Long shot - anyone know about chromium?

Oh, right. My other boy has begun to be a bit twitchy about me poking his bum, so it all fits.

'False colic' was a term I found on some epsm/pssm sites. It fits completely. I was absolutely convinced he was colicking. He was stamping all four feet and kept looking at 'his flanks'. But it just didn't fit with normal poos and eating happily and gently burbling gut noises.In retrospect, of course, he was actually looking at his sore bottom and stamping his feet because he was in pain.
 
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I'm finding I've learned so much since having this horse, it makes me look back at my past horses as a teenager and realise how little I knew. I've always known my horse had issues, he was explosive and panic prone to back and bring on, will halt when asked for upwards transitions sometimes, is wildly spooky and irrational and has a very poor canter for a horse of his conformation.

But he is also exceptionally kind and genuine and trainable...and a really fun funny person normally. He is delightfully polite to hack when he isn't scared, feather light to pull up, will canter at front or back with me reading a map at times. I can ride him bareback and bridleless and he will jump a course of fences or do a dressage test (not trying to say that it's perfect, but I'm pretty proud of him as no one thought I'd ever do something like that as he's 'crazy'). He works at liberty doing lateral work, Spanish walk, bow, rein back all on voice and body position from a distance. I never thought I'd teach a horse any of that stuff but we just play and it happens. So when he tells me he can't do something I have always listened and never forced him. Often I worried I was too soft but now I feel really glad I haven't pressured him.

I will certainly take your suggestion and throw lots of vitamin e at him. It certainly won't hurt and based on your experience paddy could do great things. I am still going to investigate other things as if he does have ulcers or whatever and I can make him more comfortable whilst the vitamin e does its thing then I will.

Interesting that your guys looked colicey. Mine has never shown this but they all show pain in slightly different ways.
 
Just a quick update for anyone who might find this thread on google when searching for info on whatever. I had my horse scoped on Friday and he has glandular ulcers near the pylorus. So poor lad has a myriad of issues!
 
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