My mare, Bea, who I've had for almost 2 years and is almost 6, used to suffer from colic at least once a month. The first time she was at the vets for a week as her colon had flipped over her bowel due to the gas build up. The vets spoke of surgery but thankfully with painkillers and not being fed, things literally fell back into place. I spent some time researching how I could fight this and finally found Gas-Ease. Bea has now been on Gas-Ease some 6 months and in that time she has had 2 very mild bouts of colic and the last episode only lasted some 10 minutes. I doubt that I will ever take her off Gas-Ease and would happily recommend it anyone. Once again thanks Marion for researching and marketing this wonderful product.

Donna

From Kent

I thought I would write and let you know what a fantastic product your Activated Charcoal (ac) is. I have a 15 year old Irish Sport Horse, Sid, who I have owned for 4 years. Last year for some unknown reason he started having bouts of gas type colic. There was no connection to each colic episode; it was a different scenario each time but with nothing in his environment or workload changing. On one of the many vet visits, my vet suggested Activated Charcoal as he had another client who had had some success with it. I did some research on the internet and found Stable Label. I started feeding the AC in his feed at night and the colic episodes immediately stopped and had not re-appeared for over 10 months.

However one morning earlier this year we did have colic symptoms. I was in the yard mucking out when the symptoms started. My vet was due out to my other horse and I called him and said he would need to see Sid first. I managed to get Sid to eat some ac in a handful of mix and started walking him. 20 minutes later he was back to normal. By the time the vet arrived he was munching the loose hay in stable and vet said he was 100% fine!! and did not have to do anything.

Then in August this year, again in the morning, about 3 hours after his breakfast we had another colic episode. This time he would not eat the charcoal so I dissolved a measure in some water and put it in a syringe. Sid was lying down in his stable groaning at this point. I got him up, syringed the charcoal down his throat and then started walking him. I could not believe my eyes when after 25 minutes he started searching my pockets for mints!!!! Sure sign he was feeling well again. I put him back in his stable and kept an eye on him for the next hour and he was 100% fine, turned him out and we have not looked back.

I am so impressed with the activated charcoal that I will never ever be without it. It's a fabulous product.

Karen Richardson

We tested Gas-Ease on a horse with Cushings, who is very prone to gassy colic and laminitis. We consulted with the vet regarding using Gas-Ease along side this horse’s medication. The advice was to feed medication am and let at least 4 hours pass before using Gas-Ease. The test horse can be fussy about supplements and Gas-Ease was eaten with no fuss. While using Gas-Ease we had no bouts of colic or laminitis. During the trial period we had to move paddocks to fresh pasture. Usually when moving even when carefully and slowly increasing time on new grass this horse would have suffered a bout of gassy colic. By giving Gas-Ease we had a trouble free paddock move. Gas-Ease is a must have for any horse owner who has a horse prone to gassy colic.


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I have attached some photos of my 2 year old boy 5 weeks after his colic surgery. His name is Neverlands Monticello, he is by HM the Queen's Oberon out of a Donnerhall/Weltmeyer/Muschamp Danube mare and I hope to keep him entire. All going well, he will go forward for his grading this year. Oberon passed away a few years ago and I have the last three foals ever born to him, and as Oberon only has a few Stallions standing now, I have high hopes for my lad to continue his lines.

He was born with a lactose intolerance and scoured daily, so he lived on Pepto Bismol and Kaolin! After weaning, his tummy settled down. He was fed on hay, lucerne and haylage but he constantly had wind. I didn't think in my wildest dreams it would turn into near fatal colic. I've had horses all my life and never had one go down with colic before. When the vet arrived, the colic was in the early stages, and when he listened to his tummy and said we needed to get him to surgery immediately, we couldn't believe it. It took nearly seven hours to get him there. He had never been in a lorry before and he wouldn't load, even with six men trying to get him in, (he's a big fella, nearly 17 hands at two and a half). He was so heavily sedated which didn't help, but eventually he loaded into a friends trailer and got to surgery just in time. He had a 270 degree torsion of the colon and the surgeon said that the gas had caused the displacement. Luckily we are only 10 miles from our Newmarket vets, so he had the best surgeons working with him and he made such a quick recovery, he was back home within a week. He is only fed on hay, Dengie Hi-Fi and blue chip twice dailly with his Gas-Ease. Needless to say, I don't think I slept for 3 months, checking him every 2 hours.

I started him on his Gas-Ease two weeks after his surgery once he'd finished his course of antibiotics, giving him bigger or smaller doses according to the wind factor!!! Now, I can go to bed at night and sleep without worrying. Knowing that I have something I can give him to make him more comfortable if he is 'windy' is a great comfort for me.

This horse is very special to me, he's out of my own mare and I knew Oberon well and I love my boy dearly. To have lost him through ignorance would have been heart wrenching. I now know that gas colics are common. I've always given my horses the best of everything, but the surgeon assures me that it can happen to any horse, at any time.


Bobby-Jo Leopold

I was recommended by my bare foot trimmer to add activated charcoal to the diet of my laminitic horse as it would help remove toxins from her body and keep her stomach in an alkaline state.

I contacted Gas-Ease through their website to seek advice about their activated charcoal for use with laminitis. I had a friendly prompt reply saying that yes it could be used.

I have had my horse on it now for several months and she has been fine on the grass, she is not gas blown and her digestive system is stable, not the usual spring loose droppings.

It is ideal for fussy feeders as it has no taste, and she is fussy and wise to any additives in her feed at the age of 20.

She gets it once a day in her feed and I have now put my other horse on it as a preventative measure, she gets it in a sandwich twice a day, as she is not on hard feed at this time of year. Gas Ease is extremely competitively priced, customer service is great and delivery is very prompt.


Leigh Duncan

I was doing Reiki on my horse one night and I kept being drawn to his stomach. I remembered I had Gas-Ease from the autumn when he'd had bad colic one night after a change of paddock when recovering from laminitis. I decided to give it a try and it was astonishing. I put him on a high dose first and then reduced it onto a maintenance dose and the difference in him was amazing. He's much less grumpy and when doing Reiki on him his stomach is much better.


Elizabeth Shaw

Our horse was recently taken seriously ill with colic and subsequently had to have a massive operation to save his life. I worked in a veterinary practice some years ago and I was aware that charcoal is sold to dog owners whose pets have gassy stomach problems and so to find an equine equivalent has been a God send. We have felt far more confident coping post operatively having found Gas-Ease. He will be given this product for the rest of his life.


Nikki Usher

I have had "Puzzle" for nearly 4 years. Spring and summer have always been a nightmare for me. As soon as there is the first flush of grass, bring on the vet! Usually 3 or 4 times in the spring Puzzle gets "gassy" colic and I got quite paranoid, limiting the hours he was out. I saw the advert for "Gas-Ease" in Equi-Ads and thought I have nothing to lose in trying it. I started using the activated charcoal this spring as soon as the grass started to grow. I must admit I was slightly sceptical about it but he has never had one colic bout, he is out a lot longer now and I have been leaving him out overnight, which I would have never dreamed of. I am just so pleased I have found this product - it has certainly made Puzzle's life and my own life a lot easier.

I have tried many products over 2 years to help ease gas build-up in my 13 yr old Shetland. Murphy suffered from gas on a regular basis, presenting itself like colic. It was heartbreaking to see him suffer. I saw an advert for a new product called Gas-Ease and decided to try it. It arrived the next day. Three days later Murphy was symptom free. Within a week he was out on grass 24/7 - no gas build-up at all. I can't believe it - he is a different pony. I am delighted with Gas-Ease and so is Murphy! At last we have found something that does exactly what it says on the tin!!