How can I get my falabella to lose weight?
Short answer. Reduce access to grass - cut the grass down to the bare minimum and remove all clippings as these can foment and cause serious colic problems. Then strip graze (with the muzzle) using a electric tape for ease of moving. Stable him 20 hours with a handful of hay put into a small holed net such as a haylage net so he cannot eat it too fast and has to work at it - makes it last longer too - and stable on non edible bedding. Take him out for walks several times a day and keep him moving. You need to exercise him every day to make a difference. A couple of times a week is not good enough. It needs to be 7 days a week. The driving will help.
Old Pony Needs weight?
I have this old pony 25-30 yrs old, she has no top back molars. & Her bottom ones in the back are worn down.(like that when i got her) She'll nibble at grass for maybe 20 min for the whole day & she wont touch hay! (she has enough grass 9 acres, plus planted rye grass in another pasture, plus my QH keeps her company) I just had her coggins(neg) updated & teeth floated last month, but the vet said there wasn't much to shave on the bottom so he didn't touch it. I asked him about her weight lost & he said she'll prob have to be put down soon because of her age. I don't think she should be put down, because her weight loss isn't even bad enough to call "neglect". You can just see some of her ribs. She just needs some weight. She has lost weight in the past month & a half. When I got her she was at a average weight(3months ago & she wasn't even up to date on shots, wormers, coggins, etc.). & she probably was never wormed before, so I wormed her with a low dosage & it wasn't a strong wormer. So I'm confused as to why she's recently lost weight, because she came from a place with goats, NO grass & no shelter. & I can't always call a vet out with a $100+ call out, if he doesn't even recommend anything besides putting her down.! I feed her 10% sweet feed with alfalfa pellets soaked in warm water. 3/4 scoop feed 1/4 scoop alfalfa pellets. 2x a day. I haven't switched her feed since I got her, just added the alfalfa pellets to her feeding, when I noticed her weight loss. No feed stores around here sell beet pulp, hay cubes, i've done called, just alfalfa pellets.. Anything else I can try, like a weight gain supplement? & what would you recommend?
I'm 14, 5'3, and weigh 123Ibs. Is that wrong?
I'm 14, 5'3, and I recently weighted myself and it said 123Ibs.. I was wearing shoes and it made me feel really bad about myself because I feel way too fat.. honestly, I don't even know. So can I get your guys opinions? And how to discreetly loose weight because I don't want anybody to know I'm trying to loose weight?
Good exercises for fat pony?
Cut all feed to basically just hay. Start with half an hour of walking on the roads and up hills. Add another 10 minutes to the walking time every other day until you get to two hours of walking and then you can add five x 1 minute trots in that two hours. Then add more 1 minute trots until he is trotting for 20 minutes in that two hours. Then you can get him trotting for 2 minutes at a time - still 20 minutes with a walk break in between and make sure that he is walking forward actively. Increase the trot time slowly and then you could start to school him once he is trotting for half an hour. Walking up and down hills is excellent exercise as it will make him work and puff a bit without hammering his legs. Do not be impatient and take it slowly so that you will save his legs and his lungs and give him a longer life. He will lose weight eventually, and then you might need to give him a small feed as you increase his work load. Keep him off rich grass though. A bare paddock would be preferable to a grassy one. He will HAVE to move around and exercise himself to find anything worth eating.
I need some tips/advice on getting rid of my horse's big fat hay belly?
Her nickname is "Belly" now, and I've caught myself calling her that several times lately... I don't want her to be out of shape forever!!! No matter how much I work her she has this big, fat belly. She looks pregnant, constantly, but she's not LOL. http://www.flickr.com/photos/meagan_kay/... http://www.flickr.com/photos/meagan_kay/... http://www.flickr.com/photos/meagan_kay/... She's a thoroughbred... She's supposed to have washboard abs and buns of steel with little exercise. ;-] LOL. I exercise her almost every day.... Believe it or not, she's lost a little weight recently, but she's still got a big tummy. She used to be getting 3/4 a scoop of strategy twice a day, and now she's down to 1/4 a scoop of strategy twice a day. My barn owner will never allow her to be taken completely off grain so don't even recommend it lol. We have a morbidly obese shetland who gets "6 pellets twice a day" LOLOL. She feels too guilty to cut the grain out completely. Plus Indica is on 24/7 turnout, but we are in a drought and there is hardly any grazing. So basically, she can gain weight on just smelling feed. lol Any tips or specific exercises to put the tummy away?
Horse seems good weight but her spine shows, is she underweight?
I acquired a nice team of belgian horses this summer. One seemed a little fat. Since winter has hit, I've been told she looks thin. Her spine shows but her belly and the rest of her seems fine. The spine was pointed out to me. I think it was that way during the summer months but I'm not sure. She is eating at least a bale a day and I have also started giving her a pelleted 12% grain with some wheat germ oil to help her gain. My question is: Can a horse be not underweight or even fat and still have her back bone show?? I think she is about 15 or 16. Not sure. i was told she was 12 but the farrier says older... what should she be eating in the winter. She is 16.1 and I think about 1500 lbs.. (that is what I was told) I'm new to drafts... I had a morgan 37 minutes ago - 3 days left to answer.