News — colic

This is my rescued horse, Pride’s Viper.   His history was horrible. He came to a friend with most of the hide beaten off one side of his neck. The friend spent several months rehabilitating Pride but was never able to ride him consistently because Pride would spook & jump at any little movement. Since my friend knew my history with the TN Walking Horse breed, they asked if I could take him. I agreed immediately & brought him to live with my herd & me.  Pride was nervous about everything new & it was all new. Kindness, good feed,...

Weaving in horses is generally a habit of moving back and forth on it’s forelegs causing it to sway and moving their head back and forth.  In some cases it’s caused by a lack of exercise, foraging or socialization, but in other cases it may be a sign of discomfort.  We received the following note from Mary regarding a mare named, Scarlett who she said was always a nervous mare and a weaver.   I want to thank you for this amazing product! I have been using on my nervous mare who has ulcers and is a weaver. I have...

Animals who have been subjected to cruel conditions whether mental or physical tend to develop anxiety and other emotional traits that can also manifest as physical illness.  For horses it’s often digestive issues such as ulcers or colic.  Here is an email we recently received from one such case.   I started using the GastroElm Plus because of a rescue horse that had, in his past life, been badly abused.  He was very fearful and tended to colic with the slightest changes in diet or weather.  I suspected ulcers were a result of the past abuse as well as mental...