2 horses, same food/field, different droppings..... any ideas?

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As title, I bought a mare just over 2 months ago, she is turned out with my gelding. They are out 24/7, and have no additional feed, just the grazing (both are in very light work only), she is rising 5, he is 19. Both have been worm counted and are fine. They have a salt-lick available in the field.
I am slightly concened that she is still doing 'cow-pat' droppings, she was like this when she arrived, and I put that down to the stress of moving, but now she is totally chilled, and she is still the same. His droppings are what I would expect to be 'normal', kidney-shaped pellets, for want of a better description.
She is TBxConnie, and although a reasonably good doer, not quite as good as my gelding, ArabxWelsh.

Any ideas why she should be like this, and should I be concened about her?
 
My two geldings have completely different droppings, one has small oblong cowpat looking things, the other does pyramids. I put it down to one of them drinking a lot more water and being a bit of a worrier and the other being a chilled out lazy lump
 
I wonder if she coud be more sensitive to the grass than him or something in the lick? I'd try removing the lick for a few days and see if that helps. She also may have longer standing gut issues might be worth considering giving her Yea sacc and perhaps salt in a small feed.
I have a couple who get obsessed with licks and develop sloppy droppings because of it. I also have one who gets sloppy droppings on some batches of unsoaked hay. Some peeps are getting good results from adding activated charcoal to feeds. I've only just started using it so can't comment.
 
you could try pink powder see if this settles the stomache if it keeps up etc and is really loose then maybe have a blood sample done just to rule out any underlying problems like kidneys ( as some one said could be drinking more ) liver or other problems good luck
 
I had the same problem with my mare and it lasted months and months loose dropping and very very windy. As already said ye-sac is good and also ive heard good reviews about pink powder but never fed as mine is a good doer. I was told if her droppings are loose shes not absorbing all her nutrients so i decided to change her feed and re-strict her grazing.

I currently feed mine Equimins Advance Concentrate Pellets because I was advised by the company that it would help with her stomach and has all the vits and nutrients to help, they say on the web page and also to myself "it comes with a full money back warranty if fed for a two months, along with your usual feeding regime, and if you haven't seen an improvement in overall condition, we will refund all the money you have spent, no questions asked. " So i gave it a go and even though her her droppings are not kidney-shaped pellets its 100% better compared to what it was, alot firmer, not loose and even though she breaks wind it nothing compared to what it was like.

Goodluck!
 
Thanks for the feedback all, the lick in the field is just a rock-salt type, no sugar etc, and both horses seem to use it, but not excessively.

I may have to consider a feed of some sort, it is difficult as due to work, I can't get to the yard every day, and often not even at the same time of day... I hate to think of her waiting and expecting a feed.....

The Equimins pellets may be worth a shot, any other suggestions folks?
:)
 
Sometimes drink a lot of water, other times when it's rained and grass shooting up, but it's my old mare that has cowpats so to me she's normal, gave up worrying years ago. As she to many other problems.
 
I always knew whose poo was whose....individual.

Also not sure if this is right but thought as they got older it can get harder poos.

All horses are individual so I wouldnt expect theirs to be the same on the same diet. Gut design wont be the same etc. Genes etc
 
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