Sarah Cross says her horse is clinically obese after being fed up to '60 carrots a day'.
A horse owner says her pet is 'about to explode' due to overfeeding from walkers. Sarah Cross bought her horse 'Blackberry' two years ago, with her initially living on a secluded farm.
The food thrown over the fence includes carrots, apples, potato peels, green vegetables and lawn cuttings. However, the latter items of grass cuttings, potato peels and select vegetables can be toxic for ponies and horses, who should not be fed them. Sarah explains that she has to inform walkers that it is not just 'one carrot' when she catches them in the act of feeding her pony. She says if it happens several times it is an 'extortionate' amount of food for her horse to chow down on daily.
Sarah says Blackberry has “doubled in size” as a result of all the “treats”. “It became so bad that I noticed she started to struggle walking. People seem to think it’s okay to do this but they couldn’t be more wrong. She’s going to explode at any minute if it doesn’t stop.”
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