How to Feed a Starving Horse
Provide good quality alfalfa or alfalfa-mix hay for your horse.. Allow your horse to graze for 2-3 hours, if you're turning it out.. Provide your horse with a mineral block placed near its water.
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Provide good quality alfalfa or alfalfa-mix hay for your horse.
Provide good quality alfalfa or alfalfa-mix hay for your horse.
Allow your horse to graze for 2-3 hours, if you're turning it out.
Allow your horse to graze for 2-3 hours, if you're turning it out.
Provide your horse with a mineral block placed near its water.
Provide your horse with a mineral block placed near its water.
Avoid concentrated feed, such as pellets and grains, for 2 weeks.
Avoid concentrated feed, such as pellets and grains, for 2 weeks.
Ask your vet about giving your horse a vitamin B supplement.
Ask your vet about giving your horse a vitamin B supplement.
Give your horse a dewormer to kill any parasites that are present.
Give your horse a dewormer to kill any parasites that are present.
Feed your horse
Feed your horse
Provide 1 lb (450 g) of hay every 4 hours for the first 2-3 days.
Provide 1 lb (450 g) of hay every 4 hours for the first 2-3 days.
Add .25 lb (110 g) of hay to each feeding on each of the next 4 days.
Add .25 lb (110 g) of hay to each feeding on each of the next 4 days.
Switch to 4 lb (1.8 kg) of hay every 8 hours for week 2.
Switch to 4 lb (1.8 kg) of hay every 8 hours for week 2.
Allow the horse to eat freely after the first 2 weeks of refeeding.
Allow the horse to eat freely after the first 2 weeks of refeeding.
Provide fresh water at all times.
Provide fresh water at all times.
Get your horse examined by a vet to monitor its condition.
Get your horse examined by a vet to monitor its condition.
Spend time bonding with your horse every day to support its recovery.
Spend time bonding with your horse every day to support its recovery.
Expect mild diarrhea during the early days of refeeding.
Expect mild diarrhea during the early days of refeeding.
Walk your horse for 10 minutes a day after 2 weeks.
Walk your horse for 10 minutes a day after 2 weeks.
Get a farrier to trim your horse's hooves if they're overgrown.
Get a farrier to trim your horse's hooves if they're overgrown.
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