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kristenhorseluv

Nutrition and Re-Conditioning

So the Crossroads thread went somewhere else and that's where I originally posted this. I really would like it addressed, so I'm making a new thread.

I just pulled this directly from the other thread...

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So, this sparks a nutrition question in me. Right now they are getting 1/2 lb of oats and 1/2 lb of StayStrong in the AM and the same thing in the PM with 5 ounces (dry, more than that one soaked) beet pulp and 2 or 3 T&A cubes. I'm thinking of not doing the beet pulp anymore at all and just doing the T&A cubes, but I'm partially using the beet pulp to prevent any kind of sand colic and keeping their systems cleaned out so I'm nervous about dropping it all together. They're on grass all the time and get one bad of coastal hay in the morning and one pad of Alfalfa hay at night. The vet said they could both stand to lose 50-100 lbs but over all they're in good condition.....

Ok, they currently get no exercises except for whatever walking or trotting they do on their own. I've started a reconditioning program so that when I ride again in 3 months their backs are strong enough (right now this involves 3 minutes of walking, although they normally trot some, in each direction, I'm going to do that for a week and then do trotting next week and start adding more and more little by little, I have a lot of time so I can go super slow). So, here's the question, how should their diet change when I start really riding them again? Does it even need to change since they both do need to lose a little weight?
Chris

Kristen,

I did a search on the equisearch.com site and came up with this:

http://www.equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/trail/eqfitness1838/

Not sure if it's completely relevant, but maybe you can find something else there that is.
Horse Gypsy

I have this bunch of horses that half of them could all loose a bunch of weight, and the other half could gain some weight-- It is pretty annoying.  Just different breeds.  But anyhow with my heavier horses I do not feed them anything other than hay- even when they are in work.  I give my QH mare a handful of beetpulp with a joint supplement mixed in 2x daily- I ride her and she is still fat!  So I wouldn't change her diet unless she slimmed down a lot.  It isn't good for horses to carry extra weight.  It seems the heavier horses even in work on no feed do not get skinny-- but they do shape up a little.  It is the already skinny ones that loose weight when worked/stressed.
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