Hi- I don't have time to read all of the replies to
this post, so forgive me if I am repeating something someone else
said:
Here is what I did with my ulcer case, and it
worked great for less than I had expected to spend:
I put my mare on a 6 week course of Cimetadine at a
cost of less than $80. Six (6) 400 mg pills religiously every 8 hours for
6 weeks- I just broke them in half and put them on her grain. I then cut
it down to every 12 hours for a couple weeks. Now I use Neighlox when we
travel. She has shown a marked improvement in appetite, weight,
performance and best of all, no colic symptoms at all.
I was truly thinking that this really talented mare
was unsuitable for endurance, but the first ride after her course of
Cimetadine she was third at the Shut up and Ride 50, BC with high vet
score- looked like a million bucks.
