Realy smelly poo - as in HORRENDOUSLY smelly

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My horse's poo is horrendously stinky. If he poos on the yard we can smell it 8 boxes away. If one of his is in the muck skip it has to be emptied asap, nobody wants to be near it. In his stable the smell is so strong, and really odd. It doesn't smell like any horse ***** I've ever come across in 35 years :confused:

So, I happened to be a the vets today collecting meds and asked the receptionist if there were any tests that can be done on poo (I was clutching a bag of it, and smell was rising at this point) to see why on earth it smells so much etc etc, or could she find out if any particular health issue, such as liver disease, would make it smell so strongly. She said obviously there are specific tests for certain things like Salmonella but would go and do some research and get back to me. She asked me take the smelly bag away with me:p

Have any of your horses got this problem or have you come across it before? I used to think it was due to any meds he was on, like Gastroguard or antibios, but he's been off these for a while now. He is also very very wet in the stable (wee rises around your boot soles even on clean Aquamax) but his actual urine looks normal.

Just thought I'd ask, thanks peeps :)
 
I have heard that stinky poos :p are often caused by undigested food. What are you feeding him on? Could try a pro biotic supp?
 
Nocturnal said:
I have heard that stinky poos :p are often caused by undigested food. What are you feeding him on? Could try a pro biotic supp?
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Hi, yes that's interesting you say that as I had a call back from the vet earlier and she said that I could try a supplement they recommend for horses with 'upset tum's and although he does not have loose droppings per say, he is very regular and they are more moist (how I hate that word :p) than my other neds. We chatted about digestion in the hind gut too. My horse has had ulcers so is on a very high fibre, no cereal diet, with plenty of good quality organic hay.

I'm going to give the supplement (pro and pre biotic) a try to see if it helps. Other than that, it would seem there are no ideas as to what it could be or any tests that could be done.

Thanks for your reply x
 
Hi ,

My horse had really smelly poo i mean really smelly , had the vet out and couldnt find anything wrong so just went on as normal , but a few weeks later he got really ill to the point that he was laying down and not eating we rushed him to the RVC and he was put in ITC they thought he had salmonella but lucky he didnt they did more tests and found out he had major infection in his little body , so please just keep your eye on your horse it all happen so quick. sorry i didnt know if to post or not .

xx
 
a horse at my yard had awful smelling poo for a couple of weeks, literally smelled putrid.
he seemed alright in himself at first but then got a raised body temp,bit listless got vet out and he had to be PTS.

turned out he had a tumour and it was causing all sorts of problems in his bowels etc , everything was shutting down,albeit very slowly , :(
 
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