Problems with feeding

[heartbeatforhorses]

I have a horse and no matter how much I feed him it still won't give him 100% energy. Here is a link to his profile... I wonder if the type of food that he is getting is the issue. I've tried oats, hay, alfalfa hay, and I'm experimenting with others. It would be great if someone could tell me if age affects feeding. Thanks!

http://www.horseworldonline.net/horse/profile/845007

[heartbeatforhorses]

I realized that if I fed him over 200% he would have 100% energy, however, I would still like to know if age affects feeding. Thanks!

[Abbih]

I haven't noticed age affect feeding really affect feeding. One thing I did notice was your horse is considered fleshy and if you are looking to get him to drop some weight you may have to deal with less than 100% energy for a few turns until he drops the weight. I just went through this with a shetland pony that was fat because he had been in pasture, after a few days of 80-90% energy of feed he dropped down to moderate weight and I raised his feed back to 100% and have been able to maintain this with 100% energy as long as he is in the barn. You do need to watch that the amount (weight in kg of food) does not exceed his maximum intake otherwise he won't have full energy even though you feed him over 100% because he can only eat so much.

[heartbeatforhorses]

Ok thanks!

[Turner]

how do you fed the horse?

[BlackOak2]

how do you fed the horse?

On the left hand of your horse's profile, if you scroll down, you'll see the section for feeding. Horse's in pastures automatically feed themselves, so you'll already see grass in their feeding section. You can add supplemental feed if your horse isn't eating enough, but in the pasture, the only way to subtract feed is to mow it (that's done on the farm page).