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Great info Sharon, thanks for sharing! I knew there was a right way to use
this psysillium (sp) stuff. I have never given it routinely as I thought it
was probably mostly hype. what your vet said to do makes sense to me. Now if
we can just figure out a way to get prune juice to work on them ; -))
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From: "Sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
To: <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com>
Subject: RE: colitis? digestive upset?
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:05:22 -0700
This message is from: "Sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
My horse suffered from on-again off-again digestive troubles for over a
year. Bloating. ploppy manure, then normal manure, girthyness, etc. Vet and
I couldn't figure it out. Current on wormings, good hay, no sand in manure,
and psyllium (I was using it wrong and for too few days at a time), etc. For
3 past episodes the vet oiled her, I rewormed, re-psyllium-ed incorrectly
etc and she was fine for a couple of months or so.
Looking back we can now say it was sand colic and or impaction colic that
would resolve itself (repeatedly). This last episode she went to the equine
hospital to get her pain sorted out. After xrays showed a bit of sand, she
was started on 1lb psyllium and oil, am and pm, for 7 days to clear her out.
Well she began to have more pain after the first treatment and went into
surgery to relieve the soccer ball sized hay impaction. He cleared the hay
and rinsed out the bit of sand she had. No intestine was removed. Surgeon
said if she could have told us she had a stomach ache when it started 2 days
prior, the psyllium and oil would have moved things along and worked. She's
fine now.
What I've learned is if a horse has unresolved, recurring digestive problems
best thing to do is start the 7 day, 2x/day psyllium powder routine. Surgeon
says it'll take care of problems 95% of the time. (wish I'd talked to him a
year ago).
Specifically: pour 1 cup of powdered psyllium over 2-3 handfuls of senior
feed or something similiar (no hard pellets), mix. Then drizzle on no more
than 2-3 tablespoons of corn, canola etc, oil and mix well and feed
immediately. Do not put water on the psyllium as it won't work if it gels up
before eaten and do not use pelleted psyllium.
Good luck,
Sharon
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