my horse is currently on this supplement following treatment for ulcers and on vet recommendation. It’s only available from the vet and is expensive, I would like to find a slightly cheaper alternative for longer term use, does anyone have any recommendations?
I have a 6yr warmblood gelding who has recently been diagnosed grade 3/4 ulcers.
He has lost a fair amount of top line since I bought him and I’m now at a loss at what to feed.
He has been seen by vet and physio and he is not lame, he has had slight thickening of the colon but very minimal...
Looking for advice, I recently bought a new horse and he started to drop weight and become slow and lethargic.
He was scoped and had grade 4 bleeding ulcers, he hasn’t picked up weight in the 2 months he was treated and his oompf still lacking.
He was re scoped to show still grade 3 ! He had...
So I got a new horse and got him scoped as his performance dropped, on scoping he was diagnosed with grade 4 bleeding ulcers.
He was prescribed 6 Omeprazole injections and a months worth of sucrulfate.
It has now been six weeks since he was scoped, I have seen no improvement in his weight, not...
When do you all class GastroGuard as 'out of date', as in too out of date to use?
I saw a post on facebook of someone selling some GG out of date by one year (packaging all sealed etc) - would that really be ok to use, perhaps just less potent?
Totally random and I'm not in the situation...
Has anyone ever had experience of ulcers/hindgut issues causing subtle hind limb lameness?
My pony has had low grade ulcers twice in the past year and a half and treated successfully both times. He is sound without a rider but 2/10 lame right hind with a rider, worse on the left rein...
as the title says, i don't need one with supplement in as im adding them separately already, just a good balancer that is suitable for ulcers.
any replies appreciated!!!
Please bare with me as this may be a long post.
I have a 15.3 thoroughbred mare who I’ve owned for 4 years. Usually has been fine but has had a few medical issues lameness, field accidents and kissing spines (diagnosed in dec 19). Her behaviour hasn’t always been great as she is very mareish...
So, In regards to my last post. Which I think was just pure worry of my new horse as I can’t figure him out at all and want to get him right.
had vet call out as he started getting aggressive with my mare, they share a field together and have been buddies from beginning, eating from same blade...