I was wondering which of these two options would be best (or it both are bad) for my horses winter blanket? this horse drops weight in cold weather and has food available at all times.Currently about 40 degrees at night, in winter drops below 0 at times, but not the whole timeoption 1medium weight blanket (300 grams of fiber fill, and 600 denier)would be put on during the night starting now, then when it gets really cold i would put a fleece blanket underneath it.Option 2heavyweight 400 grams of fiber fill 1200 denierwould it be too warm for him to wear at night right now? then once it got colder he would wear it all the time.both of these blankets are waterproof, no rup, fleece withers and that sort of thing.
No its ok, but excess anything isn't ok.
It is not fatteningIt is high in sugar so I would take a look at the nutrition info and be sure that you are drinking a juice that has very few additive and low sugar countYou can't have too much vitamin c, once your body has had its fill, it will remove excess C via your urine.
Usually high in sugar/calories without the fiber and some other nutritional benefits of eating the fruitYou'd be better off eating a couple of oranges a day, and lay off the juice except for an occasional small glass.
In my experience, unless a horse is clipped so it can be worked through the winter, the best thing is NOT to blanketLet the coat grow in naturallyDon't close the stable doors when it starts to get a little cold; the ventilation is good for the horses and the chill helps stimulate hair growth so that when it's reeeeallly cold they're setThe natural coat keeps the horse warm by fluffing up and trapping air next to the bodyThe trapped air heats up from the body heat and stays there, insulating Putting a blanket over the winter fur presses it down so it can't trap the air and it loses 90% of its insulative valueA furry horse with a blanket on is actually much colder than a furry horse without! If you're going to blanket, do it consistently and appropriatelyGet both the medium weight and the heavy weight blanket and use the one that's right for the temperatureYou can't keep him comfortable at 0 with the same blanket that kept him comfortable at 40Be sure to take the blanket off on warm days when he's out, and blanket more heavily at nightDon't let the blanket stay on if it's wet, he'll get rain rotMake sure you remove it and brush him every dayThey can get sores if you don't, and their skin needs fresh dry air to stay healthyIf the horse is left out in the weather, the worst conditions are 30s to 40s with wind and rainThen they need either shelter or a blanket I don't know why the horse drops weight in cold weather, but some just doAs long as the horse is otherwise healthy, I don't think blanketing should make much difference.
