Wow he does sound sore, I hope your vet can recommend a good plan of action for you..It definately doesnt hurt keeping him on omogaurd for longer than required. Thankfully I never noticed a change in my boys manure only he manured less as he wasnt eating anything..now its a healthy 5 a night any less and I worry. Ive turned into a hawk as you can see!! He'd also always have rub marks on his belly where he would turn his head and scratch and constantly point to his belly.
What do you feed him? Maybe theres something in that thats not agreeing with him. I kept my horse on a very simple diet of liberty, lucerne and chaff whilst he was on medication. Now hes on a tastier diet, ive even started adding sweetbulk which he just loves and fingers crossed we havent had a problem. If he was in fullwork I'd add chaff over sweetbulk, just seems like a healthier option. But whilst hes in holiday mode hes spoilt with sweetbulk.
I also thought about keeping my horse on omogaurd for ever though it does get better in the end I promise and after a few months once your horse is back into a healthy routine he will prob be fine just with the gastro coat and you'll learn to look for earlier symptoms and not take chances.
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