Stopping Eating his grain?

[Paddys Mom]

New horse has been at trainer's for one week after being at my house for one week. Since Saturday PM he has decided he doesn't want to eat his 3/4 pound (twice a day) of Gro-N-Win anymore.
Still eating his hay and drinking and pooping normally.
Trainer's dentist checked his teeth yesterday and pronounced them okay.

Before coming to my house, he was on a sweet feed and I transitioned him over to the GNW over one week.

Normal temp. Hand grazes normally. Acts normal.

Sounds like no cause for alarm, but my last colic was my old guy and it was fatal, so I can't help but panic.

Trianer suggests a bran mash. I am thinking some Maalox or buy some of his old feed. Ideas?

[Simkie]

So, he's been moved twice in as many weeks? Sounds like ulcers. I would treat with gastrogard, personally.

[BornToRide]

I agree, could be a sign for ulcers.

[Paddys Mom]

OK I spoke with my vet.
She suggested I tempt him with a little of his old sweet feed and also try some Maalox.
She will be out on Thursday.

[Simkie]

OK I spoke with my vet.
She suggested I tempt him with a little of his old sweet feed and also try some Maalox.
She will be out on Thursday.

Eeek. If he's got ulcers, sweet feed will aggravate them.

I'd make sure he's getting a bit of alfalfa am/pm, if you can. The calcium acts as a buffer--sort of like tums--and will make him feel a bit better.

[ThoroughbredFancy]

How do we know it's ulcers? Are there any other signs that would predict that?

He could just not like the Grow N' Win.

[Paddys Mom]

How do we know it's ulcers? Are there any other signs that would predict that?

He could just not like the Grow N' Win.

I don't think he has any other ulcer signs.
That's why my vet wants me to try offering a little sweet feed first.
See if he is willing to eat that.
I don't plan to keep him on sweet feed.

[Rhyadawn]

I have found that once they get a taste for sweetfeed its hard to get them onto anything else. They will switch, eventually.

Just in case I would feed a flake or two of alfalfa, but it sounds like he just misses his tasty treat.

[Seven-up]

I'm having the same problem with my mare right now. She's gone on a hunger strike after I started changing her feed. I've changed a couple things at the same time, so I'm having to do a process of elimination to figure out what she doesn't like.

Anyway, today on a whim, I decided to grate a couple carrots (which she loves) and mix it into her grain. That worked pretty well; she ate almost everything. So maybe you could try something like that? I'm rolling my eyes over the fact that I'm having to shred fresh veggies for her, but whatever gets the job done, right?

[Paddys Mom]

My trainer tried offering him some of her plain 12% protein pellets and he scarfed them up. :confused: So that is what he is eating now. Silly boy!

[pines4equines]

Could this be related to the ol' soy issue? Is GNW a ration balancer? There was a thread going around about soy and some horses. Maybe, and I know nothing, but might be something to look up. I forget the name of the big soy thread but do a search, I'm sure it'll come up.

Soy is interesting, personally. I was eating soy everyday and it made me feel bloated and sick.

[goeslikestink]

New horse has been at trainer's for one week after being at my house for one week. Since Saturday PM he has decided he doesn't want to eat his 3/4 pound (twice a day) of Gro-N-Win anymore.
Still eating his hay and drinking and pooping normally.
Trainer's dentist checked his teeth yesterday and pronounced them okay.

Before coming to my house, he was on a sweet feed and I transitioned him over to the GNW over one week.

Normal temp. Hand grazes normally. Acts normal.

Sounds like no cause for alarm, but my last colic was my old guy and it was fatal, so I can't help but panic.

Trianer suggests a bran mash. I am thinking some Maalox or buy some of his old feed. Ideas?


new horse moved twice let him settle its all new and hes unsure of himself dont worry about the grain but ab lib hay if on good grass then time mamagement comes into play to much good grazzing can cause colic if left on there to long or off all of sudden change from partch fields to lush -- not good for a tummy
so you need to work out a plan whereby you stick him on it for an hour or so then bring him in for a tummy rest and ley him have a haynet then gradually work him to pasture 12/7 to 24/7

as long as the horse has good quality hay he wont be to upset and can live on it without the grian plus he wont be hot to handle nor ride

if lacking a bit of energy then you slowly introduce grian as trial and error till you have a happy medium mine arnt on any grian in the summer only in the winter as a top up as lack of grazzing but they do have plenty of good hay dialy and at night