I recently bought a 26 year old arabian gelding. He is pretty skinny. He looks like he could gain at least 150-200 pounds and then he would look healthy. Any tips on helping him gain weight? I read beet pulp but I don't know where to get it.

Wow 26 years old. I had the same problem but my horse is like a little older than yours. You can find beet pulp at a horse feed store just ask them for the beet pulp. And they should have it.

Corn Oil. It is great for helping horses gain weight. Ask your vet about how much your particular horse should have.

Also feed him Equine Senior. You can soak it in warm water and add corn oil and it will be delicious for him to eat and will be easy on his teeth. Equine Senior is a typical feed that horses with weight problems are fed. pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com

Beet pulp should be sold at any of you local feed milling places.

Make sure you soak it. :)
It should be found at a local feed store.
Talk to a vet about options for your horse to gain weight.

You should be able to find beet pulp at any regular feed store. It comes in big concentrated pellets, and depending on the kind you get, it needs to be soaked for a minimum of X number of minutes. Then you can feed it to your horse wet, and even mix in any other grain your horse eats with it.

I also recommend the Cool Calories supplement, or even FatCat, though it made my trainer's sensitive green horse really hot (she's a hot mare in general, though).

Just look around at tack shops & feed stores - it's a popular item so most places should carry it. Make sure they're shreds instead of pellets, beet pulp shreds soak much better and usually they taste better than the pellets. I've dealt with both kinds. The great thing about beet pulp is that you can feed a LOT of it.

Make sure your hay is high-quality, and give him lots. Equine senior is great for the older horse - and like another answerer said, if you soak it in corn oil (or water) first, it will be easier for him to eat. It will also make your horses less likely to choke. I would try not to feed too much, especially not at once, since you don't want to risk him having an episode of colic. On that note, be sure he's drinking enough as you increase his rations. Maybe give him an electrolyte supplement or a salt block to ensure that he is drinking.

I would also look into getting him a digestive supplement that is designed to help thin horses digest their food better. SmartDigest and Focus WT are two products I've tried that have seemed to help put weight back on an aging QH and keep his digestive system healthy.

I always seem to go for the hard keepers... !

We gave our old mare ages 29 and 36 year old ladies. Senior feed, a half scoop beet pulp, regular vegetable oil with BOSS (black oil sunflower seeds) of coarse all soaked. Put weight on them like a charm!

My horses don't lie and still going strong today! Good Luck

Any feed store should also carry beet pulp. Some say soaking it is not necessary, but for an old horse, with probably bad teeth, I think soaking it is a must. It's also a good way to get extra water into him to help prevent impaction colic. You should also have him on a high quality feed made just for senior horses and have his teeth checked. He may have tooth problems that can't be fixed, like missing teeth, but he also might have fixable things like sharp edges that are interfering with his eating.

I'm assuming since you used lbs and not kgs that you're not in Australia pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com

Here we have a great product called Copra, and it's made from coconuts

Fantastic for weight gain, and as you have to wet it down (it expands) it is also nice and soft and easy to digest

Worth looking into in your area :-) also worth dropping into a feed store and asking what products they recommend

Good luck :-)

Lifetime of horses, and years of experience feeding skinny/pregnant/young thoroughbreds

Owner of a 14yo Purebred Arabian mare :-)