Another Ulcer question. Natural remedies/ supplements

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Hi Guys,

I bet you guys are fed up with the same old questions!!

Ok my boy was diagnosed with grade 2 ulcers (he is extremly sensitive) back in Sept after 3 weeks of antibiotics and 5 weeks of gastro guards. A nice healthy tummy and a happy Harry :-)

I kept the turnout the same all the way through and he was always on adlib hay. I took the grains out and he only now gets Fast fibre and Alfa a Un mollased when in ridden work. With Mint. And lots of readi grass/ff when not at work (snow) I tried corn oil and he got a bit of a belly ache with it.So we just cut that out

The last 2 weeks he was on healthy Tummy by Dengie but to my HORROR it had a high content of starch and protein as well as molass. (Lable reading is SO IMPORTANT) And he also started to go a bit crabby at the begining of his schooling sessions, which he was like before being diagnosed. In the last 2 weeks as well I have had to cut the turnout to a pen turnout instead because it was getting WAY too wet out there and he was getting bored. Despite me giving hay AND lots of it. It just seem him and his pal just ate the hay so much quicker. Plus he started squabbling in the end with her. Naughty not sharing I know I did do seperate piles but that didnt work either.

So anyway. The day we worked out it was the feed he went off his hay. I just thought he was getting bored of it as he was going through so much..... but that wasnt the case. So I just went back to alfa a unmollased. He has been ridden every day. I try and do something in the morning as well as the afternoon. Nothing too major just so I got that gut moving. Just to ensure he had no adverse effect of restricted turnout.

I steam his hay (no haylage)

Also before ridden work (15 min, a small scoop of Alfa A)

He also gets 3 feeds a day.

So as a paranoid mummy, I have been looking stuff up for ULCERS. To be honest i really want to stay away from anything that isnt natural and in powder form :-( Just the expense of some of these supplements are SHOCKING.

There were recommendations for the following

Ulcercalm
Rite Trac
Gastri Aid
Equisin
Succeed
Ulca Tonic
Coligone
Gastro calm/Kalm
Gastrivet


Protexin
Happy Tummy Charcola

But the nataural things that I have come across to me looks FAR more appealing

Calomine tea in his water
Liquorice root
Marshmallow root
Liquorice root
Slippery Elm
Brewers yeast
Mint
Comfy Leaf
Meadow sweet
Linseed (but I get confused with oil and Micronised)

I think I have even come across someone saying BANANAS but it concerns me this one because of the sugar in them
Drugs to help with the hind gut (which I suspect he has)

Ranatidine ??

I know this is a lot but I really do want to hear what everyone recommends. Especially if they have similaritys with my boy. If you use any of the natural products what are your measurements.

he is a girthy and grumpy git and even after gastroguard he was still a tad moody but the ridden work was SUPER after so I just thought it may be because he now has it in his head that he will still be unconfortable when we do girths and rugs up!

He is covered for ulcers under the insurance at the mo, which will expire in Sept. I am fully aware that gastroguard is the only drug that will actually heel them. I do not feel that he as it to that extent I just feel that he is getting GASSY again :-( I am waiting for a call back from Rossdale to see what they say too.

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How green fingered are you.
I have been getting great results by simply growing Hydroponic Barley Grass.
I have been growing it for a stressy trakhener but have herd amazing feedback where it helps horses with ulcers.
Dont be put off by expensive growing trailers ..I simply have set up a greenhouse with heating and water it twice a day ...
 
Oh how interesting I haven't heard this one before I have my own greenhouse and willing to give it a go. May I ask how much do u give a day? And how long did it take to set up?
 
tullulahjay said:
Oh how interesting I haven't heard this one before I have my own greenhouse and willing to give it a go. May I ask how much do u give a day? And how long did it take to set up?
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It is dead easy if you have one horse ... get a little green house heater tick it along at about 14 degrees.
Add one economy light bulb on

1....Get an old bucket and put holes in bottom like a sieve.
2....Soak a feed bowl of whole barley overnight . sieve .. then put back in bucket and cover with damp cloth.. leave in green house overnight...
3...start another bucket soaking overnight so you have rotation...

day 3 you should see barley starting to sprout... put them into seed trays ... I found tin foil BBQ trays from tescos ideal ...they have holes in bottom. you need to cover the bottom with barley ...
Water with spray bottle should be able to feed in 6 to 7 days if you want more grass leave a day longer ... sieve barley in buckets with water to keep fresh each day
once you have this set up rotation you simply soak another bucket and take grass out of tray then refill with more seed..

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Aloe vera juice. 60ml given by syringe once a day. It's what the racehorse rehoming centres used and it does wonders for my ulcer prone tb. Also look at feeding yeasacc, great if he has hind gut ulcers which the majority with stomach ulcers do
 
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