Diagnosed with ulcers - when to crack on?

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Hi,

My horse was scoped last week and diagnosed with ulcers grade 2-3.....I took her to the clinic to be scoped after she suddenly dropped so much weight and condition, had very loose poo all of the time and basically looked awful.

Under saddle she was refusing to move. As soon as I put my leg on, she sort of hunched up, swished her tail, put her ears flat back, put her head down and bucked on the spot continuely till I gave up and got off....

Im glad I listened to her and looked into it.....She is now on gastrogard, 1 syringe a day for a month before she is rescoped. she has been on gastrogard for nearly a week and has already put lots of condition back on and her poos are normal.

She was only refusing to move under saddle in the school, she was OK hacking with another horse, so I have carried on doing so as the vet said I should crack on with her excersize as normal....I havent taken her back into the school as I dont want to chance a reoccurance of this behaviour incase she begins to learn from it...

I am wondering how long the gastrogard is likely to take to heal the ulcers and therefore how long to leave it before I take her back into the school..

has anyone had any similar experience that could help?

Many thanks

george
 
Feed her alfalfa just before you do any excercise - the high calcium content helps to neutralise any the acid and helps to prevent further irritation casued by the acid splashing while working. I give mine a stubbs scoop with some speedibeet on it it or water to dampen it. Really does make a difference.
 
Thanks for that......I have been feeding her 30mins before riding as my vet said to.....But he didnt mention alfalfa, just said to give 2 double handfuls of chaf.....He also said to cut out Alfalfa....!!!

Now Im confused, I will google it....maybe thats not what he said and said to feed it, LOL! I just got rid of the Alfalfa too as I didnt think I should feed it....!!! ha ha
 
i second slinkly as my boy had grade 3/4 ulcers and was recommended by the vetschool to feed him alfalfa. He is quite a complex case as has other ongoing intestine issues but he now get topspec topchop alfalfa as he is not allow mollases and is doing very well he get a scope of this while i tack up
 
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