Sand Colic

[FinnishLapphund]

Fingers crossed hoping for a good update tomorrow.

 

[Dave's Mam]

He's home!!!!!
Got a call this morning, pooing well, eating, bright & happy without pain relief, he can go home, so we went & fetched him.

 

[tyner]

He's home!!!!!
Got a call this morning, pooing well, eating, bright & happy without pain relief, he can go home, so we went & fetched him.

Look at that wee face!
So delighted that he's home

 

[Dave's Mam]

So everyone, the moral of this story is....
Do sand tests if your on sandy ground. It doesn't cost a penny & it can save you a whole lot of worry, as if there is sand in their tummy, you can fix it before it gets critical.
Dave was absolutely fine, until very suddenly, he was very ill.

 

[nagblagger]

Glad to see him so bright and home! Brilliant news.

 

[Snow Falcon]

Pleased to hear he's home

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Dumb question - how do you prevent it?
Only curious as I'm not on sand.

Regular use of Psyllium. We're on sand and most give SandGuard with Psyllium in feed every month to 6 weeks. Mine struggles with colitis so he has ColonAid instead which I buy from the vet.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Phew, so pleased to hear that he’s back home. What a scare.

Feedmark’s psyllium is on 46% off atm. It takes about 1.5 tubs to give all my 3 a 5 day course. They do eat it as long as I bulk out their normally small feeds with more chaff.

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Westgate labs also offer faecal sand tests.

https://www.westgatelabs.co.uk/shop/by-animal/equine/wl016-faecal-sand-test.html

 

[ycbm]

Psyllium husk can be bought unbranded and usually much cheaper on ebay. 1kg will do 2 months at 100g for 5 days every month.
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[tyner]

Just to mention, NAF does a great psyllium powder that is very palatable.

Horse Herbs does another powder and it looks exactly the same but it must be definitely less appetizing and I don't have a fussy eater.

 

[Dave's Mam]

Fully recovered, like a new pony.
Do the sand check if you're on sandy land. So happy to see his happy face again, and he's like someone's put a rocket up his bum, never been so forward! New Improved Dave!

 

[toppedoff]

Fully recovered, like a new pony.
Do the sand check if you're on sandy land. So happy to see his happy face again, and he's like someone's put a rocket up his bum, never been so forward! New Improved Dave!

So happy to read he's doing so well

 

[Dave's Mam]

More new Dave.

 

[toppedoff]

More new Dave.

If you don't me asking how tall is he?

He's looking wonderful

 

[Dave's Mam]

If you don't me asking how tall is he?

He's looking wonderful

He's 13.1hh.

 

[toppedoff]

He's 13.1hh.

I love him, really pleased to see how he's getting on. Was thinking of him earlier!

 

[Surbie]

More new Dave.

Mr FuzzyPants looks super!

 

[SEL]

Could happily snog that nose! Relieved he's all better and now turbo Dave

 

[TinseLeneHorse]

Great news and lovely photos of the one and only Dave

 

[rextherobber]

So glad to hear he's better, he looks fab! Could I just ask - the mention of squirting Psyllium down his throat, how does that work? I thought it had to be sprinkled last minute on top of the dampened feed, so as dry as possible, as needed to be turning to gel in the stomach? Have I been faffing unnecessarily?

 

[Dave's Mam]

So glad to hear he's better, he looks fab! Could I just ask - the mention of squirting Psyllium down his throat, how does that work? I thought it had to be sprinkled last minute on top of the dampened feed, so as dry as possible, as needed to be turning to gel in the stomach? Have I been faffing unnecessarily?

The vets were syringing it, but you have to do it really quickly as it turns to gel pretty much immediately, and he was also getting it tubed, when he had his stomach tube in.
I now have a tub of pellets which seem to be much more acceptable.

 

[mini-eventer]

Can you not feed an Psyllium everyday? I've added a 30ml scoop to my boys feed as he went a bit loose on the haylage and it is one of the main ingredients in Protexins Gut Sponge. I has some in so I thought I would try it.

It has worked well but I don't want to feed it every day if it is not recommended

 

[rextherobber]

The vets were syringing it, but you have to do it really quickly as it turns to gel pretty much immediately, and he was also getting it tubed, when he had his stomach tube in.
I now have a tub of pellets which seem to be much more acceptable.

Thank you!