Posted 2016-02-26 12:42 PM Subject: Gelding with loose stool
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Have owned my 3 year old gelding since he was a yearling. Never had loose stool issues at all. Sent him to get broke out. Visited him during training a few times and he was always loose. Chalked it up to stress, environment change, etc. Brought him home first part of December and turned him out. He's had on again/off again loose stool. Some days I don't notice anything, today I was working in the barn and noticed he went #2 3 times in about a 15 minute time frame and pretty loose. He grew a TON in the last several months and I've been trying to get weight on him. He isn't putting on muscle like I want which I fully realize isn't going to happen if he has gut/stool issues. Are there any over the counter things I can try before going the full blown $$$ ulcer treatment route?
He's on rolled barley, Tribute Essential K and good quality grass hay 24/7.
Posted 2016-02-26 12:49 PM Subject: RE: Gelding with loose stool
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Check to see if he has a fever. We had a mare contract salmonella right after Thanksgiving. One of her major signs was a fever. She had a loose stool off and on.
Posted 2016-02-26 1:07 PM Subject: RE: Gelding with loose stool
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Posts: 10368 Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs
We have a TB filly that was very loose, started her on alfalfa and within 2 days stools were normal. Also started her on Cur-Ost stomach and adapt, she's only been on it a week so I can't report anything yet.
Posted 2016-02-26 1:44 PM Subject: RE: Gelding with loose stool
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I had one that always had loose stoole. Especially when stalled or on the horse trailer. An old timer told me to give him yogurt. Sure enough that cured it. Everytime he would start to get loose I would feed him some yogurt.
I swear by it. I have a gelding that ANYTIME I would haul him ANYWHERE, he would get an upset stomach and have loose stool. I couldn't haul him away from the house he was so bad. A good friend told me about this product and gave me a few pounds to try and I LOVED the results. About a month later, I was able to take him to a 3 day clinic and he stood at the trailer and I even rode him on the 3rd day! So now, anything that I am riding or hauling gets this.
Gelding with loose stool
