new diagnosis of hind gut inflammation

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maddie7

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Hi everyone

My 7 year old ISH eventer was diagnosed with hind gut inflammation following poor performance. My vet had recommended that I take her off all cereal, which i have, and he has given me Succeed to supplement her with, which I started on Thursday (16th September 2015).

I have never had this before can anyone advise me on how long their horse took to start to feel better? I would like to start her on a cereal free diet for the long term as soon as the vet advises. Someone did recommend Simple Systems feeds to me, has anyone used this.

I would be really grateful for any advice on management and if anyone knows how their horses problems started. Im not sure if she has had it for a long time, but she started to feel very flat, started stopping and not making distances around June time. I did put her on Dodson and Horrell Staypower mix, maybe this was the problem...who knows!!

Many thanks to anyone who can help
 
I wouldn't use the feed you mentioned, bad personal experience. Look at Agrobs Pre Alpin, my horse has the museli and if I want to bulk it out I add some Aspero. Either on their own is brilliant, it's a class feed & very reasonably priced for the quality, no fillers/chemicals etc etc and it smells gorgeous!.
 
Avoid cereals and grain feeds and go for feeds that are as close to or below 10% NCS. Copra, Kwikfit beet, fast fibre, linseed, grass nuts to name a few. I wouldn't feed simple systems made my horse look like a hat rack, very expensive for what it is.
 
Chestnut Horse Feeds have always done a virtually cereal free feed called Chestnut Lite. I have fed this for the past few years to my good doers. They have now due to demand started doing a higher protein cereal free feed for horses in work called Chestnut Silver. I can't recommend them highly enough. I always buy 2 bulk bins at a time every 4 weeks (I have 5 horses) and it's so convenient.
http://www.chestnuthorsefeeds.co.uk/chestnut-horse-feeds/product/chestnut-silver
 
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Stay off any alfalfa based feed for inflammatory conditions as well as cereal. SS definitely not good in my book.

Go straight for grass nuts/grass chop and unmollassed sugar beet. For condition go with copra or linseed and add in some brewers yeast or oats.

Oh I just looked up succeed... basically all the ingredients above! Wow, is that much you can charge for old rope????
 
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