Post by virginiajenkins on Jan 3, 2018 22:44:53 GMT -5
Hi,
My senior mare is now separated from the herd. I can now see how little hay she actually eats. She quids most of it and spits it out. She has been getting fed 2X per day, with 5 lbs of senior feed at each feeding and 2 lbs of chopped hay to munch on, also the soft long-stem hay that she quids.
She polishes all of that off in an hour or two. That means most of the day she does not have anything moving through her system.
I am installing an automatic deer feeder in her paddock (high up in a tree). It can be programmed to dispense feed up to 24 times per day. It can be set to dispense anywhere from a handful of feed to several pounds at once.
How often would you set it to feed? How would you transition her to this? Obviously, I would give her less feed during her "meals".
She could use a tad more weight, so I will be adding a pound or two to her total daily feed volume eventually.
Her senior feed is a "complete" feed and can be fed without hay/forage.
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
www.horseforum.com/horse-nutrition/automatic-feeder-senior-horse-785669/
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My senior mare is now separated from the herd. I can now see how little hay she actually eats. She quids most of it and spits it out. She has been getting fed 2X per day, with 5 lbs of senior feed at each feeding and 2 lbs of chopped hay to munch on, also the soft long-stem hay that she quids.
She polishes all of that off in an hour or two. That means most of the day she does not have anything moving through her system.
I am installing an automatic deer feeder in her paddock (high up in a tree). It can be programmed to dispense feed up to 24 times per day. It can be set to dispense anywhere from a handful of feed to several pounds at once.
How often would you set it to feed? How would you transition her to this? Obviously, I would give her less feed during her "meals".
She could use a tad more weight, so I will be adding a pound or two to her total daily feed volume eventually.
Her senior feed is a "complete" feed and can be fed without hay/forage.
Please help.
Thanks!
I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.
References:
www.horseforum.com/horse-nutrition/automatic-feeder-senior-horse-785669/
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