noodle_
Well-Known Member
I know a few people have asked me, about her progress so here goes;
My mare was diagnosed with ulcers in Feb 2012, after she stopped eating (poor performance and bad temper were all symptoms too) but the stopping eating we rushed her into "horsepital".
She was diagnosed with severe problems (i forget the correct terms) but bad ulcers and hemmoraging?...worst a specialist had seen apparantly. She stayed in for a week, very poorly pony, not eating for a few days and generally feeling like crap.
April, she was re-scoped, slightly improvement, still grade 2 ulcers. I decided it was best to give her some time off, let me finish my exams, get my head together and her to learn to chill out!... (snes not stressy to look at...just inside!)
Almost 2 weeks ago she coliced, nothing major just decided it was sunday, double call out and she had tummy ache
(buscopan sorted it)!
May (now), took her back today and we are ULCER FREE
Some minimal scar tissue but nothing....not a blip 
thats 7 weeks on Gastrogard (1/2 a tube a day), 7 weeks chilling out and 7 weeks of stress for me!
She is now being brought (slowly!) back into work, and were finally back on track for our very massive goal of Novice BD Shes only 5, so sometime in the next 5 years would be great!
There is still a chance they will come back (i know!) but if i manage her well, and GG her if theres any signs of stress, i can deal with it
Next results is for tapeworm...they blood tested her today, so hopefully in a week i will have the results - i didnt get a chance to ask them much about this but i will give my vets a call next week to talk it through
But from today - lets hope this is the start of a new horse Shes certainly happy
On another note... I took her myself in a hired horsebox that ive never driven before....loaded her, travelled her - she was fabulous. Just shows what a genuine little mare she is She had better learn to put up with me for the rest of her life too
My mare was diagnosed with ulcers in Feb 2012, after she stopped eating (poor performance and bad temper were all symptoms too) but the stopping eating we rushed her into "horsepital".
She was diagnosed with severe problems (i forget the correct terms) but bad ulcers and hemmoraging?...worst a specialist had seen apparantly. She stayed in for a week, very poorly pony, not eating for a few days and generally feeling like crap.
April, she was re-scoped, slightly improvement, still grade 2 ulcers. I decided it was best to give her some time off, let me finish my exams, get my head together and her to learn to chill out!... (snes not stressy to look at...just inside!)
Almost 2 weeks ago she coliced, nothing major just decided it was sunday, double call out and she had tummy ache
(buscopan sorted it)!May (now), took her back today and we are ULCER FREE
Some minimal scar tissue but nothing....not a blip thats 7 weeks on Gastrogard (1/2 a tube a day), 7 weeks chilling out and 7 weeks of stress for me!
She is now being brought (slowly!) back into work, and were finally back on track for our very massive goal of Novice BD
Shes only 5, so sometime in the next 5 years would be great! There is still a chance they will come back (i know!) but if i manage her well, and GG her if theres any signs of stress, i can deal with it
Next results is for tapeworm...they blood tested her today, so hopefully in a week i will have the results - i didnt get a chance to ask them much about this but i will give my vets a call next week to talk it through
But from today - lets hope this is the start of a new horse
Shes certainly happy On another note... I took her myself in a hired horsebox that ive never driven before....loaded her, travelled her - she was fabulous. Just shows what a genuine little mare she is
She had better learn to put up with me for the rest of her life too 
