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Elite Veteran
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Location: Idaho | We just moved to New Mexico and I'm dealing with sand for the first time. The horses have been here less then a week and are fed in tubs. I was wondering what the best product to use for flushing sand out might be? |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: NC | Have used sand-rid (cheaper version of sand clear), which i liked. also have had a vet tell us to use psyllium products (like metamucil or walmart version)for humans but you need alot, like a 1/2 cup each feeding and some horses do not like the orange flavor. |
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Veteran
Posts: 269
| I use SandRid because it's the cheapest offered where I shop. The only recognized treatment is to fed psyllium, and all the products I've seen use it, so I'm not sure if there's really a difference.
Here's an article I found helpful:
https://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/AG_AnimalHealth_2011-05pr.pdf
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Posts: 1037
| Unflavored metamucil from Wal-Mart (equate brand).. Give them 1/2 the jar in the morning, other 1/2 at night for a couple of days. Its the same as sand clear. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1094
Location: Idahome | I have used the Digestive from Silver Lining Herbs. Got in a horse that had sand in his gut for who knows how long and literally saw him crap almost pure sand for a few days. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 596
Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | We are feeding the Sand Rid right now but have also feed Sand Clear, there is another product our vet told us to try called Equus? (I think that is the name) is smells like licorice and the horses seem to really like it.
Btw- welcome to New Mexico. Where in NM are you located? |
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Unable to Live Without Chocolate or Coffee
Posts: 1849
| I have fed almost all the sand products over the years. they are all pretty similar in my opinion. I found that most horses so like Equus, and its one of the cheaper ones i think.... http://www.horse.com/item/equus-psyllium-pellets/SLT180411/ |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | Soaked beet Pulp grabs it as well or better then sandclear.. and keeps them hydrated as well.. |
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 Crazy Chicken Chick
Posts: 36132
| We used to have a TON of problems with sand colic. Then we started feeding soaked beet pulp and our horses no longer have any issue with sand. I do feed it twice a day, every day, but to me that is SOOOOOO much easier than dealing with Sand Clear or Metamucil, especially when the horses don't want to eat it. With the bp, they are used to it and eat it fine. It's a good source of fiber and has a glycemic index of 1. It also makes it so much easier to add Forco, etc because it sticks to the beet pulp. I would not feed it dry.
We have had ZERO sand colic in the last 8+ years that we've fed it. Lost an older mare to an impaction yesterday, and have had a couple colics over the years since then, but NONE were due to sand and the vet was not able to see sand in any of them.
So, to me it's worth it to just feed the soaked beet pulp each feeding. They get about 5 cups each feeding(soaked)
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1064
Location: Idaho | Thanks for all the great help. They are on beet pulp right now. Once in the morning with hay and hay at night. |
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Posts: 268
| I like SandClear, I buy the bigger tub which is cheaper in the long run. |
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 Serious Snap Trapper
Posts: 4275
Location: In The Snow, AZ | BEET PULP. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 564
Location: NC | Equine Enteric Colloid by TechMix
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