gassy and passing liquid???

[el_Snowflakes]

hello,

just looking for some advice please. My mare is 14 and in good health (good appetite ,shiny coat etc) there isnt much grass at the mo so and my mare gets haylage everyday along with a small scoop of hard feed with garlic. Her feeding routine has not changed apart form the decrease in grass. I have noticed that she has been quite gassy and lifting her tail to (sorry its not the most pleasant) pass gas and squirt fluid (shes not in season) her stools have been fine but i noticed today there was a bit of fluid passed with it. She has been wormed etc. I have ordered a live yeast supplement as her previous owner recommended it. Has anyone else experienced this with the change of weather/loss of grass?

thanks


ps. she is not showing signs of colic/discomfort and her demeanor is normal and happy

 

[el_Snowflakes]

bump

 

[brucea]

Any squitty-ness that lasts longer than 24 hours is a cause for concern - can't do worse than getting your vet to have a look, maybe sample.

 

[Izzwizz]

Its probably the haylage. The mare I look after is just like that when she has haylage so she stays on hay as far as possible unless it gets dusty. A mare I owned was just the same on haylage, made her squitty so we mixed it with hay and that helped.

 

[Izzwizz]

Just remembered that NAF do a product called Hayalge Balancer or something like that. Seen it but not read up on it but I do think its for when horses are like this with haylage.

 

[soulfull]

my gelding has done this since i had him (a year) so I don't worry. However it seems normal for him