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I had a chance to watch this video. The first thought is that he will get kicked! I have seen horses become distraught and “unglued” with hind gut inflammation – worse than the last horse. Please be careful and stand by the shoulder and face the rear and have someone control the hear. Remember Law 1 – a horse can kill you, and Law 2 – the… Read more

Soybean meal (SBM) is a legume grain, not a cereal grain higher in sugar like oats, wheat, and others from grasses. I believe that much of the inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract is from the lectins in the hulls of grains. These are proteins developed by plants to cause harm to animals, so they stop eating their seeds. Search for lectins… Read more

His appetite has been variable; we had not tried adding alfalfa cubes so started with that- he showed some interest but still overall variable. We found an acupuncture video on diagnosing hi d gut and stomach ulcers and he shows moderately positive responses to all of the pressure points. We started him on ulcergard. My question is the… Read more

This is a great question for tonight’s Rounds With Doc T.

We hope to see you tonight. The link was sent again today. As always, the link is in the post here in this forum that Matt set up earlier this week. See you soon! Doc T

Happy New Year Dr T, Kathy and Matt.

Will you be sending an email reminder with the zoom link tomorrow?

Thank you in advance and see you there!

Start with a pound of oats.

It seems like there have been changes in his routine, including hock injections (this involved sedation, which may have stressed the gut microbiome). Another stress was you leaving for 10 days if he likes you and expected you to stabilize his life in the “new barn.”

If he perks up with you being present and the… Read more

Thank you for your detailed reply. Fortunately I have a great barn and trainer who are very concerned about his weight loss. I just returned from 10 days away and while gone they have tried adding 1/2 c coolstance per feeding, 5-6 alfalfa cubes cleaning out his hay mow and changing his feed bucket. None of which has made much of a… Read more

@Carol This question opens several questions. The first is, what is weight? The word includes body fat, muscle, bone, water, and other things that can be weighed. I sound a bit fussy here, but if the horse loses body fat during a long distance trip and exposes lost muscle, that is a different problem than just body fat.

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