Re: No appetite

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/21/99 10:28:43 AM Pacific Standard Time,
lsn@bellsouth.net writes:

<<  Needless to say, after the ride, and for the next few
 days, he looks very "wasp-waisted" and drawn up.  He is an intense
 horse, and is very focused on "going down the trail."  On training
 rides, he will sometimes eat after a slow 2-hour ride, but rarely more
 than a few bites.  >>


This is not good. The first thing you have to do is diagnose for underlying
causes, the first of which would be chronic muscle soreness (from burning
muscle instead of fuel). A blood test mid week looking at CK and AST muscle
enzymes as well as monocyte count could give you an appreciation of how deeply
into this particular syndrome he is.

Then, worms. Then, ulcers. Then, teeth. 

what you have to do right now is back off for a while and let him come back.
Then figure out how to ensure that he gets energy during the ride. The
CarboCharge can be sloshed into a paste that you can administer with a worming
syringe. This is precisely the kind of problem it can help with--but you're
deep into a syndrome that needs some diagnosis. Give him some light work every
day and figure out what's going wrong.

ti