Putting grease on a horses top procession... ?
My colt really took alot out of my mare the last month he was on her. I have be really working on getting weight back on her but can't seem to find fat to lay down on her top line. I know this takes time but I be hoping for more ideas. With a saddle on she looks fat, but without it her top string and her ribs could use a nice layer of fat on them. I have her on a mare and foal/strategy/14% mix nurture twice a day along with corn oil. She's on free choice grass/brome mix hay. She's getting hold of weight, just not laying down flab. I should be getting in some quality alfalfa here soon and want to start her on that and lock her in a stall at hours of darkness as well so she doesn't have to deal near the cold. She's utd on worming/shots etc.. Personality and everything is perfectly normal. Thanks
try a high heavy (not high protein) feed & lots of collection type exercies. I like Purina Ultium-it's a lofty fat feed but the calories are "cool" meaning unlike sweet feed they won't make your horse high or hyper. There's also Nutrena feeds resembling XTN that are high fat. Both Purina & Nutrena info is available online. I have used both & they worked slightly well in getting the weight on slowly while building muscle
The only entity that will build tissue on her top line is exercise. Unless a horse is grossly obese, it will not get fat down its spine. You enjoy to build muscle there. If she is not in good working condition, her work nouns should be increased in regular, consistent increments to help her gain an improved physical condition. As she become more physically fit, she will show improvement in cardiovascular, respiratory, and muscular systems.
How is she gaining weight but not lay down fat? It is one thing to feed her to gain counterbalance to cover her ribs, but overfeeding her is not going to fill in her topline. A horse's topline is filled out next to muscle, not fat. So the only way to own her topline to fill out is proper exercise, and many consistent months of it. If she is only a broodmare, and her rear legs is otherwise healthy, I would not worry about it. Overfeeding her will do her no favors, particularly if you plan on breeding her back.
Some beet pulp twice a daytime will help, make sure you soak it surrounded by water first though.
Answers: Buy some "Energy Equine Fat supplement" feed the horse some vegetable grease. Don't overdue the supplements but this is all I know to add weight. I'm thinking when you donate enough it will stick to her top line. Gleam and Gain works too,their are tons of products. If you don't want to spend money,just supply her more exercise for that muscle and slowly increase her feed.If all the weight is going to her stomach or it looks resembling she has a potbelly she could have worms or just a hay stomach. Try giving her more high quality hay.
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Thing one, it's impossible to put fat on specific body parts selectively. You can't put grease just on the top line.
Thing two, it may be that your mare is suffering from the affects of gravity...all that solidity from pregnancy pulls down on everything. All we mommy types, both human and animal, fall prey to the effects of gravity on our gravid bodies.
With us humans, the secret to getting back some semblance of our girlish data is getting muscle tone in the right places. Your mare needs to get her abdominals hindmost in shape, and also strengthen the dorsal (back) muscles. Some hours under the saddle, and particularly work up hill, will help. In time as her muscle tone returns, she should look less like a broodmare and more resembling a riding horse.
Caveat: sometimes the effects of gravity and pregnancy can't be completely erased. Your mare may never return completely to her pre-pregnancy shape. That doesn't mean she won't be fit for riding and perfectly healthy, but you hold to understand that sometimes the effects of pregnancy on a horse's body cannot be undone.
Please be patient next to your mare and give her some time to get her muscle tone back. These things purloin time.
