feeding senior horses

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• mm07_meg Posted : 12/5/2009 5:24:08 AM What is the best thing to feed a senior horses that needs some weight??? LIKE 7 REPLIES 1232 VIEWS LAST POST HUNTERSEAT Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• AllieBaba Posted : 12/5/2009 6:50:33 AM I feed Equus senior, with dry cob.   I soak it first. The senior keeps them fit and gives them what they need. The dry cob gives them roughage (one of my mare wolfs and chokes, so hay is out for now) and the dry cob puts a little fat (rolled corn) and weight on.   For some reason, no one sells rolled corn around here. If I could find it close by, I'd feed that, too. At least for the winter.   But if you're riding, it makes them hot....barley is better for putting weight and shine and low heat on horses. I ride infrequently, so I'm okay with feeding  hot feed. It's cold here. LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• theoldgreymare Posted : 12/9/2009 2:11:39 AM Our seniors get Triple Crown Senior, which is a complete feed that is soybean hull and beet pulp based.  Our hard keepers get additional soaked beet pulp and rice bran oil or wheat germ (both add fat and help balance the Ca ratio needed when feeding straight  BP).    If you do not feed a complete feed, I would add a fat source of some sort (weight builder product, oil of your choice, etc) and a pre/pro-biotic to help improve digestion (a greatly overlooked issue with many senior horses).  Be sure and rule out any dentition issues as well.  Seniors generally need more frequent dental care than their younger counterparts.  Good luck! LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• AllieBaba Posted : 12/9/2009 4:08:57 AM I've also found that when it gets cold, the complete senior feed by itself isn't enough. LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• hollyg Posted : 12/16/2009 1:59:30 PM Good Morning!  Beet pulp soaked, some Strategy GX, Mezo Trace Vitaequine  plus some hay available.  Best and most economical mixture I found.   Good luck!   LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Brandytinygypsey Posted : 12/20/2009 6:40:09 PM   My Brandy ate Agway Superior Senior, soaked Beet pulp, alfalfa pellets, and Cool Calories 100 to keep his weight up. (He was an extremely hard keeper, with multiple health issues.)  The Superior Senior has the most fat of any equine senior food out there, so it's great for those really hard keeper oldies.  Brandy used to eat 12 3/4 pounds a day, split into 3 feedings.  Plus a bucket of soaked beet pulp and alfalfa pellets 3 times a day.  And 4 ounces of cool calories 100.  The addition of the Cool Calories 100 allowed me to drop the amount of grain I was feeding him from almost 15 pounds per day to the 12 3/4.   However, if your horse usually does well on whatever you have her on, just increase the amount you are feeding gradually, and maybe add a fat supplement like the Cool Calories 100. LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• taylor12 Posted : 12/20/2009 8:45:30 PM Im don't feed my horses anything special! I just give them Sweet Feed in the morning and evening. [H5] [/H5]   LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• hunterseat Posted : 12/20/2009 11:59:31 PM I feed Senior Glo.  Even to the filly!  It's almost the same as Junior Glo. LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login