This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, she looks good and a little fat, I don't think you want her any fatter! Not obese yet (I have seen some fjords who looked like a huge fat sausages) but I think you could cut down on the groceries, you don't want her to get laminitis and founder. I would cut the corn oil and at least half of the senior feed to start... Then see how she goes, get some muscle on her. Spring is coming, has she shed much? I keep my fjords somewhat slimmer than a lot I have seen ...I like to at least be able to FIND their last rib or two. And here in COLD Fairbanks winters mine are only getting at MOST 2 lbs senior feed,(or for the younger ones, Nutrena 12%) no oil, a handful of alfalfa pellets and 1/2 lb Calf Manna plus about 15-20 lbs grass hay in the coldest part of the winter, now I've cut their grain to l lb, no Calf Manna, no alfalfa pellets. Just to give you an example. I suppose some fjord folks would consider my fjords thin? but some fjords I have seen at Libby I would consider obese, and friends who have their fjords on pssture most of the time have really obese fjords.
My Farrier has harped on the subsject for years...TOO FAT!, in danger of laminitis and founder. So I would REALLY be careful and not let her get any fatter, and if she is getting a cresty neck, cut down on the feed or she may founder. Just my humble opinion....... Jean in sunny Fairbanks, ALaska, home ot the World Champion Ice carving constest, the Junior Olympics x-country ski races are going on as well as the winter carnival. What a great time of year! > >Yep. Obese. She was pretty skinny when I got her in November and I've been >pouring the food to her... I've been thinking she still has a ways to go, but >my vet says otherwise. She may be right... ************************************************************ Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
