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I have recently started feeding a bentonite-clay-based mineral/sea salt product. Because the product is supposed to help with gastric ulcer prevention and help move toxins out of the hindgut, does this mean that other supplements, like probiotics and hoof-growth enhancers, are flushed from the system, too? Does it affect the absorption of other substances? How…

My horse just turned 17 years old. He is used as a show hunter and kept in good physical condition. He has always been an easy keeper, consuming hay three or four times a day as well as 3 lb (1.4 kg) of a senior feed. He is on a regular worming plan. About two…

I have a 27-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding with Cushing’s disease. He receives pergolide for the Cushing’s. He is underweight and has poor appetite for grain, though he eats pasture and hay readily. He will not eat alfalfa (lucerne) cubes either dry or soaked, and he refuses all wet feed. He has never had laminitis.…

I own a four-month-old Quarter Horse filly with a body condition score of 3; she obviously needs to gain weight. She was born in a field to an unhandled mare, and I volunteered to take on this filly’s care. Unbeknownst to me, the filly was removed from her dam’s side, loaded into a trailer, and…

My 1,225-lb (555-kg) Quarter Horse mare was recently diagnosed with recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis. She is usually worked six days a week, for about 45 minutes each day with hacking and low-level jumping. She is kept in a stall 18 hours each day and is turned out 6 hours each day. She is fed 6 lb…

My 12-year-old appendix Quarter Horse gelding, Henry, needs to gain weight. He’s in his stall half the day, and out to pasture the other half. Both the pasture and the hay are good quality. He gets 7.5 lb (3.4 kg) of high-fat, high-fiber feed a day. I don’t like feeding this much grain, but the…

I own a 750-pound yearling Paint gelding that is showing signs of growth-related bone problems. He is outside 24/7, and is fed one flake of bermudagrass and one flake of alfalfa hay morning and night, as well as King Feed 20/20. Should I feed him the KER All-Phase ration balancer in addition to the hay?…

My nine-year-old son has been told that sweets coupled with not brushing his teeth will cause dental cavities. He would like to know if his horse will get cavities because he eats sweet feed and is unable to brush his teeth.

I’ve seen broad-spectrum antibiotic granules advertised for horses receiving treatment for gastric ulcers. Is it necessary to put horses with ulcers on antibiotics? Are there any alternatives?

I was told by my vet that my 30-year old-Arabian gelding appears to be slightly anemic. He is in beautiful, healthy condition. He is getting quality senior feed/hay and supplements as well as some prescription medicines for arthritis. My vet noticed his tongue and gums were paler than normal, and he doesn't have the pep…

I own a 26-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding that weighs about 1,050 lb (475 kg). Right now, he’s outside for half the day and stalled for the other half. He eats a mix of senior feed and performance feed, about eight quarts each day with one-half cup of oil top-dressed on his grain per day.…

I have a Thoroughbred jumper that is ridden about an hour each day, six days a week. The mare is fed primarily Chinese wild rye with some alfalfa (lucerne) hay added. She is also fed 4 to 4.5 kg (9 to 10 lb) of a feed, which is primarily composed of oat, corn, wheat bran,…