rescued horse.. what to feed to help with weight?

[Moonwalker]

The Morgan mare I recently got has obviously been abused in the past, is really mistrustful, especially of men. It took me a while to get her to trust me, but now she will come to me in the pasture. I would go every day after work and just sit there while she paced and ran past me. Eventually, she would stop to graze, a little closer each time. Finally after a couple hours, she actually walked right past a couple feet away. The next day a little closer, then a sniff at my hand as she went by. It took about a week, but she finally took a treat from my hand. Before that, we had to corner her and make a grab for her halter. Once you got hold of her she would calm a little and once she was saddled she settled down a lot.
The secret was in just accepting what she was doing and showing her that I wasn't going to hurt her or grab her etc. Now, after 3 weeks, I can go into the 40 acre pasture and whistle and call and she comes running! (she STILL makes me give her a treat before she'll let me have her halter, she's no dummy!)

PATIENCE!

 

[mswiggi]

My favorites for putting weight back on are Purina Senior Feed, Beat Pulp, and corn oil. Of course free choice hay and water. Purina Senior feed is a complete feed, and works amazingly.

 

[sueg6255]

My sister in law had a horse like that. She fed it and fed and it didn't put on weight. The Ferrier told he to do a super worm treatment on her. She looks great now and has gained back all her weight. The super wormer is a 5 day treatment for worms. Hope this helps.

 

[cindydj]

How is the horse? We rescued a gelding in March and it is such a rewarding job! Iwill try and post a pic....if you can post pictures of yours...