Horse with sensitive gut

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Hi. I have a horse with a very sensitive gut. The vets have ruled out anything 'major' eg ulcers, and have come to the conclusion that he's just sensitive!

I have tried a 6 week course of Protexin Gut Balancer but there has been no difference which I'm disappointed about as a lot of people seem to find this helps. I was wondering about a basic yea sacc supplement?

What do people think? And if so, every manufacturer seems to have a different way of expressing the amounts of yea sacc in their products so I can't decide which would be best to buy. Any recommendations?

Thank you.
 
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I would want to find out what he is sensitive to, by taking his diet back to hay only, for about 3 weeks to get everything out of the system. Then build it back up, one ingredient at a time. I only ever feed one ingredient supplements.
 
Thank you for your advice. In the summer he is on grass (24hr turnout) with a lite balancer and he has been, in general, without problem.

Going from grass in summer to hay in winter (24hr turnout in a large arena) definitely triggered it this year.

Haylage was a major issue!

But unfortunately if hay and haylage do it for him, are there any other alternative? Or perhaps I hope this is where some gut support might help.

That's what I was wondering with regards to the yea sacc, like with human pro/pre biotics, I imagine some are better quality than others?
 
My horses have been diagnosed with possible gastric reflux. They are always worse in winter on hay so this year I have tried substituting some of the hay with grass chaff. Interestingly they always eat the grass chaff first and I do think it is helping.
 
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