Excess Saliva/ Diahorrea - Any ideas

So this morning he was definitely less drooly, still quiet but he may just be feeling the weather change.

I checked under his tongue and around his gums (as best I could) for grass seeds etc. and couldn't see anything.

Will see how he is later. Absolutely baffled.
 
I checked under his tongue yesterday and didn't see anything. Saliva did seem to have improved yesterday. This morning as well. He seems more himself (chucked his grooming kit all over the yard as I was doing everyone's breakfast!).

But his dihorrea has come back. He has done 2 small squirts in 5 mins stood on the yard and its really wattery. Poos in his stable one was looser than the others.

Will be calling vet when they open but any ideas welcome :(

Meant to be moving yards tomorrow.
 
It sounds like he’s eaten a toxic plant in the fields. New species can germinate annually that havent been there before, and branches of toxic trees/ivy berries can grow longer and Now be reachable that were short and out of reach in previous years. Im forever finding new species that make their way into my fields.

my gelding finds the new species and sloppy poos generally are the result. These recent years i check out the fields weekly, as im abit of a botanist too, so can cut back anything dodgy they shouldnt ingest.

As an aside, the buttercup could be the culprit - i once had mixed meadow haylage that was loaded with buttercup...my gelding went to pieces on it....severe ozzing huge hives, runny poops, lethargic mood...the mare was absolutely fine on the stuff! As soon as i removed the haylage he recovered. Buttercup is safe when fully dry, the toxic alkaloids are ‘dried out’ in hay, but not when fresh or fermented in haylage. If you have loads of buttercup - which is flowering right now, he might be inadvertently eating the leaves of it while trying to avoid the flowers? ....the leaves are toxic.

if youre able to top cut the buttercup field and allow it 4 weeks to rot down, put him in another field....see how he does?

buttercups are a menace - they seem to get worse each year. I try to cut them before they go to seed, just as they start to flower - about now....to reduce them seeding the field more. But to be honest a field loaded with them, i wouldnt graze on it, id plough it up and re-seed. (or spray the lot to kill everything , plough and re-seed if youre not on organic land).
 
Thanks all, sorry I didn't update I haven't stopped all weekend.

PurBee I think you are spot on. I phoned the vet on Friday and she did say it sounds as if he has eaten something that hasn't agreed so she suggested giving him a probiotic for a week. I started it on Friday and he hasn't had any dihorrea since and his saliva is still normal so I'm really pleased.

We moved yards on Saturday and he has been out on some good grass and he has been absolutely fine so i'm really pleased with (and for) him.
 
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