hellfire
Well-Known Member
I’ve battled for years with Dakota having loose poos. It came to a head a few months ago when he started getting fecal water syndrome.
Over the years the vet has been unable to find anything medically wrong. Diet has been changed along with trying every known supplements to the human race.
A few months back I had a bale that was really short chop given to me and it was just falling through the hay nets so I ended up feeding it from the floor.
The loose poo stopped!
Ok I thought maybe it’s different hay causing it.
That’s an issue as we bale our own and only had this bale as a neighbours horse wouldn’t eat it. Very very fussy horse.
I started a new bale back in nets and again the loose poo started.
Yet again Dakota ripped and chewed holes in the nets as always yanking at them violently.
They live out 24/7 and 4 natives two with cushings, one of which has IR they live on low sugar hay a lot!
The short time he gets grass the poo is soft but nearly normal.
So cut a long story short I threw my toys out the cot in the bad weather and dumped the hay on the floor in 9 piles instead of 9 nets 3x a day.
Well after a few days his poo looked better.
He was completely back to normal quite quickly.
I put it back in nets as a test and blow me the fecal water etc returned!
The only thing my vet can think is he was so frustrated with nets gobbling it down furiously he wasn’t digesting it properly. Or stress I suspect although no ulcers.
So roll on two months and his poo is normal!
Has anyone else had this happen?
I thought they’d eat it much quicker from the floor and waste more. But in actual fact it’s not too bad at all.
Cuts my time down plus happier horses all round.
Just have a bit of an issue when it’s windy and they are chasing tumble weed!!
Over the years the vet has been unable to find anything medically wrong. Diet has been changed along with trying every known supplements to the human race.
A few months back I had a bale that was really short chop given to me and it was just falling through the hay nets so I ended up feeding it from the floor.
The loose poo stopped!
Ok I thought maybe it’s different hay causing it.
That’s an issue as we bale our own and only had this bale as a neighbours horse wouldn’t eat it. Very very fussy horse.
I started a new bale back in nets and again the loose poo started.
Yet again Dakota ripped and chewed holes in the nets as always yanking at them violently.
They live out 24/7 and 4 natives two with cushings, one of which has IR they live on low sugar hay a lot!
The short time he gets grass the poo is soft but nearly normal.
So cut a long story short I threw my toys out the cot in the bad weather and dumped the hay on the floor in 9 piles instead of 9 nets 3x a day.
Well after a few days his poo looked better.
He was completely back to normal quite quickly.
I put it back in nets as a test and blow me the fecal water etc returned!
The only thing my vet can think is he was so frustrated with nets gobbling it down furiously he wasn’t digesting it properly. Or stress I suspect although no ulcers.
So roll on two months and his poo is normal!
Has anyone else had this happen?
I thought they’d eat it much quicker from the floor and waste more. But in actual fact it’s not too bad at all.
Cuts my time down plus happier horses all round.
Just have a bit of an issue when it’s windy and they are chasing tumble weed!!
