She’s fine at current weight. Mine are going into winter at a low 4 or 3.5. And we have winter. Ninety consecutive days below zero highs 10 below zero…that’s cold. 20 degrees is a heat wave here.
That TACO feed is 30 percent nsc. The LMF feeds are all high nsc feeds…ones I saw. Blanket and feed straight alfalfa with tc senior. Which is better then the taco feed.
To get a true weight take her to a scale. I took mine to a truck stop scale my pally is 995 who’s 15.2 hands tall. The forumal for weight put him at 1,050 so it’s a bit off.
She’s a sweet girl and my dream horse. Looking forward to our future. She’s just a bit harder keeper than my fat on air arab x. She’ll be in perfect weight again in no time. <3
have you actually had her weighted? We used to take our horses to a local rock quarry that used a drive on platform scales for trucks… they allowed us to weigh each horse one at a time for a $1 each . The weight was in 25 pound increments.
We did find that for our horses the weight measurement tapes were close enough to actual
From just looking at you photo and knowing what my daughter’s 1100 gelding is I would question your horse’s weight of 1500 pounds
No, but shes been measured using the tested most accurate measurement to weight calculator. She was weighed this spring om scales at 2100 lbs though signifucantly heavier at that time before grazing muzzle, then feed and environment changes and exercise. Really guys it doesn’t matter what she weighs, you can see she has lost in the last month. The question was on feeds not whether she actually weighs what I know she does…
And using the calculator they found most accurate though still under by about 38lbs average, my mare weighs 1455 with today’s measurements. Of an 80" heart girth and a 75" body length. This is down from her previous measurements of 84" x 75" which put her over 1600lbs and I was estimating lower for you based on visual weight loss. Hope that puts some pickey minds to rest. My mare is around 1500lbs and somewhat thin currently.
Aren’t you nice NOT. Oh last I checked no one on here is a qualified nutritionist. Just a bunch of self proclaiming know it alls. With probably over fed fat under worked horses.
Self proclaimed know it alls. Hmm. Really wish you’d move along, your opinion isn’t wanted on this post and I didn’t need others to point that out, your posts made it obvious on their own. Your standard of care is not the same as mine. You’re just bringing unwanted drama. Please move along.
This was in response to a post tazycat has removed.
Oh, and sorry for the typos, I’m using my phone. It is Purina, along with a few other obvious mistypings. Your use of correct grammar is even more obvious however, one should not point fingers when their own grammar is severly lacking.
Just to clarify, I said I am a “veterinary professional”, I am a licensed veterinary technician.Asking opinions on feeds actually used by people and their thoughts on my situation. Anyone knows there are a million ways to feed horses and be nutritionally balanced, we don’t generally take into account cost of those feeds professionally. We can accurately BCS a patient, we can tell you their nutritional needs but it’s up to others to decide what combination of feeds meets those needs best for their horse. Asking opinions of what has met those needs, been budget friendly was why I came here.
If you have added a grazing muzzle to her daily routine I would think about stopping the use of it. She looked really good when you first got her and I can see how she has lost a lot of weight.
Why are you using a muzzle on her at all?
You might need to think about dry lotting her in the summer when the grass is overly abundant and only allowing so much time on grass unmuzzled. My horses are on pasture 8-12 hours in daytime and dry lotted at night during the major growing time.
They get 1 feeding of hay once in dry lot. Keeps their weight somewhat stable. My mare just didn’t do the muzzle well.
She was using the grazing muzzle Before I got her, I’ve not put one on her. She started slimming down after the grass ran out switching to feeding instead of grazing. They are currently dry lotted to give the grass a chance to get ahead before next spring. It’s come back nice the last month and has a few several inch head start so I’ve started grazing her in the eveings for a few hours to get some extra calories in, no grazing muzzle.
She also has been getting ridden sonewhat regularly since I got her (except the abscess at the start and lately trying to get a few pounds on her again) whereas she was off for 2 years prior and she lived in hay country before where grass is insane no matter where you are in the valley or how it’s irrigated. Her weight was perfect until my grass ran out.
The picture tied to the trailer, braided nane was the day they moved into dry lot 9/16 The lunging pictures and sunny tied to trailer pic I posted tge other day were 9/23, still in dry lot. The overcast day pics tied to trailer were the other day 10/14, that is when I decided to switch feeds and she started really showing a loss. The others she was shaping up but not really looking too lean. She has lost about 150lbs, measuring 1604 on 9/27 and 1455 the other day. I’d like her right around 1550 to 1600 personally.
Is she sharing hay with another horse in your dry lot? It may be as simple as feeding more hay. She would easily consume a bale at each feeding ( morn & eve) all on her own. I would keep hay in front of her 24/7 and possibly divide your dry lot so she doesn’t have to compete with others for hay.
ETA: 25 pounds total a day of questionable quality hay is not enough for this big girl who is also in work. Since she is sharing it with your gelding, she may be getting even less.
Thanks, she’s my big beasty girl haha