gastric ulcers and laminitis

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my pony has just been diagnosed with gastric ulcers after being endoscoped, the prognosis is good - treat with gastroguard for 28 days. the vets have recommended 24 hr turnout but i am worried as he has had lamintis in the past. i'm finding balancing the two quite hard as i want to ensure he is ulcer free but dont want to bring on an attack of laminitis. has any one on here had experience of both? can you give me any advice on management for both?

i currently use approved food from the lamintis trust and equine sensitive nuggets as well as electric fencing paddocks- grass is pretty non existant so he has hay during the day in the field.
 
Evidence from studies suggests that 24hour turnout is no better for gastric ulcers than stabling at night with ad lib forage.
 
The only things I know about ulcers are: keep the stress levels down as much as possible. If your ned likes routine, then stick to it.

There was an article in a recent Horse and Hound, but I can't remember which issue. Do a search and you should get a lot of info.
 
Always read the labels on feed bags, even those approved by the laminitis trust, speedi beet is good as is dengie alfalfa pellets, the mould inhibitors in the alfa-a feeds have been known to cause problems, amd I personally wouldn't use either happy hoof or safe & sound.
re the ulcers I agree with bossanova, if you need to stable him he should be ok so long as he doesn't get stressed by it and has ad-lib hay, probably best not in a small holed net though.
 
My horse is on the Gastroguard treatment at the moment.

Personally my vet thinks that stress is not a significant factor!

What is his normal routine? I would just stick to that and make sure there is ad lib hay. You could always soak the hay to reduce the nutrition if you think ad lib would be detrimental to the laminitis situation.

The way I would look at is that you need to find a way to heal the ulcer without causing laminitis. IMO the laminitis is more dangerous to your pony so that needs to come first.

Not sure if I just wrote a load of crap there!

Jo x
 
thankyou for all your advise -at the moment he is having soaked hay and i am thinking of possibly changing his food- going to gradually increase his time out over the summer and see how he goes.

any other suggestions would be greatfully received!!
 
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