I have noticed that Shadow has been looking thin. Too thin. He was a little on the thin side once he shed out but he had a belly. He is 29 now and with his health issues I thought he was looking pretty good.
I started giving him new hay last week. I have to go slow with him, so I started with 1 flake a day. Two days later he got 2 flakes a day, etc. The only problem with that is that he is a very picky pony when it comes to his food. CC is getting fatter as Shadow is getting thinner. My guess is that Shadow has stopped eating the older hay and CC is eating it for him. So, I've got Shadow who is starving himself because he only wants the new hay and CC who is porking out because he will eat anything!
I increased Shadow's grain and am only giving him the new hay now. If I don't he is going to starve or colic. The risk in doing this is that his insulin is going to climb to a dangerous level and he could founder again. Not many options to go with here.
Feeding changes:
Started with 1 flake of new hay a day on July 11th.
Gradual increasing of hay until July 14th.
Started with new hay only on July 15th.
Increased rice bran on July 13th.
Increased low starch grain on July 16th.
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