I have recently noticed that Alpine has
popped what I think is a splint. He has a small (half a grape size) bony
bump on the inside of his front leg, half way between his knee and his ankle. It's
not sore, swollen, or giving him any problems. He's not lame...and hasn't
been for a long time, not since we fixed the saddle fit issue. So I am
unsure as to why he has one, and it's bothering me. So the first thing I
am checking is that his CA/Ph ratio is correct in his diet.
He gets a total of 1.25 # of oats, 1.25 # of barley, 2 cups of
whole flax seed, a selenium/vit e supplement, and ABC Fortified vitamins. He
get unlimited coastal bermuda hay, and one flake of perennial peanut hay a day
that is approxamatly 2 #'s or so (I should weigh it...) He also gets
about 2/3 of a scoop of alfalfa pellets soaked in the evenings. I should
probably weigh that too. I can find the Ca/Ph ratio on the barley, oats,
alfalfa, coastal, and peanut hay (it's similar to alfalfa). I can't find
it on Flax seed.
I'm not worried about the coastal hay, it's pretty balanced from
what I see, so I am not including that in my calculations. Besides, I
have no clue how much he actually eats of that. He has it in his face
24/7. I have done the calculations for the oats and barley, and for the
peanut hay. That came out to a 1.65:1 ratio of Ca:Ph. The vitamins
are already balanced. So that just leaves the flax as my question mark. So,
anyone know the Ca/Ph ratio's in flax seed?
Juli and the Herd
Alpine (who, between the fly bites and the
splints, is currently a bumpy horse)
Merlin (who went on his first ponied trail
ride this week and had a ball doing it)
