Stubborn horse :(

[CPT]

I’ve always had to disguise meds and such apples and molasses’s has always worked best for me...with the sand clear it worked well ..I also switched to the senior ...have you read up on preventing sand as well? I’m sure your vet probably gave you some info as well..few easy tricks helped me a lot keeping hay off of the floor putting a mat under to catch what does fall and keeping it swept of debris..offering plenty of water etc..I had a horse years ago and at first I had no clue what was wrong she ended up needing surgery..hope the alternative methods work for your horse!! And thanks for rescuing!! I miss having horses dearly ..just got ducks five weeks ago and adding chickens soon..can’t wait until I can have a couple horses again someday..

Enjoy your ducks and chickens! They are wonderful pets to have. If you do get horse, stick with ONE! And get a really, good, well behaved, broke horse. We have too many and are trying to rehome them right now, most of them rescues. They are very attached to their "herd" and absolutely freak out when we have to separate them. Too much horse drama for us.

 

[AngieMaesChix]

Ive always had at least two horses.. and with me and my man we would need two to be able to ride...we do a lot of camping, kayaking and outdoors stuff..we’d love a couple trail horses..mom says I need another Barrel horse lol but that was when I was younger just a gentle trail horse be good with me

 

[CPT]

Well, tried mixing in molasses and applesauce with the equine senior food / Sand Clear. She wouldn't even touch it! Dang it.....I have to figure out a Plan B.

 

[res]

Go to the section of the pharmacy that has "Metamucil" on the shelf. Near the tubs of powder should be other forms of psyllium - biscuits, cookies, etc.

I have found the picky eaters that don't want to eat Sand Clear will happily gobble up a few biscuits out of my hand! https://www.target.com/p/metamucil-...=Metamucil products&gclid=[*GCLID*]&gclsrc=ds

 

[AngieMaesChix]

May work though I don’t know how the ingredients hold up to something actually made for a horse (weight etc) how many biscuits would you have to give? Could always try powder form and see if that can fool her..or not let her have anything until she eats the new feed combo..she’s gonna eat it if she’s hungry...she sure must be stubborn lol my horses would eat anything long as it had goodies in with it..

 

[CPT]

True....she's on pasture and I tried to feed it to her in my hand, (she loves those apple oats treats, so thought she would do the same), but NO.......I'll have to bring her in from pasture and put her in her stall and just hang the feed bucket with sand clear / equine senior and she'll have to eat it up before she has anything else. Man, she's picky. My other horses would gladly eat any kind of treat out of my hand. I have to do what the vet recommends; no Metamucil / biscuit stuff. Thanks for the suggestions, though!

 

[AngieMaesChix]

Definitely sounds like your best option!! I’m sure it will work!! Let us know!

 

[CPT]

It worked! We brought her in from pasture, set up a feeding bucket in her stall. Made the feed extra yummy for her by mixing in some molasses and apple sauce. She was chomping away at it this morning

 

[Smuvers Farm]

FYI, BYC has a sister site with more horse owners there, Backyardherds.com IF you can't find the answer(s) here. I don't own a horse but I very much liked learning about sand colic.

 

[AngieMaesChix]

Good !! Glad it’s working for ya!! Those horses can be stubborn but they sure are a pleasure to own!!