How should a horse be fed that has laminitis?
The horses should be fed to maintain moderate to low body weights so that excess weight does not aggravate the laminitis condition. Diets for horses with laminitis should contain digestible fiber sources and fat with little or no starch. Purina products to consider include Strategy, Equine Senior, Equine Adult and Horse Chow. Q. What should a horse that “ties up” be fed? A: The condition in horses commonly referred to as “tying up” is characterized by muscle stiffness, difficulty in moving, hard, tense muscles in the back, and dark colored urine. These signs are all due to muscle damage that can result from a variety of causes including feeding methods and training techniques as well as genetic defects in the muscle. Feeding high levels of grain during idle periods is a major nutritional cause of tying-up. Grain levels should be reduced when the workload is reduced and the horses should be fed more hay. It is hard to predict when tying-up will occur but it is more likely to occur in fe
