Ginger is a delicate thing I know he needs the lowest sugar and starch, high fibre and oil balance diet with pink powder. He is never left without hay in his stable and has a field full of nice grass but still his ulcers have come back and it's my fault.
Last month I was given a bag of apples he has never eaten them before he just leaves them but I noticed that he ate one of Chanter. So for a week or so he had an apples in his tea then WHAM one day he was great at a comp on the Saturday then on the Tuesday in my lesson he was not a happy pony. When I put my leg on he flicked his ears back, when I asked for trot he stopped ears back and kicked out. I jumped off.
My RI and I checked for lameness but found nothing he was shod that day so I text the farrier. He came out the next morning and found nothing wrong at all he was sound. That night the same again, so I got off.
He was fine all over I could see nothing and he was find to handle so just gave him a couple of days off as though he might just not be 100% in himself.
Got on Friday he was worse when ever I put my leg on he was fine in walk and trot but when I asked for more his ears went back so I jumped off again. accessed that it was deffo belly related
Called the people I dealt with last year for his ulcers they confirmed that it sounded like the same thing again and yes the acid in the apples could of trigged it that and the fact I did not move them fields quick enough to one with more grass in.
So once again he is on a course of 28 days treatment. I got on today (day 4 of treatment) he was worse but fine on the lunge which is OK to do as long as he has eaten something 1/2 hour before hand. So at least I can keep him in work. I can ride but only in walk.
Every year just as we start to get somewhere and something happens with my lovely Ginger boy. I hate seeing him in any pain and which he could just tell me when it hurts. He is so honest most horses would have ditched their rider the minute the bum touches the saddle.
The hardest part is the drugs have to be feed in a handful of dried food on an empty tummy, but you should never leave a horse with ulcers without any hay.
Fingers crossed for a quick recovery.
Last month I was given a bag of apples he has never eaten them before he just leaves them but I noticed that he ate one of Chanter. So for a week or so he had an apples in his tea then WHAM one day he was great at a comp on the Saturday then on the Tuesday in my lesson he was not a happy pony. When I put my leg on he flicked his ears back, when I asked for trot he stopped ears back and kicked out. I jumped off.
My RI and I checked for lameness but found nothing he was shod that day so I text the farrier. He came out the next morning and found nothing wrong at all he was sound. That night the same again, so I got off.
He was fine all over I could see nothing and he was find to handle so just gave him a couple of days off as though he might just not be 100% in himself.
Got on Friday he was worse when ever I put my leg on he was fine in walk and trot but when I asked for more his ears went back so I jumped off again. accessed that it was deffo belly related
Called the people I dealt with last year for his ulcers they confirmed that it sounded like the same thing again and yes the acid in the apples could of trigged it that and the fact I did not move them fields quick enough to one with more grass in.
So once again he is on a course of 28 days treatment. I got on today (day 4 of treatment) he was worse but fine on the lunge which is OK to do as long as he has eaten something 1/2 hour before hand. So at least I can keep him in work. I can ride but only in walk.
Every year just as we start to get somewhere and something happens with my lovely Ginger boy. I hate seeing him in any pain and which he could just tell me when it hurts. He is so honest most horses would have ditched their rider the minute the bum touches the saddle.
The hardest part is the drugs have to be feed in a handful of dried food on an empty tummy, but you should never leave a horse with ulcers without any hay.
Fingers crossed for a quick recovery.