Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Wine Country/Gastroguard

Very good questions, Angie.  Beau wasn't eating or 
drinking very well before, during or immediately after 
the ride so there wasn't an issue of withholding feed.  
Apparently he had enough reserves from his normal 
pasture living and preloading that he was able to go 
through the ride well.   I electrolyted him quite well 
after the thumping incident and it resolved quite 
nicely.  I had the Melissa Ribley check him out back at 
the camp between checking in for the ulcer study and 
having him scoped, and the thumps was gone by then.

By the time I took him out of the trailer back at home, 
he was ravenous.  I was talking to Becky Hart about 
getting him into another living situation where I could 
withhold alfalfa and he was trying to eat the pecan tree 
and pulling my arms out of the socket trying to get to 
anything he could eat.  I let him eat hay for a few 
minutes, but he was so busy calling to his buddies, I 
just put him out in the pasture.  He took off galloping 
up the hill.  This is my metabolically compromised horse.

This is a very competitive minded horse.  If it wasn't 
for the thumping and the ulcer (minor details, huh?) I 
think that he could be a real winner in endurance.  Both 
these problems are manageable.

I need a sport psychologist for this horse.

K.
> 
> I'm curious.  Did you withhold feed after the ride?  Before the ride? Was
> it just a rumor that you had to?  I'd be scared to death to withhold feed
> from a horse in metabolic distress.  My horse only thumped once ever
> (used non-endurance electrolytes) and did not require treatment; they
> just told me to take him back to the trailer and let him eat.
> 
> Also, what made you think your horse might have an ulcer?
> 
> Angie
> 
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