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Re: [RC] [RC] 2 Yr. old, feeding ??????? - Laurie Durgin

Thanks, I had him on a mare/foal mix as a baby and till he was 18 months and then was told by my vet and other breeders in the area he could be switched to an adult (not more than 12% protein ) feed. he was receiving this till 2 weeks ago , when I actually started the other horses on beet pulp/oil to fatten one up and get the arabs off the grain . Then I read the posts (I knew about DOD before) and thought maybe he was getting too much "concentrates", so I started adding beetpulp gradually and cutting back his grain.
So I should just give him grain mix needed to keep weight ? And should I go back to a youth mix? Till he is how old? He was a big baby and I was concerned he'd get "too big" causing problems. According to leg measurements he will be 16.1 roughly.With all that he actually seems to be an easy keeper, he gained a few pounds under his wooly coat this winter, so he could be "leaner" I'd put his body condition at 5 or 6. thank you , hopefully 2 weeks of this change won't damage anything major, thats' why I thought I'd "check" here and not just go on my merry way.(It seems no one off ridcamp really knows nutrition) laurie and Rascal (and oops Scout, who almost got fed wrong)(and then Honey who shouldn't get fed at all, and Champ who just wants me to let him eat more trees with his meals).






From: "Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>,<Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC]   2 Yr. old, feeding ???????
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:35:50 -0700

Please re-read the posts from a few days ago regarding 'the nutritional
guide to lameness'. I can't stress enough how much I encourage feeding a
balanced feed specifically formulated for babies rather than a pound of this
and a dab of that---you can get away with that for adults, but you really do
needs to 'cross your tees and dot your i's' when feeding babies. Without
crunching a lot of numbers, I'm concerned about multiple potential problems
with your current ration, including insufficient lysine, calcium, copper and
zinc. Substituting beet pulp and oil in for part of the grian ration won't
correct any of those problems and might make them worse. Growth problems
aren't as critical in a two-year-old, but any existing problems from earlier
growth spurts can still be affected by current nutrition.

My very strong advice would be to skip the beet pulp and oil and feed your
colt a mix specifically formulated for young horses. If its convenient to
feed one mix to everyone, foal pellets won't hurt the adult horses a bit.
*Please* re-read the above cited post as to maximum amounts of grain to feed
per day based on mature estimated body weight and be sure to pay attention
to teeth and worming schedules as well. :-)

Good luck,
Susan G
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
To: <Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: [RC] 2 Yr. old, feeding ???????


> After reading have decided to try and get my colt to get his extra
calories
> from more beet pulp/oil and less from grain. He has never gotten more
than
> 1.5% grain for bodyweight.
> Situation is this: on hilly paddock, no grass to speak of(shares with 4
> other horses)Round bale hay, bermuda the last 8 months (changes to
> fescue/bermuda in spring/summer).The bermuda change this winter put weight
> on everyone, so have been trimming their grain ration.
> Colt was getting 4.5 lb. grain 2x a day(down from 5.5 lb. )as he started
to
> get close to fleshy.Have cut that ration of grain to about 3lb, currently
2x
> a day and about 1 lb. beet pulp and a couple ounces of oil.
> ?????Do I need to add any kind of multivitamin)?,grain has some
> a,e,biotin,yeast in it.(Denhams Showtime 11%, I think). How much
> beetpulp/oil can ,or should I subsitute for in a growing youngster?
> (I can figure the arabs and the tb, but am not sure the colt is getting
what
> he needs or too much). Can't leave free choice beet plup out as the arabs
> will get tubby.So I feed 2x a day , plus leave hay out 24 hr.
> thanks, Laurie and Rascal(Honey, Champ and Scout the baby
>
>
>
>
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