Thank you for taking a look at that for me, I really appreciate it. I can get bogged down by the details sometimes.
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Oh yeah it can get wet here, but his pasture is hilly, with the shed, water and feeding done at the top of the hill where it’s driest. The shed will get wet inside though, depending on how the rain is falling.
I’m actually considering moving him to a place where he can have a stall and am or pm turnout if I can’t get his feet healthy (ie, not sore or abscessing). He doesn’t like the stall, so this is kind of a last resort.
It seems like he gets abscesses way more than any other horse. I also started the thread about thin soles and trail riding, but started a different one for my nutrition questions.
We are going to try pads up front next week. He’s two weeks overdue because we were waiting for his abscess to clear up. He is barefoot behind. I’ll try to remember to take pictures after he’s done.
There is no fat:protein ratio. There are minimum requirements of each.
12lb of TC SR Gold is 790gm protein. That’s plenty for a 1320lb/600kg horse doing nothing. Unless he weighs a lot more, that’s not a problem.
It’s also way, way more fat than a horse needs from a health perspective.
tested for PPID? I do remember that thin soles/trail riding thread, I didn’t connect you to that, but I also don’t remember details over there
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I went through this with two of mine after we moved to New England. What finally stopped it was a whopping dose of copper and zinc. They both get a full scoop of each of the poly copper & poly zinc products from Horsetech. I up that to a scoop and a half when they’re actively growing winter coat in late summer.
I don’t know why they need that. My others don’t. According to everything they should not. But supplementing like this has turned things around 180 degrees and I’m no longer battling what felt like near constant abscessing.
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There is no established ideal “fat to protein ratio” for horses. This sounds more like a supplement company looking to make a sale than a legitimate nutritional consult to me. 
I have an M.S. in equine nutrition. You (or any poster) are welcome to PM me any time if you’d like to bounce ideas off or get some science-based answers to questions. Yes, I work for a feed company; no I won’t push any particular brand on you. I’m just happy to help any time/way that I can.
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