suppliment/feed for digestion?

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My tb x isnt a really stressy horse, yeah he can be spooky but alot of it seems to be him enjoying to leap in the air!

Hacking we often leap over grass as its a different colour!

He never has a nice solid poo!
It is always runny to some degree.
Being skewbald and mostly white i am forever washing his tail and back legs as they are constantly green.

He is fed alpha a oil and calm and conditioner, he does well on it and doesnt get huge amounts even in winter.
He currently is still living out 24/7 with a nice amount of grass, when in he gets adlib haylage.

It cant be the grass as even when it was poor this problem never changed and he has been on hay and still no affect.

What feed/supplement would you suggest to help have a solid poo?!
 
I suppose it could be,
I had an ex race horse that was cold backed and stressy i gave him a supplement for ulcers which seemed to help.

I never really considered that for Wizz as his symptoms are so different
 
hi,,new member here, just thought I would reply as I had a similar problem. I tried brewers yeast, Biotal Gold, pink powder and several brands of balancers....none of which had any effect. I recently stopped feeding alfalfa and now use grass nuts instead and the problem has gone. I also went on to the baileys stud balancer so I dont know if its that or not having alfalfa that has helped. Maybe worth stopping the alfalfa and seing if there is a difference? even with the flush of grass we have had..no splatty poos so im sticking with what im feeding now. he seems less fizzy too.
 
Now that khazar mentions it, alfalfa is very high in protein and the excess that is not used ends up in poo, wee and sweat. Horses who are fed lots of alfalfa have generally smelly stables because of the high uric acid content.

Oil can also cause runny poos. Just like us if we eat high fat diets. Horses don't really need extra fats, the body is 3 times more efficient than a cow's when it comes to converting sugars to fats!

It may be your horse has a sensitive stomach and alfalfa may be just that little bit too rich. Try switching to an oat straw/hay based chop. Grass is very fibrous but not too high in protien so you are right, grass is not a major problem.

I would try what khazar did...
 
kazhar said:
hi,,new member here, just thought I would reply as I had a similar problem. I tried brewers yeast, Biotal Gold, pink powder and several brands of balancers....none of which had any effect. I recently stopped feeding alfalfa and now use grass nuts instead and the problem has gone. I also went on to the baileys stud balancer so I dont know if its that or not having alfalfa that has helped. Maybe worth stopping the alfalfa and seing if there is a difference? even with the flush of grass we have had..no splatty poos so im sticking with what im feeding now. he seems less fizzy too.
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thanks will try it.
 
I love Yea-Sacc. Inexpensive and I've seen it work wonders. I always give it for a week or so if my horses have had a course of antibiotics. It really does settle their stomach and firm up their stools.
 
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