Upset tummy

[chaps89]

Madam has been on box rest for 5 and a half weeks now.
She had a course of danilon for the first week/10 days, midway through she started to get squitty droppings.
As the danilon finished I did 2 tubes of protexin gut bind which sorted her out for about a week or two.
The last week or so she's been even worse, droppings are like cow pats more often than not, and she frequently lifts her tail and just passes liquid.
I did another tube of gut bind last week which helped for a day or two but then reverted and at £17 A tube (1.5 days worth of treatment) I can't really afford to have her on it full time.
She is on the stress dosage level of protexin gut balancer, but it seems to have made no difference.
She's metabolic so has soaked hay but I've started only soaking it for 20/30 minutes and leaving it to drain for 12 hours before feeding so it's damp rather than dripping.

Waiting for the vet to call me back but any ideas?

 

[JennBags]

Natural yoghurt is supposed to help, I've not actually used it myself but it's been recommended to me by someone I trust.

 

[be positive]

I would not want to leave wet hay for 12 hours before feeding at this time of year, I would be concerned that it will start to go off, soak, rinse and feed before it can heat up and see if that helps.

 

[holeymoley]

As above, I wouldn't feed soaked hay that had been left for 12 hours in this heat. It's likely to have gone bad, or there will be something growing on it. 1 hour soaking is adiqate for metabolic types, rinse off then feed. That may not be helping the issue.

Unfortunately I have no other advice, when my guy went off his food and had splats after anti-biotics, he had a tube of the Protexin Gut paste and the Protexin Gut Powder which really helped. I also fed him a bit of dry hay too. What is she on box rest for?

 

[chaps89]

Sorry, should have said - I haven't done that the last 3 days when it's been super hot, it's not made any difference.
I feed half loose and half in the net, so I pull it all apart when it's fed and it's not smelt bad/felt hot etc (obviously not to say it isn't and that there's bacteria etc on it, but so far as I can tell it's ok)
I've also tried different hay incase it was bad hay (didn't seem to be to me but sometimes you don't know)

I only usually soak it for anything 1 - 3 hours and it's always rinsed after being soaked.

She's on box rest after having an accident - she leant on her stall guard until it gave way then went flying, legs everywhere. Now up to 35 mins walking and 2 hours muzzled t/o a day

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Very slightly damp bran was always said to have a binding effect, I think I would try that in your position.

 

[chaps89]

The vet gave us something called biosponge which I think is powdered clay? Droppings are back to normal and she's only occasionally a bit squitty after 3 and a half days on it so fingers crossed, seems to be doing the trick.