Possible Ulcers - treatment other than Gastroguard?

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FabioandFreddy

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Having issues at the moment with my gelding having become increasingly spooky over the past few months. He's always had a bit of a spooky tendency but has got to the point where he's just completely irrational over things that wouldn't have really bothered him before. Back/teeth/saddle etc all checked. My RI said about possibility of ulcers, the only typical symptoms of this he shows though are the spooking and a bit girthy when tacking up. He's not lost weight (fairly chunky!) and definitely not lost his appetite! His droppings used to be fairly sloppy but have had him on Protexin for the past year which has improved that a lot.
Is there anything i could try that would alleviate the symptoms if it is ulcers without going down the scoping/gastroguard first? I know its costly and sure the insurance would cover it but i think if i can try something first and it shows an improvement then i know one way or another if i'm barking up the right tree.
Keep seeing Coligone come up, but would this help if ulcers are present or would it be more something to use after having successful treatment with Gastroguard? TIA
 
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I am in the same boat with my old mare, although she isn't spooking, she is protesting about going forward to the point now where she is so stuffy I cannot get her forward at all.
She is so girthy too!
She is also uninsured - 22yrs old, semi retired and most of her is excluded, lol.

Happy to spend the money and scope but but not sure I can realistically afford for her to be on GG for very long.
 
Hi there. Take a look at HorseSource Seabuckthorn...it's a 100% natural supplement made from the Seabuckthorn berry and can be fed alongside everything else, has no withdrawal period for competition (you can feed it every day), and can treat and more importantly prevent ulcers. I use it on my ponies and they have never looked better. Cost-wise it works out at just under £1 per day per horse so is fantastic value and because it has such a fantastic effect on the overall performance of the gut and digestive system you should find that your horse gets more from their feed and you may be able to cut down the volume. If you're only feeding hay/haylage if your horse is living out, do what I do and squirt the seabuckthorn directly onto the hay, or squirt some onto a handful of nuts. You can find out all about it at horsesource.webs.com. Good luck, keep us posted.
 
Mine was diagnosed with grade 2 ulcers about 4 months ago - she had been reluctant to move forward to ride, girthy, irritable etc but appetite fine and looked well (out 24/7 etc so not a typical candidate). She went on GG and her demeanour has changed completely (not riding yet as im injured) but ive now got her on a small daily feed of beet and alfalfa with brewers yeast and slippery elm. Ive noticed that if i feed her before lunging she is much more compliant. There are a lot of things out there that can be used to help - aloe vera, slippery elm, dried cabbage - as well as the supplements like gastri aid etc.
 
Aloeride. It's made a lot of difference to mine. I've tried a ton of other stuff - probs every supplement under the sun as well as the whole scoping-GG thing, & the aloe worked the best. Google previous posts if bored - it's been a long old road for us. Mine has also turned out to have KS & has just had the surgery - strong correlation between KS & ulcers. If you do decide to get him scoped, I'd have the xrays under the same sedation as you will struggle to control ulcers if the KS is the root cause.

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