Melody Grey
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Just wondered whether I could quiz you lovelies? My mare recently scoped clear from a recurrent case of ulcers and we're currently on a half daily dose of Gastrogard to wean her off it (with a week left to go).
She has been on succeed for hind gut problems for almost a month and as yet, we're not seeing any noticeable improvement (still very girthy, tail swishing, won't trot under saddle etc). Additionally, the vets have sent her home with a tub of their gastric ulcer supplement to go back on to once off gastrogard.....
So my questions are:
1. For anyone who has used Succeed for hind gut issues- how long until you saw improvement?
2. Am I being impatient- I know succeed is supposed to work within 3 months, but it's looking unlikely my insurance will pay for it for the whole 3 months due to the claim reaching it's limit both in time and financially. At £90 a month I want it to be doing something sooner rather than later!!
3. I can't jusitify £160/ month on both the succeed (£90) and vet's supplement (£70) and since the insurance soon won't be paying for any part of it....what would people look to try instead? I've heard good things about charcoal, yea sacc and oat flour. Should I stick with the expensive combo for a few months to see if it works?
We have had a full vet work up several times with this horse and can't currently find an underlying cause of the ulcers returning. She had full KS surgery in Jan 2015, so we attributed the initial presence of the ulcers to this and associated box rest.
Mince pies for anyone who got this far!! Xx
Just wondered whether I could quiz you lovelies? My mare recently scoped clear from a recurrent case of ulcers and we're currently on a half daily dose of Gastrogard to wean her off it (with a week left to go).
She has been on succeed for hind gut problems for almost a month and as yet, we're not seeing any noticeable improvement (still very girthy, tail swishing, won't trot under saddle etc). Additionally, the vets have sent her home with a tub of their gastric ulcer supplement to go back on to once off gastrogard.....
So my questions are:
1. For anyone who has used Succeed for hind gut issues- how long until you saw improvement?
2. Am I being impatient- I know succeed is supposed to work within 3 months, but it's looking unlikely my insurance will pay for it for the whole 3 months due to the claim reaching it's limit both in time and financially. At £90 a month I want it to be doing something sooner rather than later!!
3. I can't jusitify £160/ month on both the succeed (£90) and vet's supplement (£70) and since the insurance soon won't be paying for any part of it....what would people look to try instead? I've heard good things about charcoal, yea sacc and oat flour. Should I stick with the expensive combo for a few months to see if it works?
We have had a full vet work up several times with this horse and can't currently find an underlying cause of the ulcers returning. She had full KS surgery in Jan 2015, so we attributed the initial presence of the ulcers to this and associated box rest.
Mince pies for anyone who got this far!! Xx