Any advice? Long ish.

[xTrooperx]

Back ground- Got a mare who foaled before I owned her leaving her very torn etc.. Owners sold on ASAP knowing.. ( another story) My vet has done best he can & stitched her up twice including internal, due to this and odd conformation with her girly bits it's got a shelf & then rather saggy, she does suck in some air, no where as bad as she did pre-op. Vets advice to now treat her as normal horse..

She has always gotten uti ( all the time) the vets knows, but they also said leave it/work through it as will pass, as otherwise she would be on anti-b all the time, can't be helped due to her now back end conformation.
she again has a uti and wondering if I can to anything at all to help ie put yogurt in feed or do something to ease it & keep her cleaner.
at mo it's just dribbling down her could be every 10 seconds to mins in between, she can go for a longer normal wee, but she also goes into wee postion for a slightly a bigger dribble comes out, with her giving lil groans. When dribbling guessing she is unaware as no effort is made to lift tail/legs. I have oiled legs & tail to stop the skin getting sore.

There must be something I can do? As I spend more time cleaning her tail & legs/ hosing stable floor then I ever do actually riding her.

 

[peaceandquiet1]

That vsounds tricky, if she was a human you could try cranberry juice. I would try to encourage her to drink as much as possible. Salt licks etc.

 

[xTrooperx]

Salt lick out with 24/7 access, fresh clean water always there, tempting with the cranberry, is it safe for horses? As sure a cupful in feed is worth a try, though myself never had problems so wouldn't actually know what sort to buy is it the pure juice ie value stuff in cartons would work.

 

[deb_l222]

I have absolutely no experience of this with horses but have had a couple of dogs (bitches) who had urinary leakage following spaying.

I've found cranberry supplements REALLY good, the theory being it keeps the urine acidic and therefore less prone to infections / leakage. I buy tablets from Tesco's!!

What I would say though is that you need to check with vets that cranberry is safe for horses (if you go down this road) as I've no idea and it could be poisonous.