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| I just wanted to share with everyone my experience with my 11 yo barrel racing mare. Looking back, she had ulcers when I got her 2 years ago, teeth grinding, tail wrigging, wouldn't stop when you were running home (flat out runaway) and she was very lean. At the time I just treated her with Aloe vera juice, an ulcer supplement and started her on Ultium. I didn't use her much the first year. The second year I used her more and by the end of the season she went off feed, lost a ton of weight and was very unhappy. Last December I treated her for 2 weeks with Gastroguard, GastroPLUS for a month and Sucralfate. She put her weight back on and was fat and shiny. After that I stopped everything (my mistake!). We had a terrible winter so she was not ridden hardly at all I had her scoped in April, thinking we would see healed ulcers, and she had grade 4 severe ulcers all over her stomach. I was shocked! I know I should have treated her for 28 days with GastroGuard but the cost was too much. This horse looked awesome at the time and you never would have expected her to be an ulcer horse looking at her.
Well after alot of research in April I switched her feed to Renew Gold, started her on Ulcercure OTC and put her back on GastroPLUS. She finished her Ulcercure OTC a week ago and last weekend I ran her at a pro rodeo and she ran the second fastest time out of 53 girls and was only 2/100th of a second off first place. This was a huge deep 18 second pen. That was only her 3rd run since last November. She has never worked so good before. She only gets 1.5 lbs per day of Renew Gold and she used to get 4lbs per day of Ultim so it is actually a little cheaper now for her feed. She looks incredible. This seems to be working for her and I hope it keeps her happy all summer.
Just wanted to share my results with everyone in case you are dealing with the same issues. |
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | Congrats and continued good health! |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | Thats awesome!
What kind of hay are you feeding? |
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| I like that your product contains BUFFERED omeprazole so it can get back to those cells in the stomach |
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| I feed alfalfa, 1-2 flakes a day and some Orchard grass and 24 hour turn out on pasture. |
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| Yay! Love hearing testimonials involving THE!! |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Wonderful news.
I am curious about your Ultium. I have had my show horse on it and he was quite froggy before I had him started so I sent him to the trainer and took him off his grain. The trainer loved him, but he cut his foot the day I had to pick him up so he was off a month. I saddled him up for the first time last weekend and Leapin Lizards he was full of himself. Bucked and bucked with the saddle so I worked his behind off and even switched saddles and did end up riding him. He was pretty goofy. So anyways I am blaming the Ultium as I have heard several others had issues with hot horses. |
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| Yea, I feed Ultium. Its always a daily balance. They LOOK PHENOMENAL but can get a little goofy! LOL |
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| I have had 3 of my barrel horses on Ultium. The ulcer mare never got hot on it. My other older horse is a bronc no matter what feed you have him on so I can't really say if Ultium changed him or not. The third horse was fine on Ultium too but them he did get hotter towards the end but I have since sold him. The all looked awesome on it though. |
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| Woo hoo congrats!!
My gelding has been on Renew Gold for 2 months now. While he filled out in some areas, it wasn't quite what I was expecting. His coat was somewhat dull and he was just grumpy. Instead of scoping I went ahead and ordered Ulcercure OTC. We just finished our second week. He looks incredible. Shiny, bulked up, and feeling amazing! I am very happy and will absolutely be a returning customer. |
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Location: Willows, CA | Remember, if you are fighting Ulcers in your horses to check the condition of their teeth. I am finding this a contributing factor more that you would ever imagine, and much worse in areas that feed mostly grass hay. Everyone knows that stomach acid is a contributing factor to the formation of ulcers. A horse makes stomach acid 24/7 whether the horse is eating or not. Saliva is a natural buffer for stomach acid, but a horse only make saliva when it chews. A mature healthy horse will make 12 gallons or more per day. If your horses teeth have hooks or ridges on the outside of the uppers or the inside of the lowers, there will be irritation to the cheek or tongue that make chewing uncomfortable. The result is the horse chews less, makes much less saliva, and has much less buffer to the constant production of stomach acid. Don't trust your vet to tell you that your horses teeth are OK. Look for yourself. Run your thumb along the outside of the upper back teeth, and pull the tongue aside to look at the inside of the lower back teeth. A sharp ridge or hooks are easy to see on the lowers or feel on the uppers. You can treat everything else, but if the teeth are not right it is unlikely that you will permanently get rid of the ulcers.
Edited by winwillows 2014-07-15 7:47 PM
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