This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [...] about Patrick's diarrhea problem. [...] > Patrick gets a very small amount of Blue Seal Trotter grain and plenty of > grass hay. He is out 24/7 in a paddock with a run in shed. He is only 9 > years old and I have owned him since he was just 5. I know that he has been > wormed regularly and is only with one other horse in an area that is picked > out > daily. I'm assuming, especially after giving him the 5 day Panacur Power > Pak > treatment that he should be worm free. Am I right in assuming that? [...] > Carol n' Patrick in CT
My old Fjord mare, Nansy, had always been a little "loose", but it got worse as she got older. In her case, the problem was her teeth---the ordinary vet "floating" did not address a developing malocclusion. Basically, she wasn't able to grind her hay fully, hence couldn't get all the nutrition out of it. What was coming out was poorly-formed wads of half-ground hay, in brown water. The vet (same one as had been floating her teeth) said Nansy's stomach was inflamed, and to switch her to grass hay pellets. The diarrhea stopped within a day, and within a week of starting this essentially pre-chewed hay, she was making real horse biscuits for the first time (at that point, I'd had her for 12 years!) A visit to a real equine dentist was an eye-opener. Nansy's teeth were too far gone for the dentist to do much but enable her to crunch her pellets comfortably, so that's what she ate for the rest of her life. In California, I got oat hay pellets; here in Oregon, it was ryegrass hay pellets. You might try adding some hay pellets to Patrick's ration, and see what effect that has. Dental problems are easier to fix when they're mild and the horse is young enough to have long enough teeth to grind away the problem. Panacur does not kill tapeworms, which can "contribute to digestive problems". To get rid of tapes, you need something like Zimecterin Gold, which contains praziquantel. According to a paper (results used in an ad), the incidence of tapeworms (percentage of horses with antibodies indicating they've had them at some point) in your region is about 62%! Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
