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HorsePoorSince96 Reg. Jun 2004	Posted 2016-08-12 11:43 AM Subject: Sand Colic Prevention
Extreme Veteran Posts: 302	I just recently moved to a place in Ohio that the ground is pretty much all sand and gravel. I need to start my horses on something to prevent sand colic. Everything I have found is an "add" to the horses grain. This is fine from my younger horse but my 24 yr old had cushings and is on medication and isn't really a grain eater anymore and basically just gets good hay and pasture. Are there any products out that there that are paste or liquid based that I could just syring him with? Any suggestions would be great.
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BamaCanChaser Reg. Nov 2012	Posted 2016-08-12 12:13 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
Expert Posts: 2097 Location: Deep South	I've always used Sand Clear. It's not a daily thing, but given for 7 days 2-3 times a year. For the young horse you can just follow the instructions and put it over their feed. For the older horse, you can put it in a syringe with some apple sauce or anything of that nature and administer that way. As long as it gets in them it should work.
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TwistedK Reg. May 2006	Posted 2016-08-12 12:55 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
Bulls Eye Posts: 6443 Location: Oklahoma	any pysllium pellets fed the first 7 days of each month work. I've used sand clear
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hammer_time Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2016-08-12 1:03 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
Money Eating Baggage Owner Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix	I use psyllium....sand clear is what I normally use (7 days straight 1x a month). Although I did read something where you need 2 lbs of psyllium to be effective and the thing that worked better than that was more forage (hay).
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Frodo Reg. Jul 2004	Posted 2016-08-13 1:43 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
"Heck's Coming With Me" Posts: 10794 Location: Kansas	We've lived in sugar sand for 30 years and have never had a problem with sand colic. You just need to be sure your horses are fed where they can't drop their grain into the sand and then pick it out. Also if you feed alfalfa make sure you use a hay mount instead of throwing it on the ground, but these things are a good idea even if you live in dirt. I like sandy soil. It's easy on their feet and horses like to sleep and roll in it. They're never mud-caked or very dirty. It also grows horrible stickers and burrs.....now that is a drawback. Ouch!
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cheeka77 Reg. Nov 2013	Posted 2016-08-13 11:32 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
Extreme Veteran Posts: 415	I use whole flax seed, work up to a cup a day and it's like $25 for a 50 lb bag and it lasts foreverrrr. Plus they still get some benefits of the flax
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Runaway Reg. Jan 2008	Posted 2016-08-14 1:15 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
Sorry I don't have any advice Posts: 1975 Location: Sunnyland Florida	Hay - lots of hay - is the best thing to prevent sand colic. We're in sandy Florida and have never had a horse colic for the last 39 years.
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cait11 Reg. Jan 2016	Posted 2016-08-15 5:52 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
Member Posts: 7	We had a horse colic from sand colic and now everything we have is on equate daily fiber that you can buy from Walmart/etc. They get a cap full a week.
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fulltiltfilly Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2016-08-16 7:15 AM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
I hate cooking and cleaning Posts: 3310 Location: Jersey Girl	I kept my horses on sand for years. I did not feed them on the ground. I used the Walmart brand metamucil. I gave 6x the human dose, 2 feedings in a row, once a week. If your horses are getting adequate fiber (hay) you won't need to worry about feeding psyllium.
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CJE Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2016-08-16 6:47 PM Subject: RE: Sand Colic Prevention
Famous for Not Complaining Posts: 8848 Location: Broxton, Ga	Runaway - 2016-08-13 2:15 PM Hay - lots of hay - is the best thing to prevent sand colic. We're in sandy Florida and have never had a horse colic for the last 39 years. This!!!!
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