Gastric Ulcers?!

[Jademaria92]

My horse was working fine up until I had a lesson. My instructor advised I get my lad scoped for ulcers.
She said the way he was stood there shaking, being girthy, refusing to move and go forwards with her and was sensitive to the leg.
I thought nothing, kept riding then noticed week later, he wasnt right. He reared, refused to move on, bucked, wouldnt work properly.
Rang the vet next day. He came out and said treat it asif it is ulcers.

Hes had nearly two weeks off and I have changed pretty much everything.
Now only on hay rather than 50/50 hay and hayledge. Now on top spec top chop lite chaff instead of mollichaff. High fibre nuts. Fast fibre.
My question is, without spending a fortune on gastrigard etc, is there any 'quick fix' people have found worked for their horse?
Vet suggested the 2 weeks off work and adlib forage to see if they go away themself. I believe its all down to stress so going to get him some colligone for when we travel to places. Ive got him into a routine where he is in less stressful situations.
ANY advice/help much appriciated! Thanks.

 

[Hedwards]

As far as im aware, the only 'cure' for ulcers is GastroGuard (well the active ingredient which I can't remember what its called).

Alfalfa is a good feed that works as a buffer in the stomach, and I saw some relief in my boy using feedmark ulcer calm and alltech lifeforce, but the only thing that has made him 100% better is GastroGuard. I actually didn't scope on the advice of my vet.

 

[Hedwards]

Oh also he's out 24/7 with plenty of forage, well rugged and gets a couple of handfuls of alfalfa (Dengie healthy tummy) before riding.

Feed wise, He's on 2 mugs fast fibre, 1/2 Stubbs scoop healthy tummy, 1 small scoop fenugreek, (will be getting lifeforce once it arrives) and today I've bought some sarecen releve. He gets this twice a day.

 

[HappyHooves]

Alfalfa is good as its high in calcium which acts as a buffer to the stomach acid. Cabbage is also good, and cheap. Always feed little and often; sugar beet ( unmolassed) is great too. Think fibre and you can't go far wrong; drop all sugars including apples and to a lesser extent carrots. Add about 40 ml of corn oil twice a day. Never allow your horse to be without fibre for 12 hours so overnight make sure he has plenty of hay to go at. If you search 'ulcers' on this forum you will find a lot of advice including a video of pressure points to try to 'diagnose' if the horse has ulcers. Since you horse has such extreme behaviour that suggests ulcers, I would have thought you would need more than additives and diet changes if you want to heal the ulcers. You might manage them but without something to stop the erosion of the stomach lining, you will simply mask the problem and it will flare up under stress etc.