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Re: [RC] burping horse - Vicki Austin

Carol, you can get it from a horse vet or online at
www.smartpakequine.com ($36.99 per tube or value pac
(28) for $951.72 which comes out to be $33.79 per
tube)with a prescription. I got mine from my vet, as
her price was comparable,   and I had to use a tube a
day for six weeks and then 1/2 tube for a couple of
weeks longer depending on how bad your horse has
ulcers. Hope this helps.  Vicki


--- Carol Stiles <cstiles@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Vicky, 
Where do you get Gastroguard?
Carol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vicki Austin" <kingston04281@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:44 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] burping horse



AAHHHH, right up my ally.   My
experiance..............I have been working with
horses of all diciplines / breeds / in all walks

of

life but until eight years ago had NEVER heard of

a

horse burbing.  Horses cannot let anything come up
right???  That is   what we all "know" right?  
Well..............then came King, my present
horse.....and for the first six years he burped.  

He

burped when we went riding,  he burped when he lay
down, he burped when he got up. He layed like a

puppy

with his front feet out in front of him or flat on

his

back almost up side down "if he could"  he layed

down

to eat, he layed down and burped after each ride,

he

was a finiky eater and I was like a mother hen

trying

to get him to like this food or that food.  He was
also a hard keeper so I kept food in front of him
constantly.    I thought he was a strange horse

indeed

but I was growing to love him and work with him. 

He

did over 1000 ectra competition miles both in CTRs

and

in endurance the first three years I had him and

then

we decided to comptete in dressage and eventing

for

three years. In the summer of 2002, while training

on

the cross country course for an event I was

planning

on going to King fractured a splint bone.  While

in

the hospital to have that removed  the vet called

me

and said "Did you know King has ulcers?"   Now at

that

time I also didn't know horses COULD get ulcers.  

She

told me how he was laying, burping etc and said

those

are classic signs of mild ulcers and that he

should be

treated.  I told her he has always acted that way

and

is it possible he has had ulcers for that long??  

I

had been treating him for "gas colic" at least a
couple times a month with pro-bio and gas X

tablets

since I got him.   My vet said it was amazing how

many

horses are born with them and that they live with

them

their whole lives if they are mild enough and care

is

good, and that the "gas colic" I thought I was
treating him for was really bouts of pain from the
ulcers making him depressed and not wanting to

eat. 

Giving him the pro bi and gasX tabs kept it under
control just enough that he could keep on keeping

on. 

She also said that most ulcers of horses was

caused

not by stress as some think but by they way we

feed

and the amount of time they go with out feed at

rides

etc as the acid in their upper gut doesn't shut

down

just because there is no food in it.   Made sense

to

me so I treated him with Gastroguard for eight

weeks

and viola....no more burping....no more laying

down

funny (in fact not much laying down at all) he

eats

now...I make sure I bring food (grain and denjie,

in

baggies in my saddle bag) with me on every ride to
give him about every two hours or so.  I have a

new

horse, sorta kinda.    So..................you may
want to try some Gastro guard (cheaper than the

long

scope) and if your horse stops burping than maybe

he

had / has ulcers.   I am to undertand (via

internet

and vet) that about 90% of performance horses have
ulcers.   Some go untreated until they are so bad

that

they have an attack that mimics severe colic and
surgery is done when it could all have been

prevented

with some treatment and change of feed habits.  

Hope

this helps.  Vicki


--- "Erica R. DeVoti" <ponyexpress@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Has anyone ever heard of a horse that burps? 

(Not

to be confused with "boops") :^).  Last winter

we

had alfalfa/grass mix and my anglo arab burped

quite

often.  My vet indicated he has never heard of a
horse "burping".  We are now totally on grass,

and

no burps to speak of this winter, though last

summer

he "burped" during a ride last summer (grass
only)--which quite surprised everyone in the

ride

group!  Of course, now it is winter stew time,

and I

am anxious it is some condition that will

interfere

in some way......Any thoughts? Thanks, Erica

DeVoti

ponyexpress@ frontier.net




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