Colitis pony-what not to feed.

[kazhar]

I will possibly be taking on a litle pony that has had one bout of colitis three years ago when it was moved to a new place. . Now my current horse does not get on well with alfalfa and is fed on grass nuts, fast fibre or unmollassed beet (winter) and a pelleted balancer. None of ours have cereals so Im hoping that this type of diet will be ideal for this little pony and what do I need to avoid if anything?

 

[Tnavas]

One of mine had colitis when I was using Founderguard, he was taken off the product, given 19½litres of intra venous fluids and survived. He never suffered from it again.

Find out what he is currently being fed, make of feed and quantity. If being fed hay ask if you can buy a couple of bales to help him transition to your hay.

Day 1 & 2 feed just the hay is used to, day 3 and 4 mix a little of your hay with his hay, carry on increasing th equantity of your hay and reducing his old hay at the same time.

Find out if you can the history behind the colitis attack - my horses was because of the antibiotics in Founderguard upsetting his gut.

 

[galaxy]

When my boy had chronic Diarrhoea and they suspected it to be colitis (turned out to be riddled with melanomas) I was told to take him off all feeds with Oil in them, all forms of sugar beet and haylage. Just basically feed straight fibre (ie hay and plain chaff)

 

[kazhar]

One of mine had colitis when I was using Founderguard, he was taken off the product, given 19½litres of intra venous fluids and survived. He never suffered from it again.

Find out what he is currently being fed, make of feed and quantity. If being fed hay ask if you can buy a couple of bales to help him transition to your hay.

Day 1 & 2 feed just the hay is used to, day 3 and 4 mix a little of your hay with his hay, carry on increasing th equantity of your hay and reducing his old hay at the same time.

Find out if you can the history behind the colitis attack - my horses was because of the antibiotics in Founderguard upsetting his gut.

From what I gather it stemmed from stress when he was moved to the people who have him now.....he was in poor condition when they got him as well. He currently is just fed on unmollassed alfalfa and linseed but I always thought alfalfa made colitis worse? Hes not had it since that one time 3 years ago.