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Hello Herbert,
In between meals, you can offer him hay and/or pasture grass at all times. This is the healthiest situation of your horse. If he still cannot gain weight, you’ll want to add more fat to his diet. There are weight gaining supplements available, or you can feed flaxseed meal, stabilized rice bran, or even add some oil to his feed (approximately ¼ to ½ cup at each meal) – preferably flaxseed oil, or canola oil.
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