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I know the answer ( i think) my self but is just hoping for a bit of reassurence.

Boy has dirty hind legs, as does the ponio. I am sure it is the SB, horse gets a scoop and a half and ponio about 1/2, soaked beet. Unmollased Dodson and Horrell readi beet.

It has never hapened before, and as you are all well aware ( and probalby bored by now) horse needs it for his weight.

Any ideas how to firm them up, they have been on SB every day for well over a month and has only started yesterday
 
I would take away the SB for a while, then add a small amount in after they have gone hard again.
My horse had this problem, it was because his foot was to wet with SB.

Try no SB for a few weeks then just add a small bit in.x
 
Have you changed haylage as this gave Cappy a runny tummy for a day. He has a sensitive stomach and SB has never given him any reaction. However, all horses are different so it maybe. Strange they have been on it a month and only now got the runs.

Hope you get it sorted, you could try some bran mash, it worked for Fany when she got the runs.
 
They had their first lot of hay on saturday, thiought it could be this, all the others are not on feed yet.

Have you got a good recipe for bran mash, have not made it for years
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They had their first lot of hay on saturday, thiought it could be this, all the others are not on feed yet.

Have you got a good recipe for bran mash, have not made it for years
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Hi
TBH I just use carrot,bran and warm water with some apple juice, still if you want a proper recipe this looks good.
Bran Mash:

3-lb coffee can of wheat bran
1/4 cup dark molasses
1 grated carrot
3-4 cups hot tap water
Mix first 3 ingredients in a clean bucket. Add water slowly, stirring constantly, until mash is uniformly damp and "weeps" some of its moisture out in a gravy when you allow it to sit for a moment. Be sure to allow it to cool before feeding.

Variations: Substitute apple sauce for the molasses; substitute a diced or grated apple for the carrot; or add 1 cup of your horse's regular grain (subtract that amount of grain from his regular daily ration, so you're not increasing his total grain intake (from equisearch)

hope this helps
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They had their first lot of hay on saturday, thiought it could be this, all the others are not on feed yet.

Have you got a good recipe for bran mash, have not made it for years
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Feed goes through the system within about 48hrs, so I don't think it could possibly be the sugar beet.
I suspect it will be your hay - as the timing is about right. It should clear up in a day or two (assuming your hay is ok, ready to feed, not heating in the stack).
You could give some probiotics to help the gut flora. I wouldn't personally be changing the diet yet again to bran; I'd give their gut a chance to settle.
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Fed mine S/B for a while, then the sugary content seemed to affect gut. I now feed D and H "Build up" in winter with Spillers, "Happy Hoof",and touch wood, weight stays on. You don't need too much of it either, so it does work out reasonable value.
 
Speedibeet is unmolassed so unlikely to be the sugar content. It's almost a dead cert it's your hay as Shils says. My ned always gets the squits when he first goes onto winter haylage. After a couple of weeks his innards settle down though this year I did give him 2 days on Coligone to help him along.
 
Try adding a probiotic or Yea-sacc. Yea-sacc would dry up one of ours. i think D & H Build up has it in, but you could add a little more.
 
Our old pony had this many moons ago and was like it for a good long while and we just assumed it was due to his age. However, pink powder works wonders and it never happened again (we hadn't changed his feed either). Maybe try a different feed for weightgain though? We used Allen & Page Weight Gain for an underweight 4yo we got - it worked wonders!
 
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