Build Up Cubes - Alternative for Horse with Ulcers?

[3Beasties]

The vet thinks that Charlie has Gastric Ulcers, I've had lots of great advice so far from you lovely lot so am now feeling more positive about managing it, however the feeding still seems a bit of a mine field

I've got his chaff sorted out and he'll have some Speedy beet with it but I'm not sure what to use instead of the Build up cubes. He is looking very poor at the moment so I need something that is going to get some condition on him.

I 'think' I'm right in saying that no cereals are allowed!

Suggestions please?

 

[Ziggy_]

Winergy conditioning? My mare who we suspect may have had ulcers in the past does very well on this. Its a complete feed so you wouldn't need the chaff but could add speedibeet if wanted. Its cereal free and based on alfalfa.

 

[SpottedCat]

Ok, so yes, cereal-free is best - but you may well find that when the ulcers are fixed then the condition will sort itself out. I also go for mollasses-free too, and when my horse dropped 50kg in a month due to the treatment for the ulcers, I sorted him out with the following diet:

Topspec comprehensive balancer
Speedibeet - half a scoop (soaked volume) in each feed
Scoop of mollichaff high fibre alfalfa (this is the same as topchop lite but a bigger bag at a fraction of the cost - topspec works out at about 60p/kg; mollichaff at about 35p)

I now feed him a handfull of the mollichaff and the topspec twice a day, along with settlex (feedmark make it) and then before exercise he gets a handful of chaff and protexin acid-ease/prosoothe (same stuff but diff names - I buy whichever is cheaper).