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<blockquote data-quote="Linda" data-source="post: 27722" data-attributes="member: 50"><p>The length of time your horse was on antibiotics was definitely enough time to kill of beneficial bacteria as well as harmful bacteria. The probiotics is a good idea. </p><p></p><p>You really need to find a way to get more roughage into this horse. With her eating just the fines and leaving the stems, she is setting herself up for colic. Horses need roughage to move the contents of the gut on through the digestive system. Is there another kind of roughage you can find that she'll eat? I've never used it, but what about beet pulp or something along that line?</p><p></p><p>Also, alfalfa hay can change the pH of the gut. We feed alfalfa hay when we have to, as grass hay is difficult to find here. However, when we can get grass hay, we feed it. My husband has a gelding that had a mild colic a couple of years ago. He just doesn't tolerate alfalfa hay very well at all, but does fine on grass hay. If we're in a pinch and are having to feed alfalfa hay, we add some barley straw (maybe a flake a day) to his ration and that gives him the roughage he needs. He isn't overly fond of the straw, but it works. </p><p></p><p>In a neglected horse, the gut may have some permanent damage from past episodes of colic. </p><p></p><p>How about the hot temperatures? Does your mare have free choice hay & water available to her? I'm thinking she may be more willing to eat when it's cool at night. </p><p></p><p>She sounds like a very nice horse and she also sounds lucky to have found you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Linda, post: 27722, member: 50"] The length of time your horse was on antibiotics was definitely enough time to kill of beneficial bacteria as well as harmful bacteria. The probiotics is a good idea. You really need to find a way to get more roughage into this horse. With her eating just the fines and leaving the stems, she is setting herself up for colic. Horses need roughage to move the contents of the gut on through the digestive system. Is there another kind of roughage you can find that she'll eat? I've never used it, but what about beet pulp or something along that line? Also, alfalfa hay can change the pH of the gut. We feed alfalfa hay when we have to, as grass hay is difficult to find here. However, when we can get grass hay, we feed it. My husband has a gelding that had a mild colic a couple of years ago. He just doesn't tolerate alfalfa hay very well at all, but does fine on grass hay. If we're in a pinch and are having to feed alfalfa hay, we add some barley straw (maybe a flake a day) to his ration and that gives him the roughage he needs. He isn't overly fond of the straw, but it works. In a neglected horse, the gut may have some permanent damage from past episodes of colic. How about the hot temperatures? Does your mare have free choice hay & water available to her? I'm thinking she may be more willing to eat when it's cool at night. She sounds like a very nice horse and she also sounds lucky to have found you. [/QUOTE]
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