oesophagus paralysed mid-way

[caths]

Has anyone had a horse with this problem? What can cause this? Also what would you recommend that I change her feed to as she needs something easy to swallow, easy to clear if she has a choke and easily digestible but that gives her all the nutrition she will need over winter. Is there a grass substitute that we can buy as well as vet thinks we should try feeding several small feeds per day. She has no probs grazing but the grazing is tired in our field now with winter coming

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I'm not sure but have a look at the grass sickness website-grassers have trouble swallowing and so have to have an easily digestible, high calorie diet thats easy to swallow and there's info in this there. this might be helpful to you?

 

[Shilasdair]

I haven't had this exact problem, but at work I had a small pony which choked so often that it had scar tissue in its throat compounding the problem. She could only eat grass (no chaff, hay, nuts or mix) and naked oats, slightly dampened.
And no, she never was fizzy, was the loveliest child's pony.
S