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Why should ponies not be overfed?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

It's not good for horses to overeat either but for ponies the 'margin of error' is much smaller. Ponies tend to be more susceptable to laminitis (founder). They are smaller and need less food but in their heads, they think they're a Clydesdale and they could eat themselves to death if not watched closely.

For reasons not fully understood, horses that carry a lot of weight on their front-ends tend to founder more. So if your horse carries extra weight in his neck and front-end be careful how long he spends in large pastures with lots of grass.

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