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Posted by John H. Collins, registrar Best of luck
on October 24, 2006, 3:24 pm, in reply to "Need advice on feeding malnourished pony/Arabian cross foal"
Message modified by board administrator October 24, 2006, 3:29 pm
Hello
Just thought I would mention that ponies of all breeds have a higher tendency to founder. The diet you have this filly on sounds like it is nutritionally very healthy and should obtain results within a very few weeks. But you might consider reducing the sweet feeds and/or dry grains from 4 pounds a day, to 2 pounds a day. That will not significantly slow down weight gain, but will greatly reduce the chance of developing founder that can be induced by excessive high-energy feeds.
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