Morgan, a 20-year old horse was overweight, hence the owner was advised to put him on a restricted diet to help him lose weight; his vet was concerned about a metabolic disease of the horse and by saying that, the diet was very needed.
The owner stopped giving his horse beet pulp and senior feed and, instead, fed him grass hay and a ration balancer, which as the owner said, Morgan did not like it at all. Recently he stopped eating his hay. and Morgan became an underweight horse.
He was due for his annual dental visit, which showed he had an abscess under a tooth and cheek ulcers. Since the dental, he has been on the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) firocoxib and antibiotics, but he’s eating no better.
Now the veterinarian says he should be eating better and he needs to gain weight because he’s now significantly under his ideal body weight. This is proof that losing a lot of weight for a short period of time is riskier not only for humans but animals also. It seems to be difficult to find a weight balance for the horse.
