So, your goal is to maintain your horse’s weight…

Let’s discuss a common scenario – you want to maintain good bodyweight for your horse, so you’re feeding only enough to do just that. You’ve done your research and found feeds that you like and your horse is maintaining a healthy weight. You’re doing everything right, right?

Wrong. Did you know that even with high quality feeds, if you aren’t feeding the full recommended serving, your horse could be suffering from a vitamin or mineral deficiency?

Even if the amount being fed is enough to maintain your horse’s weight, if it isn’t enough to cover your horse’s vitamin and mineral requirements, this will eventually result in hoof, joint, performance, immune function and general health issues. The problem is that you won’t see that until something big happens.

Maintain your horse’s weight the healthy way

Watch the video below as we walk through an example diet. This horse, Ash, has a lovely diet, except it doesn’t meet all of his nutritional requirements. With a few simple changes, FeedXL shows how to correctly balance the diet to meet all of his needs, including maintaining his weight.

 

 

Interested in learning more on this topic? Check out our blog on Underfeeding and Overfeeding – How to Tell and How to Fix It (feedxl.com)

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