Willow time, warm time, wonderful time - if you pay attention to a few important things. Thus, the grazing is not always easy, but also the insect and sun protection in the summer is a small challenge for the horse owner. The most important topics around the grazing in spring and summer will be treated here.
The first Green Grass of The Year
Problematic in April / May are the many carbohydrates, the fresh grass in itself - quite different than it was the case with hay! The danger lurks in fructan, a long-chain carbohydrate. In particular, fructan is found in grasses, where it ensures that the plant is not undersupplied even in prolonged drought. High levels of fructan, for example, have fescue or ryegrass. The latter came into the criticism: Meanwhile, however, it is clear that it is irreplaceable on horse pastures, as it is very valuable as fodder grass.
A low fructan content is provided by meadow grass, meadow foxtail and couch grass. The fructan content in grasses after night frosts is particularly high, as they may very well occur in late spring. Horses lack fructosidases, by means of which fructans in the small intestine can be split. If the horse gets too much fructan into the colon too quickly, it often acidifies in no time. This kills intestinal bacteria, which play an enormously important role in horses as well as humans. Instead, toxins - which lead in the worst case to a colic. Also, the disease on Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is possible, as well as increases the risk of laminitis.
Gentle Grazing as a Solution
Above all, it is important that the animals never go hungry to pasture. So the best way to feed your hay is to continue feeding normally (concentrates only after grazing, otherwise there is a risk of colic again!).
Incidentally, the horses are best placed on the pasture several times a day - for example, early in the morning and in the evening - then the grass has already been sufficiently digested by the morning. One should always respond to the individual horse when grazing: A horse that takes a lot of feeding breaks and does not show so much interest in the grass, can sometimes even faster longer time on the pasture. In very easy horses should be thought about a loose-fitting muzzle.
Although the time from June is not quite as critical as when grazing in the spring. Pastures are often either parched or over-greasy at this time of the year. Especially ponies are very susceptible to diseases when they eat greasy grass. An episode that often occurs after a short time is colic. Longer may be it until Hufrehe arise. Both diseases can in the worst case lead to the death of the horse.
Therefore, a pasture should already be influenced before the season by appropriate grass cultivation and fertilization so that it is not too greasy.
If this is not possible, it can also be divided into smaller sections so that the amount of feed is limited accordingly. However, one should make sure that the horse can still move sufficiently.
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