I'm not sure if you recall my recent post regarding Willow having diarrhea. With all of her symptons, it would have seemed that it was as a result of the new greener grass coming through in the back field. It's autumn here now and the grass has gone crazy. Not long, but certainly very green.
So, I lock both her and Bailey in the yard which is basically a dry lot and feed her only grass hay with a small amount of oaten hay. She is also having speedi-beet.
She was given a course of scouring paste and had natural yogurt all week too. I even tried some corm flour as suggested by someone!
Nothing has worked.
It's been just over a week now that she has been off the grass. I thought I would have noticed an improvement by now. She's going from having the squirts where you can hear it exiting her body from the other end of the yard, to just sloppy. She has actually had loose stools for a total of about one month, maybe a bit longer.
I wormed her 2 days ago then decided to call the vet and see if he had any suggestions. He wants me to give her a dose of QUEST wormer in 2 weeks time to get the small redworms as this is what he thinks is causing her problems. He told me that in horses under 2, this is very common. I am hesitant to use QUEST so I will use Panacur.
Does this sound like a logical diognosis, considering it was only over the telephone. I told him she has no temperature, is eating well, and seems her usual self. I know that doing a fecal exam will not pick up the encysted strongyles.
Could she have such a worm burden at 8 months old? I'm so fussy too when it comes to worming and collecting poo from the fields. I thought I was doing the right thing.
Should I introduce her back to the grass now that I'm pretty sure it wasn't the reason behind her diarrhea?
Poor baby girl, just want to make her better.
xox Leonie xox
So, I lock both her and Bailey in the yard which is basically a dry lot and feed her only grass hay with a small amount of oaten hay. She is also having speedi-beet.
She was given a course of scouring paste and had natural yogurt all week too. I even tried some corm flour as suggested by someone!
Nothing has worked.
I wormed her 2 days ago then decided to call the vet and see if he had any suggestions. He wants me to give her a dose of QUEST wormer in 2 weeks time to get the small redworms as this is what he thinks is causing her problems. He told me that in horses under 2, this is very common. I am hesitant to use QUEST so I will use Panacur.
Does this sound like a logical diognosis, considering it was only over the telephone. I told him she has no temperature, is eating well, and seems her usual self. I know that doing a fecal exam will not pick up the encysted strongyles.
Could she have such a worm burden at 8 months old? I'm so fussy too when it comes to worming and collecting poo from the fields. I thought I was doing the right thing.
Should I introduce her back to the grass now that I'm pretty sure it wasn't the reason behind her diarrhea?
Poor baby girl, just want to make her better.
xox Leonie xox