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Post by chatterbox on Dec 29, 2006 15:48:20 GMT 1
Does anyone know anything about new pasture as jacks behaviour has been worse since he started on it. He has took of with me before but only a handful of times in the six months ive had him and he was easy to stop. This week is the worst he has been and am now wondering if it could be the new grass. It hasnt been grazed before not sure how long its been seeded but was told it very new. At the old yard jack was on a lot of good grass but it has always been well grazed. When he got on the new yard he had no grass hardly at all as was on a tempory paddock mostly mud he went very lazy so i fed him and gave loads of hay. So he has three wks of very little grass now he has been on this new pasture grass for a week not eating much hay. What do you think?
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Post by Gail&Merlin on Dec 29, 2006 15:53:15 GMT 1
Grass can have an effect, but i thought, correct me if im wrong, wasnt he bolting before the new grass too..
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Post by mags on Dec 29, 2006 15:55:51 GMT 1
Sounds to me like Magnesium deficantcy. Dan goes wappy on good grass for that reason. Try him on magnesium and see how he goes
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Post by chatterbox on Dec 29, 2006 16:02:49 GMT 1
Gail and dancer he has took off with me before but only a handful of times. The first time was when he had been out at night and in in the day i swapped him over and rode straight from the stable and he did it then then when a motorbike spooked him and then when having a canter with another person. But this week he has done it every ride but 1 so dont know what to think
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Post by Gail&Merlin on Dec 29, 2006 16:12:59 GMT 1
I would try magnesium too with him, but before you do that, try him with other riders going out in groups, as i said on your other thread, if he does it mainly in groups then he needs to be ridden by other people in the same situation to tell if its you he doesnt get on with...if you put him on magnesium first you wont know which has settled him...rider or magnesium...good luck tho, been there and really scarey..
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Post by tammy68 on Dec 29, 2006 16:16:22 GMT 1
It is worth trying the magnesium as I was talking to a feed nutritionist yesterday and she was telling me about the link they believe magnesium deficiency and laminitis. She said that although they haven't confirmed or identified exactly what the link is, that they believe it to be something to do with stress as a trigger for laminitis and when magnesium is added to the diet these ponies are free from the laminitis.
It is definitely worth a try, maybe get your instructor to ride him whilst he is on the magnesium and see if she notices a difference.
I don't know how long it takes to have an effect and I don't know whether it is just magnesium on its own or whether it is magnesium oxide. I am interested in finding out more too as I know of another horse who may benefit from magnesium it its diet.
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Post by chatterbox on Dec 29, 2006 16:26:11 GMT 1
Has anyone on here had any success with magnesuim products please supply any info. Jack is so laid back its weird that he does this. My instructor is going to ride jack out in company a few times
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