This message is from: "Sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>This message is from: Robin Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Do any of you who live in dry places have specific regimens that you follow or that your vet has advised for prevention of sand colic? >>
Hi, I live in Southern California and the surgeons at the Chino Valley Equine Hospital here recommend the following: For 7 consecutive days each month, give 1 cup psyllium mixed well with @1/2 cup senior feed and drizzled with @ 2 teaspoons of canola, corn oil. Feed morning and night for the 7 days. It can also be mixed with other supplements as long as there is no contact with water before feeding. The psyllium must not contact water before eaten because it must swell up in the digestive tract to 'sweep' the digestive tract. ( I mix the 14 servings up at once, sealing each of the 14 servings in a gallon ziplock. Then I just pour it into her bucket and give it at the same time with breakfast and dinner hay.) Use the cheapest powdered psyllium available. No pelleted form. They said it doesn't work. These surgeons do 2-3 colic surgeries daily (impaction, stones, or sand colics) on all kinds of horses (backyard to $100K horses). 14 cups of psyllium is 3 lbs. I buy a 20 lb bucket, for @$60 and it lasts 6 months. good luck, Sharon The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
