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Post by Hidalgo » Tue May 08, 2018 7:28 pm

So I have this stallion and I've been trying to get him to lose weight. He's been in a barn with no food for over half a year and he's still very fat. Anyone know what to do about this?

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Re: Help???

Post by Baranduin Brewster » Tue May 08, 2018 7:46 pm

Hidalgo wrote:So I have this stallion and I've been trying to get him to lose weight. He's been in a barn with no food for over half a year and he's still very fat. Anyone know what to do about this?

McGee

If he isn't loosing any weight he maybe stuck at very fat, there are some horses who are just extremely easy keepers...I have a 7 stat Russian Don Dressage stallion who is stuck at very fat.

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Re: Help???

Post by Hidalgo » Tue May 08, 2018 7:50 pm

Baranduin Brewster wrote:
If he isn't loosing any weight he maybe stuck at very fat, there are some horses who are just extremely easy keepers...I have a 7 stat Russian Don Dressage stallion who is stuck at very fat.

Ok, interesting. Thanks!

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Re: Help???

Post by Geidim O'in » Wed May 09, 2018 12:47 am

It might help to have the horse train and perform in local competitions. Not sure if it will, but I've seen my horses drop weight on 100% feed in barns when I work them hard.

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Post by Hidalgo » Wed May 09, 2018 3:22 pm

Geidim O'in wrote:It might help to have the horse train and perform in local competitions. Not sure if it will, but I've seen my horses drop weight on 100% feed in barns when I work them hard.

That's not a bad idea. Thanks!

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Post by Pearl » Wed May 09, 2018 4:06 pm

Geidim O'in wrote:It might help to have the horse train and perform in local competitions. Not sure if it will, but I've seen my horses drop weight on 100% feed in barns when I work them hard.

How old were your horses when this happened? As far as I'm aware it should only happen on horses younger than five years because they are still growing.

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Re: Help???

Post by WinterSage » Fri May 11, 2018 2:08 pm

Hidalgo wrote:
Geidim O'in wrote:It might help to have the horse train and perform in local competitions. Not sure if it will, but I've seen my horses drop weight on 100% feed in barns when I work them hard.
That's not a bad idea. Thanks!

Even if this does work for the time being, they will still gain the weight back after you’re done. It just doesn’t seem very worth it.

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Post by Hidalgo » Fri May 11, 2018 3:50 pm

Jasmine_Hanley wrote:
Hidalgo wrote: That's not a bad idea. Thanks!
Even if this does work for the time being, they will still gain the weight back after you’re done. It just doesn’t seem very worth it.

Ah, that's good to know.

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Re: Help???

Post by WinterSage » Fri May 11, 2018 4:29 pm

Hidalgo wrote:
Jasmine_Hanley wrote:
Even if this does work for the time being, they will still gain the weight back after you’re done. It just doesn’t seem very worth it.
Ah, that's good to know.

Yes because once you stop working them they’ll still gain it back. And I highly doubt there’s a way to fix it if the horse is eating nothing, it is most likely a glitch.

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Re: Help???

Post by Hidalgo » Fri May 11, 2018 5:33 pm

Jasmine_Hanley wrote:
Hidalgo wrote: Ah, that's good to know.
Yes because once you stop working them they’ll still gain it back. And I highly doubt there’s a way to fix it if the horse is eating nothing, it is most likely a glitch.

I hope it is just a glitch. I'd hate to think he might pass it on to his foals.