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help please :)........my thoroughbred was diagnosed with low grade ulcers in may (bought him 1 yr ago) he was placed on a course of gastroguard which made a huge difference and turned him from an uncotrollable nightmare into my perfect horse! I changed him to an all fibre feed and placed him on feedmarks new ulcer calm supplement, 5 weeks later i noticed the symptoms returning (mainly teeth grinding, spooky and exciteable, slight loss of condition.) 3 weeks ago he was prescribed another course of gastroguard and we have 2 weeks remaining, however the feedmark supplment is clearly not enough for him so i have been looking at coligone/neigh lox/U Guard/pink powder/Ulseraze but i have no idea which ones are most effective........any recomendatins or advice please? :confused: My vet has recommended pronutrin but at £70+ for a 14 day supply i really cant afford to go down that route. :(
 
Yes! I used Ellen Collinson's one, if forget its name now but it will probably be on her website or you could try phoning her. I found it incredbly effective and it's natural which is nice!
 
Hi, i havnt used it myself but my boss swears by an aloe vera soothing supplement. Might be worth some research or just as an extra additive to sooth. :)
 
My vet recommended Pro Soothe, which is a Protexin supplement for my mare after a difficult ulcer recovery.

It was about £ 60 per month. Unfortunately she can't have it now as we have discovered she has a wheat allergy, and I have yet to find anything comnparable tbh.
 
Coligone, coligone, coligone!!! If you go onto the vetinary section there are numerous posts on ulcers - my lad suffered from them but have not had a problem since going on coligone, and a lot of people recomend it too. I am sure you also knpow this, but ensure he always has access to fibre, especially when stabled.
Good luck
 
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My horse had a severe gastric ulcer & following the GastroGard treatment went straight on to a supplement called NeighLox (Kentucky Research) as well as high fibre feed. NeighLox is not cheap but my horse has been fine now for nearly 5 years so I'm sticking with it. I really rate it.
 
COLIGONE! very easy to find the info/website on this forum.

my mare suffered with ulcers for about 2 yrs, was on and off gastrogard for a lot of that time, the vets were so "small minded" about how they treat ulcers, even though their practice was leading the research in equine ulcers.

it got to a point with my mare that she was progressively getting worse and worse to ride from last winter, to a point where she would literally refuse to walk under saddle OR on the lunge by the end of march 2010. i had literally lost ALL hope of ever being able to ride her again or do anything with her. the vets were absolutely useless at giving follow up advice, apart from spouting "try gastrogard"!

mid-april this year i started giving coligone 50ml twice daily and in 2 weeks i could ride again! i now only give her 20ml of coligone before i ride and she is going amazingly well. sorry but another blantant pun for COLIGONE - it really saved my beautiful horse :)

pllllleeease try it and i hope it works out well for your boy :)
 
Im not sure how to use this site anymore, but hope this gets through -
I have used Coligone on horses who have ulcers, poor doers, laminitics, box walkers, cribbers and horses on long term bute. I also use it prior and post competition, prior and post operation. Horses with grumbling grass belly, or simply those who arn't quite right. I will personally guarantee an improvement with your horse if you use Coligone.
Coligone will neutralise any acidosis in the gut. Stress due to competition, change, trauma etc will develop in the gut. What goes in the gut, comes out in the foot.
Cant recommend it highly enough.
 
I am interested to see the replies as my horse is currently on gastroguard and pronutrin for a month for ulcers post scope.

Obviously once they have healed i want to make sure he has everything to prevent them returning. He's on ad lib haylage soon to be hay and although currently on boxrest for injury will be having as much turnout over winter as possible etc.

When I spoke to the vets about maintenance and products they basically said that none of them are effective and the only one that has any evidence base is neigh lox. All the rest active ingredients apparently are at too low doses to make a difference. However just because it hasnt been trialled it doesnt mean there aren't benefits.

So....I still would be inclined to experiment and give something if i feel it makes a difference.

Friend has had good results with slippery elm so I think I am going to try that. Had also thought about the neigh lox.

However now i'm definitely going to look into coligone!

There are so many products on the market and its such a minefield, no wonder i am so stressed!!
 
Sidney said:
Coligone, coligone, coligone!!! If you go onto the vetinary section there are numerous posts on ulcers - my lad suffered from them but have not had a problem since going on coligone, and a lot of people recomend it too. I am sure you also knpow this, but ensure he always has access to fibre, especially when stabled.
Good luck
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Agree 100%
 
Another vote for Coligone.
An excellent product. I have seen it turn a mare who was vile into a fluffy bunny.
Ot is fantastic, resonably priced. the service is marvalous. And its made with compassion.
And all this good because of one beautiful mare. RIP H. You did a hell of a lot of good.

Loux
 
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When I spoke to the vets about maintenance and products they basically said that none of them are effective and the only one that has any evidence base is neigh lox. All the rest active ingredients apparently are at too low doses to make a difference. However just because it hasnt been trialled it doesnt mean there aren't benefits.
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all vets "specialising" in ulcers will say this - i've had this said to me many many a time whilst tutti was suffering with ulcers - the classic was when i asked my vet is yea sacc would help with ulcers, he said "no" as all clinical trials had proved it had no benefit to the gastric system whatsoever - so why was it then when i don't have my mare on yea sacc she poos giant "elephant" type poos yet when she's on yea sacc she does "normal" horse poo shaped poos!!?

i'm about to email my vet to give him an update on tutti, considering when he left us last she wouldn't even walk under saddle or on the lunge and he had no advice and to see what he says about my advice to recommend coligone to other clients!
 
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