Yakult for horses?

[VioletStripe]

A friend of mine has recently bought a crib biter/wind sucker, and he absolutely perfect in every way apart for this habit. She is worried about putting on a collar, because someone said they were inhumane, and that his problem could be caused by digestion. Then a friend of ours told us that she could feed her horse Yakult, the pro-biotic drink, and it would help the horse's gut and digestion. Is this true? Or a hoax? And, does anyone else have any tips with dealing with a wind sucker??

 

[penky]

Not sure about the drink but natural yoghurt is very good for horses.

 

[vennessa]

There are items on the market but i cannot think of the names off the top of my head. I know Rene's have worked for some peoples horses.

 

[Thistle]

try settlex

 

[Donkeymad]

Yes, yakult is good for horses with digestive upsets. I think the advice has been given as gastric ulcers sometimes cause windsucking, so I'm not sure that Yakult would help with this. I'd suggest trying settlers tums for a few days. Give 10 - 20 tablets a day.If it helps it will indicate a possible ulcer so your friend can look into products for it.

 

[VioletStripe]

cool, they all sound OK, I will tell my friend. Is the bitter spray that you can apply to the door and fences any good? and also, is there anything you can do to try and break the habit??

 

[mle22]

Our horse had a really bad stomach after being starved as a youngster and riddled with worms. Live natural yogurt always really helped.

 

[hellybelly6]

Funny you asking that, because I was wondering the same thing. It has worked wonders for my OH!

 

[catymmh]

we had an article about this in our newsletter this month which you might find helpful. probiotics for horses Please ignore the competition on the front of the article as it has already been drawn (bit like the if you phone now your call won't count but will still cost you LOL)

My horse always got a upset stomach going on grass at the beginning of the season (like a lot of horses) and off it at the other end of the season, 4 days on bio equus and he was all back to normal. His stomach never really sorted it's self out like most horses do as they get used to the grass so this really worked for me, seems really calming so may help you.

 

[measles]

Friend uses yakult and swears it helps one of hers. We have a windsucker. She gets plenty of hay and we've made a much smaller top door that she can see over but not grab onto the top of so she can't watch the world go by and do it. She does still suck a little on sides of stable but not much.

 

[VioletStripe]

does spraying the anti-crib ointment on fences and doors help?? Can you ever break the habit??

 

[MagicMelon]

Yakult contains one of the nasty sweetners which theories are could cause cancer - aspartame (sachrin is the other BTW), so I wouldnt touch it or give it to my horse personally.

Why not just feed a probiotic made for horses? Or isnt plain natural yoghurt the same idea?

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I wouldnt give a horse anything dairy based -there are horse probiotics out there eg protexin and I wont eat sweetners myself!I use protexin on mine in the spring and around worming/moving etc

others have had success with coligone and windsucking.