Sugar intolerance...follow on post..HELP

[vicm2509]

Following on from my last post about baron being intolerant to something, which we seemed to conclude it was sugar.

If you havent read its here http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/sh...rue#Post1552176

So anyway I have kept him in the small field and his poo has remained solid. Put him in the large one for 2 hours the other week and following morning the poo was like water (just wanted to confirm it was the field).

Since then I thought I would try him on haylage instead of hay as I though if it was the sugar intolerance then surely haylage would have the same laxative effect???? Well it hasnt, his poo is exactly the same on haylage as it is on hay.

I got a worm count done and all was fine.

So any ideas??? If you havent got time to read my last post here is a quick breakdown...

Sloppy poo since he went out 24/7 in may.
High fibre diet made little difference.
Still sloppy in November when he came in at night.
Put him in a smaller field with not much grass and poo went solid.
Fed hay at night, sugar beet, alfa oil, oats and topspec supplement.
Put him in large field for a few hours and sloppy poo again.
Now keep him in small field, feed him same as above but changed to haylage and his poo is normal.

Im runing out of ideas now as I thought id nailed the problem but surley I havent if he can still eat sugarbeet and halylage without sloppy poo? His temprement does not change at all when I change the fields.

Anyone any more ideas they would like to share....next step is to get bloods done if I cant find out what is wrong.

 

[fairhill]

I haven't read the other post, but reading what you written above, it seems to me that there could well be something growing in the large field that he is sensitive to.
Have you checked the field for strange plants/bushes etc that he hasn't got access to in the smaller field?

 

[vicm2509]

I have had a look but the large field is that big that it would be extreamly hard to pick out and identify every hedge and weed growing in there. There are hedges all the way around and random little shrub things in there and 2 ponds.

In the smaller field there is only one hedge and no shrubs but hardly any grass which is why we thought it was an intolerance to sugar as the large field has much better grass.

 

[mandy4727]

I would be interested to know what you find out. My gelding is quite similar. His poos too are like water. Tried all the pink powder stuff etc etc. But he has phases of eating. Yesterday made his breakfast. Soaked oats, bit of bran, mollichaff veteran and carrots. Picked all the carrots out of it and left the rest. Same at night and same this morning. He isn't off his food as such as if you go up to him with carrots he nearly rips your hand off. So he is hungry just doesn't want what we are feeding him. But him in a field of short grass and poos go solid. I am wondering if mine has some sort of gastric ulcer. The lack of saliva being produced iritates the stomach lining causing the loose motions. But more food eaten produces more saliva which neutrilises the stomach acid and the poos become firmer. Maybe this is the reason why short grass bungs them up. They have to eat so much more of it therefore producing more saliva. Plus the build up of the acid is also an appetite surpressent. So they don't want to eat which makes the ulcer worse which results in more watery poos. I think they need scoping to find this out and my old guys is 40 so don't want to put him through the ordeal of this and the travelling. So going to get some sugar intolerance food today. I know carrots have sugar in them but as they are the only things he will eat I will have to let him have them.
Good luck

 

[piebaldsparkle]

I would guess either there is a plant/weed that he is allergic to in the big field, or the grass is much lusher. My Mare is Sugar and Grass intollerant (don't think they necessarily have to be intollerant to both). If your horse can't stay in the little paddock, could you section of a patch and maybe get one of the others to graze it down a bit before yours went on it? Or try putting a muzzle on your horse when he is in the big paddock, so restrict and slow the grass intake.

Have tried all sorts to stop Sparks poo ranging from Cow Pat to Liquid. I now feed her 90mls/day of Aloe Vera Gel it is amazing and after a few weeks her poo are normal (something she hasn't had in 6yrs, despite very restricted grazing and no added sugar in her diet).

 

[PrettyPolly]

I had exactly the same problem and started feeding Simple System Feed which is sugar free and totally natural. Since changing the feed, my 30 yr old pony has had normal poos! She also gets diarrhoea (and is prone to laminitis) as soon as the grass grows / becomes more lush etc. so I think it sounds like a sugar intolerance.