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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I finally have my gelding (8yr old) over all his health issues (Ulcers, allergies...) and I'm ready to bring him back. I bought him as a 6 year old and only got to go to shows about 6 months with him before He got sick. He won us our first check the first week I had him... Then his health started declining quickly after we started running most every weekend and I got into a bad wreck with him in the trailer one night coming back from a friends house. I know I pushed him too hard going to that many shows while he was still a little new too the scene. BUT I have him back at 100% and got a vet and chiro approval to go ahead and start him back again. He has no restrictions on excersise.
He is currently getting14% pellets twice a day with 707 Gastric Essencials and Fast Track. (The 707 was vet recommended and I chose Fast Track after seeing the results from BBs on here.)
He has 100 plus acres of pasture to roam on and bermuda hay is fed every morning.
My question is: How do I bring him back without upsetting his ulcers? Excersises, routines, any advice and workouts would be appreciated. I just don't want to stress him out by pulling him out of the pasture and giving him a hard workout. I need to know where to start.
Thanks in advance guys
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Location: ARKANSAS | I would suggest adding a little alfalfa to his diet, the alfalfa is a buffer to the stomach for a horse with ulcers. Also When you get ready to haul to a show, 3-4 days out, every day give him ulcerguard or Omeprazole to keep his ulcers at bay. I too have a horse with a ulcers and this is no picnic. Also the less Feed, and the more forage you give an ulcerated horse the better. They need to have access to forage at all times. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Start with walking a couple of miles every other day and build up from there. For the ulcers, I have had good luck with Smart Gut for prevention in ulcer prone horses.
Edited by Three 4 Luck 2014-09-23 6:27 AM
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| I had a gelding with ulcers and I took him and all my horses off grain. They also have 100 aces to graze. I feed alfalfa, 707 essential vitamins and minerals, renew gold for fat. They get all their nutrition needs met without the strain that big buckets of grain put on the gut. I put it in about a cup of molasses free soaked beet pulp. Horses are fat, slick and shiny. I rehabed one that was out for almost a year, vet gave me an exercise schedule of walk 5 minutes, trot 10, walk 5 trot 10, walk 5. Increase every week and add loping in the middle. A few days before a race I give all my horses Draw in their feed. |
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| rodeomom3 - 2014-09-23 6:28 AM
I had a gelding with ulcers and I took him and all my horses off grain. Â They also have 100 aces to graze. Â I feed alfalfa, 707 essential vitamins and minerals, renew gold for fat. Â They get all their nutrition needs met without the strain that big buckets of grain put on the gut. Â I put it in about a cup of molasses free soaked beet pulp. Â Horses are fat, slick and shiny. Â I rehabed one that was out for almost a year, vet gave me an exercise schedule of walk 5 minutes, trot 10, walk 5 trot 10, walk 5. Â Increase every week and add loping in the middle. Â A few days before a race I give all my horses Draw in their feed.
What is draw? I googled it and got nothing. I have heard it mentioned but never knew what it was. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | He's allergic to alfalfa... :/
He will be getting ulcerguard after we get back to running for sure and I've even considered putting him on 707 calming essencials... Or even just scrapping the Fast Track and all 707 and just feeding MVP's Exceed 6Way... Idk tho... I've heard good and bad about both. He's doing good on the two supplements he's on tho and i'm afraid to change it...
Thanks for the advice on workouts to:)
What is Draw?
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| GLP - 2014-09-23 7:06 AM rodeomom3 - 2014-09-23 6:28 AM I had a gelding with ulcers and I took him and all my horses off grain. They also have 100 aces to graze. I feed alfalfa, 707 essential vitamins and minerals, renew gold for fat. They get all their nutrition needs met without the strain that big buckets of grain put on the gut. I put it in about a cup of molasses free soaked beet pulp. Horses are fat, slick and shiny. I rehabed one that was out for almost a year, vet gave me an exercise schedule of walk 5 minutes, trot 10, walk 5 trot 10, walk 5. Increase every week and add loping in the middle. A few days before a race I give all my horses Draw in their feed. What is draw? I googled it and got nothing. I have heard it mentioned but never knew what it was.
DRAW
DRAW VETERINARY STRENGTH
Many animals do not respond properly to strong or synthetic chemical base modalities. The DRAW formulas are all natural mineral base liquids that can be administered through a localized soak, wrap, topical drop or spray. Over the years Vets, trainers and owners have called upon DRAW as their first choice application for returning topical wounds and injuries to their natural condition.
In addition, here at Bristow Veterinary we have had great success using DRAW to treat and manage ulcers in horses.
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