Bicarbonate and Soda and Linseed for Hind Gut?

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I'm becoming increasing sure that my pony has hind gut issues. He doesn't display normal ulcer issues, but he's very bloated, finds it hard to bring his back legs up/under him (full lameness work up, nothing found!) and f*rts for England.

He's also in the last 4 months got very spooky and is on red alert all the time! Not a nice ride.

I've been reading up and a lot of people recommend using Bicarbonate of Soda (food grade) in a linseed oil carrier to it can get to the hind gut.

I just wondered if if anyone is using it and if so, what quantities for a 496kgs very very good doer!!

He's on overnight turnout on sparse grazing and in in the day with hay. He gets thunderbrooks chaff, a bespoke supplement (liver issues), magnesium oxide and milk thistle.

Thanks in advance!
 
I haven't, but I was thinking of trying it. Apparently succeed is just bicarbonate and oil, but at a huge price!
 
Cragrat said:
I haven't, but I was thinking of trying it. Apparently succeed is just bicarbonate and oil, but at a huge price!
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Equishure is bicarb and veg oil plus a buffer to help it reach the hind gut. The buffer is the important bit and the part that is difficult to recreate.

I have a horse with hind gut issues, bicarb on its own made no difference, bicarb in veg oil, linseed oil or coconut oil made no difference, Equishure however turned him around in 3 days. I thought he was going to need pts, 3 days in he was better and a week in he was a different horse. I tried taking him off it and using the bicarb and oil substitutes but he regresses so I stick with Equishure.

Succeed is a totally different supplement aimed at fore and hind gut ulcers and doesn't contain bicarb at al iirc.
 
Which bit is the buffer in Equishure?
I looked up the ingredients- monoglycerides, sodium bicarbonate and hydrogenated veg oil. Monoglycerides are fat molecules used as emulsifiers, therefore useful in a product that has to sit on a shelf in store for a while. Unless they do have another effect in the horse?

I looked up Succeed- it seems it is mainly oat flour, with some non - essential amino acids and some oil, and some guar gum. Apparently, the betaglucans in the oats is thought to be the useful bit, so that could be worth a try?
 
I think it's the veg oil that is the buffer in equishure. Let us know how your trial goes if you end up going through with it as mine's been on equishure for a few weeks now for potential hind gut issues and I've been wondering whether to try a paste of bicarb and veg oil too.
 
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