This message is from: Rose or Murph <roseormu...@ywave.com>
Hi Everyone, I know I have discussed this before.....but I am completely almost out of answers, or things to try. My mare has had chronic mild diarrhea. She is not sick, no fever, not lethargic. Her manure is soft to completely runny on any given day. Sometimes two runny piles, the rest normal and formed. Sometimes her hind end is covered (today) with spatters all over her legs. Other times I call it liquid gas when she passes gas and a small amount of manure fluid comes out just enough to make a mess. I own stock in Costco baby wipes. Today I will have to give her a bath it's that bad. I have had the vet out, did blood work, nothing shows up. Vet thinks its the hay. I have tried local Washington grass hay, still runny on and off, first and second cutting Timothy, still runny, have tried eastern Washington orchard grass, gets anywhere from projectile diarrhea to normal on that. I have tried supplements like yeasac, bio sponge, pro-bios, aloe juice seemed to help a little. She has been wormed regularly. She gets 30 minutes to one hour on pasture per day. The diarrhea seems to be worse in! wet weather which we have had lots of rain the last few days. I have noticed some bloating on diarrhea days, which makes riding impossible. I don't even try any more when I can tell she has had many piles of loose manure. I have taken her out on rides when I have seen maybe one runny pile prior to rising, and then I notice her attitude is not as cooperative as usual, which I can understand. I have thought about feeding papaya, to see if it helps. I have taken her off all supplements and am sort of waiting it out before I try something different. I have even read about the water if its not the right ph levels it can upset their stomach? Anyone heard of that? My well water runs about 6.4 ph. I have heard about adding baking soda to the water to bring the ph level up? I am really stumped as to why there would be normal formed piles and then completely runny ones? Some days it's 50/50, one half runny, the other half solid, normal. Other days maybe three runny piles the rest normal. I also seems like the longer the grass in the pasture, the looser the piles. I know I sound crazy, but this does drive me crazy. Comments welcome. Rosemary in Roy Wa. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
