Re: No appetite

[Laura Nielsen <lsn@bellsouth.net>]

Tom,
Thanks for the suggestions.
Will try the blood test after the next ride.
He is wormed regularly and fecal reports have been negative.  Ulcers, a
possibility, but don't think so, as his appetite is very good at home on a daily
basis, and back to normal a few days after a ride.  His teeth are floated yearly
and he is checked every 6 months.  I'll try CarboCharge again at the next ride,
mixing up the paste the evening before.  Hopefully he will ingest more than I will
wear this go round!
Thanks again,
Laura
Tivers@aol.com wrote:

> 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