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Location: USA | I have a three year old colt that has chronic diarrhea. One day his manure will be normal. The next, is horrible stinky wet cowpie.
He is out on pasture during the day and I bring him in at night and he gets alfalfa with a pound of renew gold. I have tried a week of Platnium probiotic, with no improvement. He doesn't seem uncomfortable, but has always laid down a lot during the day. Anyone have any ideas? |
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| I would try putting him on Equi-sure
I had a horse with diarrhea and it cleared her up in 3 days (I kept her on it for 5 days) Any time I noticed her getting runny again I would give it to her for 5 more days. |
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Location: MD | I would call your vet. Have you done a fecal as well? |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | CE's wrapn3 - 2016-08-10 8:31 AM I would call your vet. Have you done a fecal as well?
This ^^^^ Diarrhea can make a horse go south real fast in this heat.. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | And another thing I would do is stop feeding the Alfalfa and see if that helps clear up the diarrhea, the alfalfa could be to rich for your horse. |
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Location: Somewhere else | I had one that had chronic diarrhea, I was told to give him yogurt. Gave him a cup of yogurt and it fixed him up and every time after that when it would occur, he'd get his yogurt. |
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| I have one mare that just cannot be on Alfalfa or she has constant diarreah. Once on just grass and some senior equine, she is good to go. Maybe have her checked for sand as well. |
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| Southtxponygirl - 2016-08-10 8:51 AM
And another thing I would do is stop feeding the Alfalfa and see if that helps clear up the diarrhea, the alfalfa could be to rich for your horse.
I'd take him off alfalfa and see if that helps, then I'd add in Forco. I had an old horse that had the worse diarrhea I'd ever seen, the people I bought him from were giving him pepto every few hours, all that did was give him pink lips. I put him on Forco and it cleared him right up within a few days. |
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Location: Willows, CA | Renew Gold normally will clear diarrhea up. I would suspect a sensitivity to the alfalfa. You might mix some grass hay with that to see if you get a more normal hind gut function that clears up the problem |
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| The vet. |
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Location: USA | I have checked him for sand with negative results. I haven't ever sent manure off for a fecal. Do parasites cause on and off diarrhea? It's so weird, cause in his pen everyday he will have like 6 normal piles with 2 cowpies. Appetite, attitude,and haircoat are good, but he does lay down more than the rest of them, never colicy, just lays down a lot.
Edited by Oakley 2016-08-11 8:57 AM
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| Oakley - 2016-08-10 9:51 PM
I have checked him for sand with negative results. I haven't ever sent manure off for a fecal. Do parasites cause on and off diarrhea? It's so weird, cause in his pen everyday he will have like 6 normal piles with 2 cowpies. Appetite, attitude,and haircoat are good, but he does lay down more than the rest of them, never colicy, just lays down a lot.
Did you treat for sand, or just check for it? I've had a couple of young horses act the way you're describing your horse. After treating for sand they no longer had the loose piles of manure and quit laying down as frequently. Even if you tested and didn't see sand, it might be worth it to go ahead and treat for a week with sand clear just to be able to check that off the list, especially since it's a pretty inexpensive treatment. |
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Location: USA | I did treat him with sand clear for 7 days.
Hes been out on a grass pasture for the past 3 days, not alfalfa. I'm gonna bring him up and see if there is any change. Is that long enough to be able to tell if it's alfalfa related? |
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Location: Claremore, OK | I would consult with your vet but that's a classic sign of Encysted Strongyles. When they're encysted they won't show up on a fecal egg count. Quest or a Safeguard Power Pack will get them. |
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