Are all hays and pastures effective at ulcer care/prevention? I have started treating one of my guys for ulcers (using Abler poprocks) and it seems to be working. However, he is an easy keeper and I have switched to timothy from the O/A I fed during the winter. As the grass comes in I expect to reduce hay down to nothing - he lives out on good pasture 24/7 (of course if he has to come in - farrier, etc- there is hay in the stall).
I know alfalfa is the preferred hay for ulcery horses - but he really does not need the calories.
Am i doing him a disservice? If so, any suggestions? I can’t feed him any less - he gets just enough to hold his supplements as it is!! (plus and equalizer for the missing nutrients). He’s pretty picky about grain so I don’t think going to a straight hay balancer type program would work.
And before you ask, no not scoped but behavoral changes pointed to ulcers. And I am putting some cocosoya oil on his grain to hold the poprocks - otherwise they would be at the bottom of the bucket.
