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Location: Choctaw, OK | I bought what i thought was a 20 yr old POA for my daughter and had her shipped from CA to OK. Well turns out she's 23-25 years old (i feel bad for putting her through such a long haul)! I've now had her a little over a week. The first day i just gave alfalfa and grass hay. When i started giving her grain (only about 1.5 quarts) she would pick at it but most would be in her bucket the morning. I thought maybe she just didn't like whole oats. My others are on oats, alfalfa, minerals. So i got her bluebonnet senior. Ate it for a couple days now she's not eating anything except a little alfalfa. And she's eating wood! Like off of my stalls! She won't take feed out of my hand. I'm giving her an electrolyte/ probiotic paste once a day. I was told she was fed grass hay, alfalfa, and senior feed in California and was a good eater. I'm worrying myself sick over this and she has a vet appointment in the morning but wanted to get some ideas.
Edited to add that she's stalled at night but let out in the morning on a 20 acre pasture with three friendly horses. But she chooses to just stand in the barn. She is alert and doesn't act ill.
Edited by RoughstockKennel 2018-02-28 3:18 PM
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Could have developed ulcers on the long haul possibly? Definitely a good idea to have her checked out by the vet. |
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| Teeth and stomach come to mind first. But she also may just need a longer adjustment period? Good idea to have the vet out. Hopefully you'll get some good, fixable answers. |
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Location: Choctaw, OK | Vet said she showed positive for hindgut ulcers |
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| RoughstockKennel - 2018-03-01 2:12 PM
Vet said she showed positive for hindgut ulcers
Well at least you know now and you can treat her. The blue bonnet sr is great stuff, but I have a sr too and I fed him that for a while... I'd say about 3 months on it, then suddenly he just quit. He's never one to miss a meal.. he wouldn't even eat it out of my hand. Weird deal.. I started mixing in some omega force and renew gold and he started eating it again. So now, the crippled pasture pet ol man gets a mix of all 3 until I run out of the sr. He won't eat the sr by itself. |
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Location: Choctaw, OK | Good to know! She has cushings so I'm needing a low sugar, low starch feed |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | RoughstockKennel - 2018-03-01 7:27 PM Good to know! She has cushings so I'm needing a low sugar, low starch feed
I have a Insulin Resistant {IR} gelding and he gets Triple Crown Lite, look into the Triple Crown feeds they are low in sugar and starch and since Blue Bonnet mills the Triple Crown I have no issue with them now adays. My gelding is doing awesome on this feed. |
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Location: Arkansas | Just checking in on your pony. . . . |
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Location: Choctaw, OK | I bought the gastro plus and the cushings supplements so I'm waiting to receive those but for now I'm feeding her the daily gold and she's eating some of her grain :) she actually finished it overnight. So I'm hoping the gastroplus will clear up the ulcers and the daily gold to maintain. She's feeling good and is a little hot rod!
Edited by RoughstockKennel 2018-03-02 8:37 PM
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Location: Arkansas | We would love pictures of your little hot rod 
Edited by Chandler's Mom 2018-03-03 12:03 AM
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| If you can get HI Pro Feed, Alfa Pro is great for horses with metabolic issues. |
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Location: Choctaw, OK | I'll try to upload one |
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Older horse not eating. Trying to eat wood!