Prince33Sp4rkle
Well-Known Member
with slippery elm!
this is a beigy powder, you can buy from health food shops or online.
its a mucilant herb, IE is slimy and slippery and good at *lining* things-so excellent for raw throats and sore tummies.its also got great drawing properties so good for poultices.
anyhoo, iv never really thought of the captain as high risk of ulcers-yes he used to be a racer, but he now has absolutely 24/7 fibre, low starch feeds, and is an excellent traveller and chilled generally.he isnt colicky, doesnt windsuck, chew wood, mind being girthed up,is a good ish doer for a TB, etc etc, basically i only experimented because:
1. he can be a grump for the first 5 mins under saddle, snarls and pins ears the first time i put leg on, but after being sent forward is then fine. and in front of the leg- so its a once only thing.
2.i had a bag of slipperly elm for poulticing purposes, hanging around.
he's been having 3 teaspoons mixed with 1/4 cup of water to form a slimy paste, twice a day in his feed, and.......i really feel its made a subtle but important difference. no more snarling first time leg is applied, no need to send him forward at all because theres no hint of holding back at all now, and he feels SO much looser under my leg (IE his ribs), where as before he would initially feel tense under my thigh/knee, he now feels like rubber.
its £15 ish for a 250g bag which will last 4-5 weeks i reckon. so if anyone has any doubts, worth a shot perhaps, its cheap and cheerful and if they dont need it, it will do them no harm.
(initially the powder wont mix with the water well, but keep stirring and all of a sudden you will have a slimy paste, it suddenly goes very quickly and then the more you stir it the thicker it gets)
just thought id mention
this is a beigy powder, you can buy from health food shops or online.
its a mucilant herb, IE is slimy and slippery and good at *lining* things-so excellent for raw throats and sore tummies.its also got great drawing properties so good for poultices.
anyhoo, iv never really thought of the captain as high risk of ulcers-yes he used to be a racer, but he now has absolutely 24/7 fibre, low starch feeds, and is an excellent traveller and chilled generally.he isnt colicky, doesnt windsuck, chew wood, mind being girthed up,is a good ish doer for a TB, etc etc, basically i only experimented because:
1. he can be a grump for the first 5 mins under saddle, snarls and pins ears the first time i put leg on, but after being sent forward is then fine. and in front of the leg- so its a once only thing.
2.i had a bag of slipperly elm for poulticing purposes, hanging around.
he's been having 3 teaspoons mixed with 1/4 cup of water to form a slimy paste, twice a day in his feed, and.......i really feel its made a subtle but important difference. no more snarling first time leg is applied, no need to send him forward at all because theres no hint of holding back at all now, and he feels SO much looser under my leg (IE his ribs), where as before he would initially feel tense under my thigh/knee, he now feels like rubber.
its £15 ish for a 250g bag which will last 4-5 weeks i reckon. so if anyone has any doubts, worth a shot perhaps, its cheap and cheerful and if they dont need it, it will do them no harm.
(initially the powder wont mix with the water well, but keep stirring and all of a sudden you will have a slimy paste, it suddenly goes very quickly and then the more you stir it the thicker it gets)
just thought id mention
