Can someone please explain to me WHERE any horse described on this thread stalled for 22 hours a day?
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Give him time and work. Personally I would not be entertaining the idea of blistering a just-turned-3yo who is still growing and hasn’t had real work, not unless the locking was major and regular, definitely not just for some stickiness.
If he’s butt-high, they’re gonna stick some/more until he levels out. If he’s unfit, same. The more stall time, the more frequent a problem it’s likely to be
I would spend as much time as you can this Winter hand walking, ponying, and/or ground driving over varied terrain, especially given his more limited turnout situation. That will only help him once you start riding in the Spring
That’s my feeling. For a while, just after his butt grew, they were locking badly. Since ponying, they have gotten much better but still occasionally lock up on him. Mostly, I’m just waiting it out to let him fill into his body and doing the long slow work. His body will dictate what we do and the work load it can handle. His stifles are actually the only reason I’m starting him at 3 instead of waiting for his 3-4 year old winter. They x ray clean so I’m lucky in that regard.
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As one who has been through the sticky stifle thing, I agree with JB, consider waiting before blistering the stifles. You have the right idea about letting him grow and fill out, and consistent work may increase the muscle tone enough that blistering won’t be necessary. Hopefully, you will have some hills to ride during your trail riding. That sounds so fun!
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Glad you were able to find a solution that works for your boy, OP.
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Hey guys
I figured I’d give you a full update on my guy and what, in it’s entirety helped him.
I cut his grain WAY back. For concentrates, he gets 1/2of Tc gold ration balancer
1.5lb of TC perform gold.
This is fed 2xs daily along with the oils listen below.
I specifically chose this over senior because his urine had a very very strong ammonia odor. When I dropped the protein levels, his stall walking was dramatically reduced and his appetite for hay increased.
1cup cocosoya oil and 20ml Corn oil (for ulcers) per meal, along with 1.5 cups of Purina outlast per meal. It seems redundant with Gold TC BUT, when I took him off of this, he stopped eating grain all together.
Here was what really did it for him: he gets 1.5 cups of Outlast at 9pm and another at 2am. I bought a cheap automatic dog feeder and rigged it to drop into his feed bucket. THIS one thing has worked so well, I now have auto feeders for all my horses and they have all gone on this routine. The extra outlast snacks made all the difference for everyone in the barn.
30lb Timothy in a net hung next to his mirror.
Stall doors (top and bottom) closed.
For supplements he gets smartcombo ultra and chasteberry (recommended by vet because he was gelded late and because of his attitude should have been gelded much sooner than he was)
His stall toys included a few hanging ropes and a few jugs with rocks along with a hanging jolly ball.
Hope this can help anyone in the future!
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I wouldn’t bother, unless you just want to. There’s no evidence corn oil helps ulcers, prevention or treatment. The 1 study out there on this is pretty flawed.
Glad he’s happy!
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