Weight gain for 12h section A

[teach]

Going to start by saying vet has been...bloods have been taken and are fine. He has been worm counted and cane back moderate tapeworm so has been wormed.
he is currently on ad-lib haylage, fed soaked grass nuts and readiness, Antilam and Pink powder.
Vet advised to put on brewers yeast and psyillum husks, as he has loose stools..
We need a weight gain feed though, I’m thinking of Rowan Barberry solution Mash or Slobbermash...
Any ideas

 

[Gloi]

How old is he? What's the reason he is in the position of needing to put on weight. Have his teeth been done recently?

 

[holeymoley]

Linseed mash? Protexin would be good to sort out his gut. Personally depending on haylage quality I would maybe change to ad lib soaked hay.

 

[teach]

Linseed mash? Protexin would be good to sort out his gut. Personally depending on haylage quality I would maybe change to ad lib soaked hay.

Thanks I’ll have a look at Linseed mAsh. The haylage is very dry, almost like wrapped hay, and included in livery costs, so very reluctant to change that..
I’ll also look at protexin

 

[teach]

How old is he? What's the reason he is in the position of needing to put on weight. Have his teeth been done recently?

He’s 13, and he started to drop weight at the end of summer, and honestly I took my eye of the ball, and suddenly he had dropped loads of weight! He’s had his teeth checked by the vet when they came out

 

[OldNag]

Did he ha e a Cushings test and if so, which type?

 

[TPO]

Has he been worm tested again after worming to check that it was effective and that hes now clear?

 

[teach]

Did he ha e a Cushings test and if so, which type?

Yes, the blood test and it was negative

 

[teach]

Has he been worm tested again after worming to check that it was effective and that hes now clear?

The plan is to do it a month after he was wormed-that was vets advice

 

[TGM]

I'd just add micronised linseed to his existing feed - it is a concentrated source of calories. Hopefully if the worm burden has now been sorted then he should start to regain the weight quite quickly.

 

[dorsetladette]

allen and page calm and condition i found worked well.

Or, add an oil to his feed.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Yes, the blood test and it was negative

That sounds as if it was the ACTH, free test. I would ask the vet to do the TRH Stim test, I have known the 2 tests come back with completely different results and I would be very suspicious of a Section A that has lost weight having PPID/Cushings.

As for feed; I like to feed soaked grassnuts with grasschaff and linseed, with unmolassed soaked sugarbeet, if necessary, to most horses in most circumstances.

ETA, I would drop the PinkPowder, ime it causes more problems than it solves.