pony&cow
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My horse is about to start her second course of gastrogard (last course was early last summer). I thought I was doing everything possible to prevent reoccurrence of ulcers...
Ad lib hay (im obsessive about this)
Alfa before working
High fibre low sugar diet
Plenty of turnout
She has hunted a bit over winter which she seems physically relaxed about but her sloppy poo's say different.
Im looking into supplements to help prevent future ulcer issues and as far as I can see they are all based on calcium carbonate as an antacid. Im also under the impression that antacids only have effectiveness in the stomach for 6 hours, as most expensive supplements directions state to feed AM and PM this would in theory not be effective round the clock. Im looking into using a good gut balancer such as protextin (any other recommendations??) then buying pure calcium carbonate to feed every six hours or there abouts, I do late night hay at about 9-10pm then breakfast it between 5 and 7 am.
Has anyone got any first hand experience of feeding pure calcium carbonate or any of the higher end supplements containing high levels of it, protexin acidease, nutriscience gastrocare, ritetrac ect??
Ive also been told about feeding gaviscon before hunting has anyone got any experience of this?
Ad lib hay (im obsessive about this)
Alfa before working
High fibre low sugar diet
Plenty of turnout
She has hunted a bit over winter which she seems physically relaxed about but her sloppy poo's say different.
Im looking into supplements to help prevent future ulcer issues and as far as I can see they are all based on calcium carbonate as an antacid. Im also under the impression that antacids only have effectiveness in the stomach for 6 hours, as most expensive supplements directions state to feed AM and PM this would in theory not be effective round the clock. Im looking into using a good gut balancer such as protextin (any other recommendations??) then buying pure calcium carbonate to feed every six hours or there abouts, I do late night hay at about 9-10pm then breakfast it between 5 and 7 am.
Has anyone got any first hand experience of feeding pure calcium carbonate or any of the higher end supplements containing high levels of it, protexin acidease, nutriscience gastrocare, ritetrac ect??
Ive also been told about feeding gaviscon before hunting has anyone got any experience of this?