Feeding advice

The Feeding Calculator is not suitable for calculating the feeding needs of foals and young growing horses. Please contact us for tailor-made advice via groomingteam@pavo.net

The feeding needs of senior horses are very specific. The Feeding Calculator is therefore not suitable for calculating the feeding needs of senior horses. Please contact the Pavo GroomingTeam for tailor-made free advice via groomingteam@pavo.net

Gender	If mare
Stallion Gelding Mare	Not in foal In foal >7 months or currently lactating

The Feeding Calculator is not suitable for calculating the feeding needs of mares from the 7th month of gestation, or of lactating mares. Please contact our GroomingTeam via groomingteam@pavo.net

If you do not know the weight, you can also enter the circumference of the chest.
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Checking on the physical condition is the most important way of determining whether you are feeding your horse the right quantity.

Overweight
Fat
Right
Skinny
Very skinny

Enter how many hours your horse spends on average per day grazing. (Please note, a small paddock should not be taken into account)

You can enter 24 hours maximum.

The length of the grass is an indication for the amount of energy it contains. What does the field of your horse/pony look like?

Fat
Grass in bloom
Normal
Poor
Bare

The nutritional value of the grass will vary during the year. Please enter which season the Feeding Calculator should use.

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Roughage is the basis of every diet, what type of roughage does your horse/pony get? (More choices possible)

Grass (amount of kg will be calculated based on pasturing
Haylage
Hay
Straw
Chopped alfalfa / Pavo Dailyplus / Pavo FibreBeet

What is the quality of your roughage?

Very fine-textured and green
Rough and green
Rough and yellow

What type of sport do you use your horse for?

How intensively do you practice your sport?

Light / Recreational performance
Moderate performance
Heavy performance
Very heavy performance

Fill in the average number of minutes per day that you actually train your horse.
(example: 4 x a week 60 minutes = 240 minutes divided by 7 days = 32 minutes per day)

0 minutes 180 minutes minutes