Hi all.My horse has been lame over the past 3 weeks or so. Vet was out yesterday to scan and we now have a plan of action. I'm to start a very gradual process of bringing him back into work, starting with inhand walking. The vet has also said, to make it less likely this happens again, to keep him as slim and get him as fit as possible.The fit thing is going to be hard for a few weeks as we are only doing walking! But I need to work on the weight.J is a VERY good doer. I usually keep Weight off him by working, but obviously this isn't an option. He lost 40kg over winter but due to being in for 3 weeks and no work has put a bit back on! He normally has a haybar but I've been netting since he's been on rest to try and limit the amount he gets.Can anyone give any tips to how to slim down while on box rest? He's got box rest for at least another 2 weeks, and then possibly more as I'm worried he'll be overexcited to go back in the field and I don't want him to gallop out and injure himself again! At the moment he has two nets (medium sized one) during the day and then refilled for night time. I was thinking of getting some smaller holed nets for the time he's in? I'm reluctant to reduce too much as I don't want him starving. At the moment he's also on haylage, as this is what is included in our livery, would it be better to get hay and soak? He also has some hard feed, a handful of chaff and his pro hoof supplement. I gave him this as the grazing here isn't rested so I worried about him getting his vits and minerals. He did seem to improve a bit when he got the supplement (this was a while ago I started giving hi it) but as he's only doing walk work for now, and will be for a while, do you think it would be best to stop all hard feed for now? Any advice appreciated.
05-17-2018, 07:13 AM
Weight loss on boxrest
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