Of our 4 horses 3 of them needed a boost of some kind or another. Beau had ulcers in his youth, Parker is a stress-head and Stella is a busybody who loses confidence in stress situations
I read that once a horse has had ulcers, they either always have them or always have the risk of recurrence. Beau has always shown irritation when being girthed up. I always do it gradually and only as tight as it needs to be which is really important, especially if the girth has elastic inserts. It's hard to tell whether that's just his grumpiness (he likes his own space best) or discomfort, but I decided not to take a chance and started him on Comfort Gut
Parker is a big stressy juggernaut. Most days he is fine and relaxed and settled. However some days he worries if Beau is not in eye-shot, or if he is in eye-shot. He worries if someone else is being exercised, or if nobody is being exercised! His droppings have a tendency to a pat-like consistency, and he wriggles and jiggles and paces his fence line on stressy days. I could get him scoped for ulcers, but he does not travel and finds vet visits very stressful indeed, so i thought it sensible to just assume he probably has ulcers and to treat him too
In February Comfort Gut contacted me and asked me to try their enhanced range of products - Comfort Gut Pro and Comfort Gut Ultimate, and because their standard Comfort Gut has supported our horses so well I leapt at the chance!
Standard Comfort Gut is a charcoal based product. It comes in a bag within a tub and with its own scoop. I recommend keeping the scoop outside the bag so that you don't have black fingers after mixing feeds. It's super simple to feed and the horses like it fine. We had great results with Comfort Gut - it seemed especially to help Parker - the evidence being his normalised droppings and lower tendency to pace up and down after feeds; and supported Beau too who became far less girthy
Comfort Gut Pro and Excel are both seaweed based, so green rather than black
They also come in a bag within a tub and with their own serving scoops
We introduced it to Beau and Parker, and this time Stella too, by mixing it with standard Comfort Gut over about 5-6 days until they were just on the new product. They are both currently just on Comfort Gut Pro and it has been amazing for all 3 of them
After 4.5 weeks on Pro we still have some left - and I have just bought 2 more large tubs to make sure we have some in!
The behavioural changes and the obvious improved comfort of our horses on Comfort Gut products has been fantastic. I can hardly wait to try Ultimate!
I need to give it some thought as to how I approach this. At the moment i think Beau would be a good option - he can be very grumpy and girthy but never silly. He is very stoic but at the same time does let you know if he is struggling anywhere so will let us know if Ultimate works as well as or better than Pro. Parker is absolutely fine on Standard, and the change in Stella on Pro makes me reluctant to swap her over. On the one hand, if it ain't broke, don't fix it... on the other hand if Ultimate really is the Ultimate it may make them all feel even better still!
Oh and very important - the lovely people at Comfort Gut love to make their customers feel special. Their amazing Emerald Balm was included in my parcel (small animal and horse sized tubs) and this too does what it says. Parker and Beau both had issues in the winter mud with mudfever and swollen pasterns. Emerald Balm liberally applied to the sore bits soon had them healed and comfy again and it has not recurred since
The small animal balm has been great on my own chapped hands and I am also able to sport a toasty beanie and a comfy cotton baseball cap to help others learn about this company and its great products ;)
Conclusion? Miracle panacea all the way!
More coming soon! TTFN, Tam, Beau, Stella and Parker xxxx
I read that once a horse has had ulcers, they either always have them or always have the risk of recurrence. Beau has always shown irritation when being girthed up. I always do it gradually and only as tight as it needs to be which is really important, especially if the girth has elastic inserts. It's hard to tell whether that's just his grumpiness (he likes his own space best) or discomfort, but I decided not to take a chance and started him on Comfort Gut
Parker is a big stressy juggernaut. Most days he is fine and relaxed and settled. However some days he worries if Beau is not in eye-shot, or if he is in eye-shot. He worries if someone else is being exercised, or if nobody is being exercised! His droppings have a tendency to a pat-like consistency, and he wriggles and jiggles and paces his fence line on stressy days. I could get him scoped for ulcers, but he does not travel and finds vet visits very stressful indeed, so i thought it sensible to just assume he probably has ulcers and to treat him too
In February Comfort Gut contacted me and asked me to try their enhanced range of products - Comfort Gut Pro and Comfort Gut Ultimate, and because their standard Comfort Gut has supported our horses so well I leapt at the chance!
Standard Comfort Gut is a charcoal based product. It comes in a bag within a tub and with its own scoop. I recommend keeping the scoop outside the bag so that you don't have black fingers after mixing feeds. It's super simple to feed and the horses like it fine. We had great results with Comfort Gut - it seemed especially to help Parker - the evidence being his normalised droppings and lower tendency to pace up and down after feeds; and supported Beau too who became far less girthy
Comfort Gut Pro and Excel are both seaweed based, so green rather than black
We introduced it to Beau and Parker, and this time Stella too, by mixing it with standard Comfort Gut over about 5-6 days until they were just on the new product. They are both currently just on Comfort Gut Pro and it has been amazing for all 3 of them
- Beau is more cheerful and not girthy. His work ethic has improved and he hasn't napped for weeks
- Stella was a bit of a UXB over the winter. She was having to be lunged before riding so that it was possible to stay on! 1 week on Comfort Gut Pro however and she was back to the horse that we know. Stands to be mounted, works willingly and if anything errs on the lazy side. A truly remarkable improvement!
- Parker has remained the same as he was on Comfort Gut, less stressy and with more normal droppings
After 4.5 weeks on Pro we still have some left - and I have just bought 2 more large tubs to make sure we have some in!
I need to give it some thought as to how I approach this. At the moment i think Beau would be a good option - he can be very grumpy and girthy but never silly. He is very stoic but at the same time does let you know if he is struggling anywhere so will let us know if Ultimate works as well as or better than Pro. Parker is absolutely fine on Standard, and the change in Stella on Pro makes me reluctant to swap her over. On the one hand, if it ain't broke, don't fix it... on the other hand if Ultimate really is the Ultimate it may make them all feel even better still!
Oh and very important - the lovely people at Comfort Gut love to make their customers feel special. Their amazing Emerald Balm was included in my parcel (small animal and horse sized tubs) and this too does what it says. Parker and Beau both had issues in the winter mud with mudfever and swollen pasterns. Emerald Balm liberally applied to the sore bits soon had them healed and comfy again and it has not recurred since
The small animal balm has been great on my own chapped hands and I am also able to sport a toasty beanie and a comfy cotton baseball cap to help others learn about this company and its great products ;)
Conclusion? Miracle panacea all the way!
More coming soon! TTFN, Tam, Beau, Stella and Parker xxxx
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