Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Ulcers Abound

Does this look ulcery, I ask myself 10x a day--anddd I don't know, humph. The ribs could be explained by the underwhelming 2-3 flakes a day, but with 10lbs grain, 1 lb rice bran, and 4lbs Stable Mix in additional food everyday, I feel like he should look better? And his coat is usually slick and metallic silver, less of this dull black shine.



Not ready to invest in a 3rd consecutive ulcer treatment, so I'm going to try U-Guard (the anti-acid, not Ulcer Guard) for a month and see if that lets things heal up in there by themselves. The hay situation will drastically be improving on the 1st of May, so hopefully those 2 factors together will do the trick without more $$$ bleed.

More of this, please!


Posted by at

6 comments:

  1. KarleyApril 24, 2014 at 1:12 PM

    Hope his weight evens out :) Henry has gotten a little too full but I buy extra hay to give him :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. TeaCakeMay 7, 2014 at 11:57 PM

      I totally cover how gorgeous and filled-out Henry looks! And I think I've yet to see him not gleaming ;)

      Delete
  2. Nicku BApril 25, 2014 at 8:58 AM

    Is he wormed, that's what that looks like to me. Pongo got NASTY worms at DH, basically the vet called me and told me he had EVERY worm. Ewww...if Spart was ulcery I dont think he'd be downing that much food that you listed above w/o colicing. Try a fecal test (sorry, vet visit), learn what's up in there and blast it with a PowerPac. Fun fun fun ;)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. TeaCakeMay 8, 2014 at 12:02 AM

      You know what, I never considered worms since I do worm him, but now I do remember hearing from some boarders in the past about having this issue. I will definitely be getting.a fecal. Thanks for the advice girl!

      Delete
  3. AoifeApril 30, 2014 at 12:45 AM

    Hope you sort it out without spending too many dollaz
    Feel better soon Spartan!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. TeaCakeMay 7, 2014 at 11:57 PM

      Thanks Aoife! He's on the road to improvement!

      Delete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)