Supplement for loose droppings

[Kezza]

My boy has always suffered from soft droppings and will do a loose one from time to time, especially when excited (he’s been like this for the 10 years I’ve known him and has teeth and vet check every 6 months and is wormed with equest and is in great condition for 22 yrs). I feed him on topspec balancer and this has helped a bit but I want something else to harden him up as he’s now getting older so it’s imperative that he gets all the goodness from his feed.

He’s fed a high fibre, low protein diet of D&H Just Grass (recently started feeding this as a replacement for alfa a oil since hearing it can cause itching plus it’s too stalky), topspec and he has a little sugarbeet in winter (usually use speedibeet but with the removal of alfa a oil and the fact that he’s getting older I wanted to try molassed sugarbeet), he also has pony nuts in his snack ball and ad lib high fibre marksway horse hage.

I know horse hage is not ideal for those with loose droppings but I have no other option as I like to keep his environment dust free. His droppings are only very marginally looser on horse hage than soaked hay anyway.

My friend has mentioned a charcoal supplement as they give it to their horses to harden them up, has anyone else used this with success? Can you feed it long term? Which manufacturers do it?

Thanks ever so

 

[joey1999]

One of mine had diarrhoea the other week for three days and I got the vet out and she told us to try Equine Gold Biotal (it is pre and pro biotic). Went straight out and got some and 24 hours later he was back to normal! (Thank God!)

 

[Maesfen]

Try some natural yoghurt, that should help and far cheaper than the plugged and packaged equine stuff. You can syringe it down if he won't take it on the feed.

 

[Scarlett1980]

I don't any supplements but have always used natural yoghurt in the past. i have to say since i used winergy equilibrium, one with a particularly runny bottom (especially at shows) has been much more consistent. think its something to do with the different fibres in it.

 

[Donkeymad]

Yakult is very effective or, if you want a 'proper' supplement, Global Herbs Diareze is fantastic.

 

[shazza283]

protexin ones good - see their website - specific for horses - they are hind gut fermenters as apposed to us, so natural yoghurt etc not so useful -(they aren't expensive) - I use quay equestrian feel good 30 every day vit/min supplement which has protexin in it.
also use spillers hi fibre cubes for my old mare - same probs as yours - "sensitive" tummy !!! Makes a big difference to her droppings and can be fed as a partial hay replacer if their teeth aren't too good.

 

[S_N]

I second the protexcin!! Awesome stuff!!

 

[Kezza]

how can I get hold of protexin? Is the feel good 30 the only supplement with it in it? Thanks x

 

[Lonesome_Dove]

Protexin is in CLOP as well

 

[Kezza]

I just managed to buy some off the web, it’s called Protexin Bio Premium for Horses and this is what it does:

Bio-Premium for Horses

A pelleted formulation containing probiotics, prebiotics and yeast to encourage normal digestive function and efficiency.

Contains enzymes to help improve digestion

Includes beneficial microorganisms to rapidly populate the gastrointestinal tract

Prebiotics to enhance the growth of beneficial microorganisms

Improves consistency of stools

Bio-Premium for Horses acts to re-establish a healthy gut microflora and to aid digestion. The beneficial microorganisms occur naturally in the gut of healthy animals and act to re-establish the disrupted gut, thus promoting the mechanism of competitive exclusion against potential pathogenic bacteria. The inclusion of prebiotics acts to selectively feed beneficial microorganisms within the gut thus enhancing colonisation and growth. This product has been formulated to be administered on a continuous basis to promote efficient digestion and boost natural immunity at times of stress when digestive upsets may occur.

Thanks for all your help!

 

[K27]

Definitely second the Protexin Bio Premium- they have 2 different types and I found this to work better on one of my horses rather than the Acti-premium. You can get it from your vet or from

http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/Protexin-Bio-Premium-for-Horses-1kg/productinfo/PROTEXBPH/

 

[Laura Jenkins]

Try some natural yoghurt, that should help and far cheaper than the plugged and packaged equine stuff. You can syringe it down if he won't take it on the feed.

OMG DON'T give your horse yoghurt they can't have lactose

 

[Micky]

Yogurt everytime, sorry Laura Jenkins, it doesn’t harm that much at all..

 

[Laura Jenkins]

Yogurt everytime, sorry Laura Jenkins, it doesn’t harm that much at all..

We'll agree to disagree. By your own words I wouldn't want to harm my horse at all thanks

 

[splashgirl45]

I used to use protein gut balancer when my loan horse had a reaction to the change in the grass , it worked very quickly

 

[Barton Bounty]

Comfort gut

 

[Tiddlypom]

Not sure why this thread has been bumped after lying dormant for 15 years, or why a poster has got their knickers in a twist about feeding natural yoghurt, but my equine vet recommends feeding cheap supermarket own brand natural yoghurt to help settle down the guts of horses who have had the squits.

 

[poiuytrewq]

In what amount?

 

[Micky]

Not sure why this thread has been bumped after lying dormant for 15 years, or why a poster has got their knickers in a twist about feeding natural yoghurt, but my equine vet recommends feeding cheap supermarket own brand natural yoghurt to help settle down the guts of horses who have had the squits.

So did my old now retired vet ..

 

[Micky]

In what amount?

I used to dollop a small pot into old horses feed.. start off with tbsp of..

 

[stangs]

Has anyone tried feeding kefir instead of yoghurt? Wondering if that'd be a more horse-friendly solution as less lactose.

 

[Birker2020]

NAF UK

NAF supplements are created using natural formulas developed by vets and nutritionists using premium grade, fully traceable ingredients

www.naf-equine.eu

FFWS.
Calcium bentonite as recommended by BB. Very good product. Its a binder.

 

[Pinkvboots]

Physilium husk can help.