08/28/2026
THE BEST ULCER PREVENTATIVE?!
Everyone is wanting to spend money on supplements, the next best thing, flashy advertisement… I’m here to tell you, it’s a bunch of baloney!
Forage, 24/7.
Not just the stick at the end of the bale, I mean the good stuff… Constantly.
Often times when you make them clean up the bale, they’re coming off the hay long enough for their stomach acid contents to rise. They’re picking at it. Eating just enough to survive but little enough that they’re not eating ALL the nasty parts of the bale. But, it creates the perfect environment for an ulcer to develop. So, when your horse is low on hay, fill it up.
Yeah I make mine eat all the hay before I throw in a new bale. Sometimes I even don’t realize the big clump of hay in there is too stemmy for them. However, when I know a horse may have come off hay or we’ve been hauling/riding with less than ideal conditions I do have something I feed to “prevent”. But, it’s cheap, not a fancy label, and often times marketed as something else because horse products make money!! 🤑🤑
Bentonite Clay. It is the second best thing you could ever do for a horse who’s been off hay… after putting them back on some good hay of course.
It takes 4 hrs off forage, roughly, for a horses stomach to develop enough acid to create an ulcer in the stomach. If you get that far, again, bentonite clay. I cannot stress it enough even. It is a magical dirt/mud & horses love it. They know they need it even.
All my client horses are on bentonite clay for 60 days. Then, it is only fed as needed. Go buy some, it’ll be your bestie. But first, make sure your horse has good hay in front of them.
