I had the same problem many years ago. My mom's 30 year old mare
started turning her nose up at it. We switched feeds and she was
fine. Also, most senior feeds are meant to be fed as a complete ration,
including roughage. So sometimes, if they're not maintaining weight on
senior feeds alone, you need to "tweak" them with some fat supplements or
performance feeds. My old gelding, who's teeth are pretty worn down,
needs a lot of soaked feed in the winter. I feed a combination
of Assurance Senior pellets, Assurance Performance pellets, beet pulp,
hay cubes and flax, all soaked and divided into three feedings. He can
still eat hay, but the winter I started this program (about three years
ago, I think), I was having trouble keeping weight on him.
