mare. She had some time off but by the end of August, she’ll be on that supplement again.
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His pen is not big enough to fit him and a round bale. He really has gained weight with the slow feeder. My barn only feeds maybe 10 lbs of hay per day. A couple forkfuls in the morning and a couple in the evening. So he is sitting without hay for 22 out of 24 hours. That’s not healthy. If I load up his slow feeder, which is HUGE–you could fit a sumo wrestler in it–he gets significantly more hay and gets it consistently throughout the day. He never has trouble finishing well over 20lbs of hay per day. He’s NOT skinny either. I can’t post pictures on here but he’s a good weight, just lacking in muscle tone.[/QUOTE]
OK then I agree with those that recommend the Tri Amino. If you are happy with his weight and he just needs topline, that is protein.
I just ordered Nutramino (by Horsetech) for my gelding with Cushing’s. I’ll report back if I see any results. It’s essentially the same thing as Tri Amino, except that Horsetech has free shipping. Plus, Smartpak has been out of the Tri Amino buckets for a while now.
I just ordered this for my 5 yr old in regular work, with no topline…
http://www.bigdweb.com/mobile/Top-Line-Advanced-Support-22lbs/productinfo/101441/
Tried Cocosya with little to no luck. I also thought Fat Cat looked appealing and affordable. I may do a month or two on Top Line Advanced and then add Fat Cat to Smartpaks.
For muscle development, in conjunction with correct feeding, exercise and training techniques, dimethylglycine. DMG. It makes a difference.
If you want to weigh hay, you can get an inexpensive luggage scale or fish scale (from the camping goods department). You can hang the scale from a rafter and then hook the hay net to it. Or put hay in a big reusable shopping bag from Costco or IKEA. The weight of a flake can vary a lot from bale to bale in the same batch, or even within a bale. That said, the weight of a bale can vary a lot within one batch, too: I’ve had bales from 45 to 60 lbs in a load said to have 50 lb bales (40 to the ton).
However if you want to calculate the actual nutrients in your hay, you do need to get it tested. Dairy farmers do this as a matter of course now. I found that our local “nice looking grass hay” could run from about 5 % protein for first cut to 12 % for second cut from a different farmer. The low-protein first cut was also high in calories and sugars. Ten per cent protein in hay is considered enough to get the average horse enough protein.
