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| So we have been having the feed talk lately, mainly pertaining to my gelding. He is my only poopy looking one. He has been on FORCO about a week now, still 4oz/day. I noticed a little over a week ago his demeanor changed like my mares does when she is having an ulcer flare up. I started him on omep paste yesterday and will do a small round of it to try to help him out and see if that is part of my problem, though I still think digestion is #1 why he looks poopy because he has looked poopy much longer than he has acted fractious and easily upset like he is at the moment.
Question/discussion: he is not on the pattern, he is 6 but we are still working on getting him good and fancy broke. Has not even seen a can. My concern is that I'm already having ulcer-suspicious problems. What the heck will I be dealing with once I am hauling him and what can I do to prevent it? I give my barrel mare omep when we haul (works wonders) and I have no prob doing the same for him and he is going with us right now but standing tied to the trailer with a hay bag the whole time....
The mare is on SmartGut Ultra (smart paks ulcer sup) and she does amazing on it. I thought about putting both horses on both sups. The SmartGut doesn't really aid in "digestion" like the FORCO and I don't believe the FORCO addresses gastric ulcer-y issues.
As for lifestyle and diets, both are turned out 24/7, have free choice grass hay (nice quality round bale), alfalfa morning and night and eat BlueBonnet Intensify. | |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Bluebonnet Transform DSI addresses the digestive issues as well as ulcers. | |
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Location: NE Texas | Get the hindgut healthy and inflammation free and your horse will feel better, look better, and be much less fractious. With inflammation in the hindgut, the cannot utilize what you're feeding not matter how much of it you feed, and the inflammation also impacts all other areas of our horses well being, soundness, and health. Take a look at this article, there is a way to get the gut healthy and get rid of the inflammation once and for all.
https://nouvelleresearch.com/index.php/articles/385-leaky-gut-syndrome-health-soundness | |
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| rachellyn80 - 2015-07-23 8:52 AM
Bluebonnet Transform DSI addresses the digestive issues as well as ulcers.
I'll have to take a look at that again. I thought I read just digestive. Ty. | |
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| Herbie - 2015-07-23 8:58 AM
Get the hindgut healthy and inflammation free and your horse will feel better, look better, and be much less fractious. With inflammation in the hindgut, the cannot utilize what you're feeding not matter how much of it you feed, and the inflammation also impacts all other areas of our horses well being, soundness, and health. Take a look at this article, there is a way to get the gut healthy and get rid of the inflammation once and for all. https://nouvelleresearch.com/index.php/articles/385-leaky-gut-syndrome-health-soundness
Ty. I'm hoping the digestive help will make a big difference in him. He is sooo nice and such a trooper. I'm a worrier.... | |
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