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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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