4/13/2023 0 Comments Week 7: Ulcer TreatmentDuring the past week and over spring break we decided to give Marty some time off to help his ulcers heal. To help treat Marty’s ulcers we put him on GutX, Ulcergard, and Probios. GutX is a horse omeprazole that decreases the amount of acid in the stomach. Ulcergard is used to prevent and treat ulcers by adding a lining inside the stomach to keep acids from affecting the stomach lining. The Probios is a probiotic that helps heal the ulcers quicker. We also started giving him alfalfa hay, which helps prevent and heal ulcers.
Me and my mom decided to give Marty two weeks off because his Probios is a two week treatment, but the GutX is a 30 day treatment so he might need more time off. While I am not riding Marty there are still lots of other things I can work on with him. Because ulcers can be caused by stress we still are not sure if we will even take him to the district show because we will be gone from home for 3 to 4 days. If we do take Marty to the district show and he isn't ready to jump we will show in showmanship! Showmanship is doing simple patterns while walking and trotting on the ground. Once Marty is ulcer free we will slowly start working again. I don’t want to put him right back into work because there is a risk that the ulcers could come back. It also is not fair to him to ask him to jump and do hard work when he isn't fit to work. Depending on how Marty is doing at the end of his two week treatment (April 16) we will slowly ease him back into work, if not will will give him two more weeks off and reassess the situation.
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