Gastric ulcers

[danni]

Anyone else's horse/pony suffered from them?
What symptoms did they show ect ?

[helenatrunshaw]

recurrent un explained mild colic

[diadem]

I agree with Helen. Mucus can appear in serious cases, disturbed gut possibly scouring, What symptoms is your pony showing, may I ask

[danni]

Hi,
she had a mild gasy colic about 10 days ago,
Since then she's been ok,eating tons of hay and all her feed.
Yesterday a had a phone call from the yard 15 mins after i left that she was up and down rolling,by the time i got back down she was up and fine tucking into her net,and has been ok all night.
Condition wise she's dropped a little weight,but then she's 17 next year,her coat is lovely and really shiny and she looks healthy.
Any ideas?

[gadabout]

I have a 3 yr old show pony, who at 1 had spasmodic colic every day for 3 weeks, the vets did all the tests and came up with nothing, he was a skeleton in a skin. I thought I was going to lose him. I bought Bailey's Enhancer probiotic for him and it stripped the lining off his stomach, Gastroguard sorted him out. Your pony could be put on this, it will do no harm, and if she has ulcers a blood test would show she's anemic, the other cause could be she has a pollip or something in her intestine and food is getting blocked behind it. Only your vet can tell he would have to listen to the sounds of her gut wall. Do not ignore this.

[diadem]

I agree with Gadabout, get the vet out just to make sure that theres nothing sinister going on in her gut, a recommended probiotic is a must to improve the flora that may have been destroyed. Did she have any other change in her diet around the time? How long have you had her?

[diadem]

A product that I hear is very good is Biosponge, unfortunately it is an American product, I do hope that your vet can rule out anything sinister, good luck hun X

[skint]

I had a yearling who had an ulcer, he went like a skeleton, wouldnt eat, had mild colic loads of time and was grinding his teeth. The tablets cost an arm and a leg but he recovered really quickly. The vet said to make sure that he always had hay or rougage so that acid didnt build up in his gut

He wasnt scoped the vet took a sample of droppings and tested it for blood.

[danni nli]

Thanks for the replys everyone,
She's on a very simple diet of bran and hi-fi,and lots of hay,i've had her 10 years.
She's retired so is not worked at all.
She's had no diet changes in the last year other than going from wet hay to dry about a month ago,she's going the toliet as usual and is very hungry all the time,and as bright as a button.
She is drinking more water than usual.
Last winter around this time she had a similar episode,colic then off for a few days,but was then ok uptill now.
Its stressing me out so close to xmas

[shud sj]

Hi this may seem strange but what colour is she, I am not sure if you are familiar with a previous thread of mine, but about 3 weeks ago I asked the same question about Gastric Ulcer's !!
I was convinced that my mare may of had one, but she didn't fit the criteria, as she was retired, not a stressy type and never had previous symptoms that an Ulcer may show.

Have you had the vet, Mine was not eating hay like your's but was drinking loads. I don't want to worry you but if your vet has not done any test's then please insist if your not happy.

[danni]

Didn't read it,but will look now
She's chestnut.

[danni]

Overbent,
she always had dry hay till last year when she had colic,i changed to wet then as i thought it would just keep everything flowing a bit better,i changed her very slowly back to dry,if I'm honest it was just easier and less time consuming to give her dry,but i will start her back on wet see if it makes any difference,as she's been drinking alot more water.
I started to give her a bit of speedi yesterday,so going to introduce that very slowly.
She had a worm count done in the summer,and she had the lowest count on the yard,but i did worm her after the first bout just in case of tapeworm as i know this can produce colic like symptoms.
Will also try her with a lick as she doesnt have one at the mo.
Thanks for the ideas

[smokeycott]

WHEN ONE OF MY FOALS WAS ILL AND WOULDNT EAT AT ALL BUT IT STARTED CRIB BITTING CONSTANTLY, I GOOGLED SYMPTOMS AND IT SAID THAT ANY FOAL THAT HAD BEEN ILL AND STOPPED EATING SHOULD BE GIVEN GASTRO GUARD AS A MATTER OF COURSE, WHICH MY VET DIDNT SUGGEST, GAVE FOAL A DOSE AND THE NEXT DAY STARTED EATING AND PICK UP REALLY QUICKLY. STOPPED CRIB BITTING NEXT DAY!!!! .
CRIB BITTING AND TEETH GRINDING IS A SIGN OF PAIN, FROM THE ULSERS.

[diadem]

Clutching at straws here, DONT PANIC so bear with me, thirst could be related to Diabetes in some occasions, I personally wouldnt feed that combination, and give her some protein, and a balancer. Bran is great but not all the time IMO and that would cause some looseness.

When did you last worm her for tapeworm? Just gone?

[danni]

I was thinking of putting her on maybe speedi,hi-fi and pink powder?
She's had no poo looseness at all,all very normal.

Vi how much are you selling your gastro guard for ?

[sheltie]

Without a doubt the best products are with PROTEXIN,
Acid Ease and Gut Balancer are fantastic, and do what they say
they will.
Look at their website. www.protexin.com

[danni]

Second that,
All advice has been great,
Will also be sending some karmas out

[carls]

Aloe vera has been used sucessfully in treating gastric ulcers.
I have also had great sucess using it to treat scouring, helps to clear it up in 2-3 days. I had tried every pre & pro biotic there was on the market, but nothing works as quickly as the Aloe vera gel ( for humans and animals!)

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1883718.stm

[graysonsdusk]

I recently attended I veterinary conference on gastric ulcers and my vet offers free screening for gastric ulcers but they did say that symptoms are not always shown in the majority of horses and that screening is the only way for a full diagnosis.