Diet for ulcer horse

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[QUOTE=melhorse;8217078]
You do not mention the most important part of the diet-HAY… Without hay in the gut the majority of the time-you may always have issues no matter what else you feed.

Lower nutritional quality free choice hay, supplement with some alfalfa (not pellets) and a beet pulp based feed with ulcer supplement would be my diet change for this horse.[/QUOTE]

Hi mel, OP mentioned a little later that the horse is on grass, and in the winter gets free choice hay (tim/alf). Looks like you are right on target.

[melhorse]

Sorry I missed the hay reply. Does the horse improve during the winter months?

Would seasonal changes from hay to grass be a factor for the ulcers? I could not find a lot of study info on this. All the ulcer prone horses I have worked with were taken off of grass due to metabolic issues or were never on pasture to start off with. I would assume grass is better-more moisture in the gut and better digestible nutrition but this is a guess.