We welcomed home Teacup, our 15 year old Arabian gelding, on Saturday, June 20th.
He came all the way from Boca Raton, Fl to Waterloo, IL... an 18 hour trip!!!
We had expected him to lose a few pounds due to stress from the trailer ride, but as we watched him unload, we were very surprised to see that Teacup was extremely underweight.
After insuring that he had settled in with our other horses, we started discussing our plan of action for Teacup's weight gain program.
June 21st
Teacup has quickly taken over the position of alpha in our small herd of four horses. :)
As far as his weight gain program goes: We have checked his teeth, and they definitely need floated. He has to pack his mouth with hay or grass before he can eat his grain-a major sign of needing his teeth done. We have also decided to gradually introduce oats, EquiPride (AWESOME PRODUCT-We feed it to all our horses), and CocoSoya by Uckele, to Teacup, for his weight gain feed.
With Teacup as thin as he is, we have to introduce any feed gradually, so we don't upset his digestive system. Equipride will act as his overall vitamin & mineral supplement, as well as a probiotic. The CocoSoya oil will be his fat & weight gain supplement.
We gave him one feeding today of:
2 oz. of Oats
1 oz. of Equipride
1 oz. of CocoSoya
Teacup is on his way to health & happiness! :)
I wonder how much the royal family spend for the maintenance and needs of their royal horses?
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