My horse is overweight
Excess weight creeps up on you: a cresty neck, ribs you can hardly feel, less supple movement. Sometimes a lack of exercise is to blame, but the ration often plays a big part. Too much sugar and starch, too little crude fibre. The answer isn't simply less, but different: fibre-rich, low in sugar and starch, with all the vitamins and minerals.
- Ribs can barely be felt, if at all
- Fat deposits on the neck or behind the withers
- Sweats quickly, sluggish in movement
A good basic ration often does most of the work.
Three products, each with its own role: a fibre-rich base, satiety through more chewing, and a top-up for whatever the ration lacks.
Ratio = share of this product within the package, by weight, for a 600 kg horse. Hay is not included.
Roughage mixFibre Grass14 kg · € 23,95As little fast energy as possible, as much fibre as possible: extra support for the microbiome and healthier digestion±61% · 1.35 kg per day±61% · 1.35 kg per day · bag ≈ 1.5 weeks
BalancerViMi-Care Balancer15 kg · € 39,95Low in sugar and starch, yet sufficient vitamins and minerals: an overweight horse needs less energy, but enough vit/min to lose weight healthily±5% · 105 g per day±5% · 105 g per day · bag ≈ 20 weeks
Original pelletsOerbrok Fiber Impact20 kg · € 37,95Fibre, fibre, fibre±34% · 750 g per day±34% · 750 g per day · bag ≈ 4 weeks“After the switch my gelding gradually lost weight, without getting grumpy from hunger.”
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