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I miss Dr. Matt.

 

He is the one that I used all the time when I lived in Franklin.  He gelded Cupid for me.

 

You are in very good hands with him and anyone else at that practice. 

 

DaNel

April <endurancerider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This morning I took Tanna, my 10 year old Arabian gelding, to the vet
> for a gastroscopy. Tanna has done 2 light seasons of competitions. He
> has 200 endurance miles (150 from last season) and 80 LD miles (25
> last season). He camps well, not nervous, just interested in the
> goings on. He trains well. He is eager to see what's around the next
> corner. But he has been off his feed at endurance camps and on long
> training rides. I tried Fastrack at my last 50 and Tanna did eat
> better, but still not as well as I'd like.
>
> My vet is well aware of my endurance aspirations and my training
> schedule. I asked him last fall about doing a scope for ulcers. He
> said he didn't really think Tanna would have ulcers, but many horses
> that he didn't think would have ulcers do. So he said it was up to me.
> I decided to put it off.
>
> Fastforward to this week. I called
>  Dr. Matt back to ask when to do a
> scope. Tanna has been on pasture rest since October (no particular
> reason other than just giving him a break) and I plan to start him on
> reconditioning next week. Dr. Matt advised doing a baseline scope now
> and then a follow-up scope in late spring after a full schedule of
> reconditioning and after having attended a couple of competitions.
>
> This morning we did the scope. Tanna was diagnosed with some grade 1
> ulcers. They are not bothering him now, but with training and stress,
> they would probably flare up and be painful. Dr. Matt says this could
> be why Tanna has a poor appetite at rides and on long training rides.
>
> Dr. Matt did not recommend doing a regime of Gastro-Guard yet. He
> advised me to begin using Neigh-Lox daily when I start working Tanna
> hard (30 or more conditioning miles in a week). Go to our scheduled
> rides and see if Tanna acts better and eats better. If he is noticably
> better from last
>  season, we will be happy with that and continue to
> use Neigh-Lox. If Tanna is not noticably better or I am still not
> comfortable with him at rides, I should take him back for another
> scope in late spring to see if there are new ulcers or if the ones we
> noted this time have become more advanced.
>
> I'm hoping that if he shows signs of improvement, I can back off how
> much I have to give him. With 2 feedings a day, I have to give him 4
> scoops of Neigh-Lox a day. That's $2.50 a day. Pretty expensive stuff.
>
> I even got a CD with small movies showing part of the scope where
> there were ulcers.
>
> Just wanted to share my particular experience thus far. Watching the
> scope in action was pretty cool. My vet really took his time and
> explained what we were seeing. We almost got by clean, but just at the
> end, he found some small ulcers.
>
> April
> Nashville,
>  TN
>
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