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cymg

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014 - 12:11 am:

I have a twelve year old mare. She is an easy keeper and over weight a little. My problem is is if you look at her feces on the ground they seem normal. But if you watch her go there is a liquid squirt sometimes alone or before or while she is pooping This leaves a mess on her legs and behind and is dark in color. My vet doesn't seem to worry much. I think she may ingest sand by the sand in her waterer even though fed in a feeder on mats. The walls in her stall are thick with this discharge. My vet comes regularly to worm and she is on psyllium once a month for my piece of mind even if there is controversy if it works. This problem has been going on for the past two years I have had her and the previous owner also had problems. Any one have any suggestions? Will try beet pulp again but afraid of her gaining too much weight on that. She has also been on the ultra digest but that doesn't seem to help either,
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vickiann

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014 - 10:14 am:

I do not know where you are located but I am glad that you are considering sand as a possible issue.

I had a guy who did this for years and tried everything.

He can still get this way for short periods if he is stressed or in pain for some reason or if a sudden rain changes the quality of the grass.

One thing that I think my guy had going on was some resistant strongyls and he began to improve significantly when I used Quest wormer and no other for a year and made sure that he got a dose large enough for his size.

My horse also has a past history of having had salmonnellosis but he had the problem before and after being treated for that.

I also switched his feed to Triple Crown Lite pellets and found a farrier who took him from having foot tenderness to soundness.

No more squirts for years now except for maybe a day or two now and then where he used to be like that chronically for years.

Dealing constantly with such an issue is no fun and I hope that you do not have to go through it for as many years as I did with my boy who is now nearly 29 and doing wonderfully.
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DrO

Posted on Saturday, Jan 18, 2014 - 9:27 am:

Hello Cindy,
If you think sand is the cause there are useful steps to take to both diagnose and treat the problem and they are described at HorseAdvice.com » Diseases of Horses » Colic, Diarrhea, GI Tract » Colic in Horses » Sand Colic.

The Overview article associated with this discussion area gives a list of diagnostic steps you should take to try to identify the cause, have you taken those steps and what were the results?
DrO
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