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Name of Owner:

Sarah Angel.

Name of Horse:

Pepper.

Description:

Dutch Warmblood / 16.3hh.

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Customer Comment:

...Pepper came to me at the end of September.  This Gelderlander, standing at 16.3hh weighed only 490kg.

When he came off the lorry he found it hard to walk in a straight line or even hold himself up properly.  He had apparently been having colic most days and the first two days with me he constantly kicked his belly.  He had terrible gut sounds that took several weeks to calm down and eventually go.

I started him on 4 feeds a day that had to be hand fed to him as he wasn't interested in eating at that point.  Over the first few weeks I built up his feed to 4kgs of Alfalfa + Oatinol, 600gms of Equilibra, 1kg of Fibregest plus Immune Aid, with enough water added to make his feed almost like soup.  He also had non-stop haylage.  After 10 days he had put on 21kgs and I introduced Tiger Oats at three weeks an by this time he was ready to start some light work.

Weighed again at 3 1/2 months and he has put on 70kgs and weighs 560kg.  He now looks like a different horse and the weight is still going on.  At 5 months he now weighs 575kgs!

Thank you so much for having the products to help me save this wonderful horse.