Miracle cure for colic prone, spring grass = wateryslushypoo

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Prior to buying her, Olive had been companion to a giant laminitic and so she had limited, sporadic turn out for a couple of hours out, couple in and so on. I think this taught her to gorge.

When I got her - I could do nothing to slow her eating. I tried strip grazing, fatty paddock - the lot. She ended up escaping into long grass - each time ended in awful watery poo which covered her back end attracting flies or at worst she had three cases of very bad colic.

Fast forward - new yard, herd grazing, shorter pull + muzzle + trickle net = happy and fairly stable Olive. With the advice of the lovely Oberon, I started Liv on fast fibre to supplement her restricted grazing, micronised linseed, brewers yeast, yeasacc and fennel. She has been on this about a month I think. This week she busted out of her stable (very unusual for her - bolt has been replaced and fortified) and she spent a whole day on the very lush front paddock (yet to be grazed). This would have usually resulted in a very sad Olive with colicky belly, lots of walking and horrid poos for some time. It seems with the support of the supplements that her digestion has been transformed. Not a sad face, or soggy poo in sight. A year ago I would have been walking her for hours encouraging the 'magic poo' to come an signal the end of the colicky episode. This time - nothing!

Amazing! Just thought I would share!
 
Sounds like my horse could benefit from some fennel - where would I buy it from and how much do you feed?
 
I got all of these bits from 'progressive earth' on ebay. She is having a 10ml scoop twice a day of the Fennel...
 
I feed fennel seed powder any time it rains and the grass is growing and it's made a huge difference to horses' bloating. TopSpec AntiLam also provided a pretty good balance for horses like this!
 
I use whole seeds but ground is fine too.

I leave them to soak in the feed anyway so they and the other herbs have steeped.
 
Cinnamon is usually used to lower blood sugar (but understand that it doesn't improve insulin sensitivity) but it can irritated the gut.
A sprinkle is often appreciated for taste.
 
It comes up on the checkout as it depends on what you're getting.
I buy a bunch of herbs and stuff at a time and it usually comes to a fiver (which sucks, but it's still cheaper than anywhere else I've found).
 
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