SO skinny rescue mare...ONE WEEK UPDATE...NEW PICS!!!!

Anne Peterson · 09-04-2009, 10:30 AM

The only thing I did for my girl when I first got her ( she was SO skinny!!) was put her on plenty of sweatfeed with a scoop of hard keeper. I had a mineral block for her and plenty of hay. She put the weight on really fast! She looks great now!

CJnBucksMom · 09-04-2009, 10:31 AM

This is true. I had one who would not keep weight on without eating like an elephant and he wasn't even that huge of a horse LOL But something to be careful of for the OP, if you choose a complete feed, then supplement vitamins and use a weight building product you could actually very easily over supplement if you feed the recommended amount of complete feed. If you give their digestive system too much at one time, be it of vitamins, fat, etc it could actually pass to the hindgut without being properly digested and you can end up with more problems and a horse who continually is hard to keep up. Just a heads up, I learned that recently so wanted to share = )

JazzyJockey · 09-04-2009, 01:35 PM

Okay..this is what she is on right now:

1 cup of BOSS
1 cup of rice bran
1 cup of alfalfa pellets
2 cups of Purina Enrich 32
dash of salt
dash of ACV
20lb. of grass/alfalfa
free choice grass hay
approx. 3 hours of grazing on green pasture.

is this O.K?

JazzyJockey · 09-07-2009, 06:49 PM

Bombai is feeling much better i think. she was actually trotting/cantering around the pasture today!!! She LOVES visiting with my other horses. I think she has gained some weight...but it has only been a week let me know what you think!

FirstJet · 09-07-2009, 06:55 PM

She is looking good for just one week and she looks happy. She sure is going to be a beauty.

JazzyJockey · 09-07-2009, 07:27 PM

Thanks! i think she is happy

you can really see a difference in these pics..

When i first got her....

And one week later...

CrazyHorse · 09-07-2009, 07:43 PM

She does look better. Her back is starting to fill in

lacy · 09-07-2009, 07:59 PM

her back and hip look a lot better

Maybe the runny eye is a blocked tear duct. My mare had one a few years ago and ran all the way down here face.

CJnBucksMom · 09-07-2009, 09:46 PM

She's looking so much better already! Keep up the great work!

JazzyJockey · 09-08-2009, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lacy

her back and hip look a lot better

Maybe the runny eye is a blocked tear duct. My mare had one a few years ago and ran all the way down here face.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyHorse

She does look better. Her back is starting to fill in

Quote:

Originally Posted by CJnBucksMom

She's looking so much better already! Keep up the great work!

thank-you everyone...i am glad i am making some progress

09-04-2009, 10:30 AM	#31
Anne Peterson Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ky Posts: 786 Images: 47	The only thing I did for my girl when I first got her ( she was SO skinny!!) was put her on plenty of sweatfeed with a scoop of hard keeper. I had a mineral block for her and plenty of hay. She put the weight on really fast! She looks great now! __________________ ******........TAKE A LOOK........***** http://www.horseclicks.com/horses/rbjnfj/ Cow girls don't cry.....SO STOP CRYING!

09-04-2009, 10:31 AM	#32
CJnBucksMom Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tenntucky Posts: 1,109 Images: 127	This is true. I had one who would not keep weight on without eating like an elephant and he wasn't even that huge of a horse LOL But something to be careful of for the OP, if you choose a complete feed, then supplement vitamins and use a weight building product you could actually very easily over supplement if you feed the recommended amount of complete feed. If you give their digestive system too much at one time, be it of vitamins, fat, etc it could actually pass to the hindgut without being properly digested and you can end up with more problems and a horse who continually is hard to keep up. Just a heads up, I learned that recently so wanted to share = ) __________________ Official Member of the 'My Husband is Hot Club' 'Real Stallions Wear Pink' Sexy by ChristmasChallenge-r!! Goal: 19 lbs LOST CURRENT: 1 lbs LOST

09-07-2009, 06:55 PM	#35
FirstJet Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Southern Ohio Posts: 418 Images: 63	She is looking good for just one week and she looks happy. She sure is going to be a beauty. __________________

09-07-2009, 07:43 PM	#37
CrazyHorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Florence, Mississippi Posts: 10,948 Images: 656	She does look better. Her back is starting to fill in __________________ Don't fight the hands that hold you... God is so big He can cover the whole world with his Love and so small He can curl up inside your heart. I've been blessed by the Snow Fairy too many times to count! I've been gobbled many times over by Thom Turkey!

09-07-2009, 07:59 PM	#38
lacy Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NW GA Posts: 3,748 Images: 1128 Blog Entries: 4	her back and hip look a lot better Maybe the runny eye is a blocked tear duct. My mare had one a few years ago and ran all the way down here face. __________________ www.brechtstables.org RIP little Nemo... we love you "No mother should have to bury their own son" (My great grandmother)

09-04-2009, 01:35 PM	#33
JazzyJockey Banned Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 192 Images: 70	Okay..this is what she is on right now: 1 cup of BOSS 1 cup of rice bran 1 cup of alfalfa pellets 2 cups of Purina Enrich 32 dash of salt dash of ACV 20lb. of grass/alfalfa free choice grass hay approx. 3 hours of grazing on green pasture. is this O.K?

09-07-2009, 06:49 PM	#34
JazzyJockey Banned Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 192 Images: 70	Bombai is feeling much better i think. she was actually trotting/cantering around the pasture today!!! She LOVES visiting with my other horses. I think she has gained some weight...but it has only been a week let me know what you think!

09-07-2009, 07:27 PM	#36
JazzyJockey Banned Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 192 Images: 70	Thanks! i think she is happy you can really see a difference in these pics.. When i first got her.... And one week later...

09-07-2009, 09:46 PM	#39
CJnBucksMom Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tenntucky Posts: 1,109 Images: 127	She's looking so much better already! Keep up the great work! __________________ Official Member of the 'My Husband is Hot Club' 'Real Stallions Wear Pink' Sexy by ChristmasChallenge-r!! Goal: 19 lbs LOST CURRENT: 1 lbs LOST

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