watery poo running out of ideas now...!!!!

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as title really, 4yr old gelding was on ad lib haylage (been on it all winter) alpha hay oil, high fibre cubes and kwikbeet, but was scouring down his legs so stopped everything but the high fibre cubes and have been feeding them soaked and warm looked like it had cleared up mostly but then did it again today its like brown water coming out and altho is poo is loose its still mostly formed so have now put him on hay instead of haylage in case thats the problem as presume not every bale is the same am now sick of poo coloured white legs any other ideas??? he isnt very happy tho looked in disgust at the pile of hay in his stable
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Could try live yoghurt - just buy from Tescos, less than £1 - this helped mine but he was old. See what others think but could be worth a try. You just add 1 whole (small) pot or 1/3 of large pot to feeds twice a day.
 
Is he out on grass at all? If so Id be tempted to give him that and nothing else apart from hay for a while.
 
Has he still got his appetite?

Could you call the vet & have a chat over the phone?

If he goes off his food or starts to get miserable, maybe it's time to get some tests done. (Sorry, paranoid as my horse had a serious bowel disease.)
 
Even routinely wormed, well managed horses can become infested and damaged by worms. I woudl get the vet to do full spectrum bloods and bloods for worms and a poo egg count.

There was a horse at a yard I worked at years since... he was routinely wormed and yet became infested. He had to have 20 foot of gut removed because the daft YM would not believe he had worms. She thought it said something about her management of the place... which there was nothing wrong with!

I would feed grass/hay and nothing else.

Naff Pink Powder is great for upset stomachs, but you need to getto the bottom of this (no pun intended)

Don't panic, I have had horses in the past who came off very poor grazing and it took them nearly a year for their guts to acustom to our grazing and hay.... apart from one who was always a bit loose because of worm damage as a youngster.
 
Have you tried a probiotic? A good 'off the shelf' one is this one Probiotic although there are others. The most effective one I had was one from the vet, I can't remember what it was called, but it cleared up a similar problem in my youngster. It would probably be a good idea to speak to the vet too though.
 
I agree with getting a worm count and blood test done, and would also suggest you might like to try a bottle of Yakult daily for a week.
Don't let it go on too long without seeking veterinary advice.
 
ok forgot to say that he as been on naff pink powder for quite a few months (and am now wracking my brains to remember if he was ok then) i stopped it coz spillers hi fibre cubes av the pre and probiotic in so thought there not much point did consider worms tho hes only been turned out a couple of hours 3x a week over winter when weather asnt been too bad as that the only turn out allowed on the yard whats cheapest place to do a worm count anyone know?????
 
I had a wormcount done recently through Westgate Labs - just google them on the internet. It cost about £10 - can't remember the exact figure. Excellent service & fast results!
 
I have this problem too!

His poo is normal and healthy looking but has what can only be described as poo juice. He doesnt do it when he poos just when he farts. He is on pink powder, calm and condition, chaff, and extra flex HA, his hay is soaked.

It comes and goes but has been alot better since on pink powder. When the weather keeps changing as it has been recently it tends to flare up again, possibly due to becoming too hot? Sometimes he is completely normal!

He had gravel last year and was put on anti biotics and this seemed to improve the situation, he wasnt on the pink powder then, and don't think one improved the situation any more than the other
 
thats exactly what shamrocks is like Appollo 2,,,, so not just mine then did you think it was worms then or not???? am i being a total numpty but what is gravel????
and if its upset stomach would av thort antibiotics would av made it worse coz they upset the bacteria in the gut dont they?
anyway just sent for worm count pack from abbey diagnostics coz even if its not the problem would feel better knowing he wasnt worm infested and in meantime will get the live yoghurt i think
 
Too be honest I have no idea!

They called it gravel, i think its just an infection in the foot, we had to poultice it so i think that must be it.

I'm not sure about the effect of anti biotics on the gut, but I need to phone the vets so will ask them about it when I do and see what they say about it (poo juice not antibiotics).

The thing is is that he has always been defensive with people, but can also be really sweet. Wondering if this has something to do with it.
 
I had a gelding with this problem. I would say that unless its ongoing that the most likely culprit is the grass. My gelding had a previous suspected worm problem and possible damage so yes i would check worms first. Otherwise things that helped were Yea-sacc which acts on the hind gut (probiotics made it worse) and slippery elm which helps calm any inflamation in gut. Ultimately the problem in his case was an apparent excess of lactic acid producing bacteria in the hin gut (which incidentally, probiotics contain!) which was finally controlled by Founderguard (the gut issue was a warning for low grade lami in his case) but he was an extreme case and so i would try the yeasacc and slippery elm first. It was always worse in hot weather too and haylage made it worse (it can increase acidity, something to do with fermentation process).
 
our pony was like this.she is now normal on soaked hay,alfa a oil,alfa beet and pink powder every day.she was also very windy and loose.the pink powder and lots of fibre seem to have helped.
 
Just to say, a gravel is an abscess in the hoof, usually casued by something tiny entering through the white line, although this is not always the casue.
 
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