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Tamela Kelm
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Username: Notch
Post Number: 21
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 22, 2003 - 3:56 pm: |   |
My friend has a horse that has had diarrhea for 3months now. She has no fever and seems fine and is eating well. We have changed nothing in her diet to cause this. We have tried several things from the vet and also fastrack. Nothing seems to help. He had the horse for sale but is hard to say she is healthy with this going on. Our vet said sometimes it just has to work through it but would like to find something to at least not have liquid stools. I want him to have a fecal done to at least rule out worms even though he worms every two months on rotation. Could this be a cause? |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 8014
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Saturday, Mar 22, 2003 - 6:17 pm: | |
Yes it could be and a fecal is the best way to tell, for more see, » Equine Diseases » Colic and GI Diseases » Diarrhea in Horses » Diarrhea an Overview.
DrO |
Tamela Kelm
Member
Username: Notch
Post Number: 22
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, Apr 3, 2003 - 4:58 pm: | |
We had a fecal done on the mare and it came back clear so we started her on beet pulp and in two days she returned to normal stools after two months of diarrhea. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 8074
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Friday, Apr 4, 2003 - 4:04 am: | |
Excellent Tamela,
I think you are about the 3rd member to report that you had a mild chronic diarrhea that responded to beet pulp.
DrO |
Phyllis
Member
Username: Dandy234
Post Number: 5
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, Apr 4, 2003 - 11:09 am: | |
I also had a horse with mild chronic diarrhea respond to a small amount (about 1 dry cup) of shredded beet pulp added to his diet. |
Helen Weedon
Member
Username: Cara2
Post Number: 62
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Apr 7, 2003 - 8:55 am: | |
And me! My mare had been suffering with what I assumed was "old age colitis" for some months, a windy belly which obviously hurt her, reasonable droppings but accompanied by much horrible water and a filthy tail and hindquarters as a result. I decided to add unmollassed sugar beet if just to hold water in her hind gut, I didn't want her dehydrating as she drinks very little. Two days later I had a happy horse, no more colicy signs and no water loss so at last I can stop washing her tail every weekend. Brilliant stuff! |
Jane Besel
Member
Username: Janieb
Post Number: 17
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Aug 4, 2003 - 12:00 pm: | |
I noticed that Phyllis fed beet pulp dry. My beet pulp is in a pelleted form. Is it safe to feed this dry? |
Holly Wood
Member
Username: Hwood
Post Number: 365
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003 - 12:25 am: | |
Jane, pelleted beet pulp should be soaked. Hot water works better if you are in a hurry. You can test the readiness of the pellets by squeezing them. If there is still a very hard center, wait until they are soft.
Holly |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Moderator
Username: Dro
Post Number: 8887
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003 - 5:50 pm: | |
Though we always get a lot of argument on this, research with lots of horses and my own experience with dozens of horses over many years, suggest unsoaked beet pulp is as safe as any food.
DrO |
