Roadrunner 4, known to his friends as Rodi, came to me after a long спортив career, when he was nearly 18 years old. Today he is already 31 and enjoys a well-deserved, dignified retirement, which he spends doing absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, many years of athletic use and the relentless passage of time have been causing us more and more health problems every year.

On a daily basis, we struggle with missing teeth and the resulting difficulty in eating hay, as well as chronic multi-joint degenerative changes and calcifications. Despite constant supplementation, veterinary care, and physiotherapy, these issues trouble my old boy the most. All of this led to the appearance of digestive problems about 2–3 years ago: first, fussiness with food, spookiness in everyday situations, nervousness during weather changes, and finally painful colic episodes.

Due to his age and overall health condition, including a heart murmur, the diagnosis of gastric ulcers was made without gastroscopy, but the implemented treatment brought visible improvement in both his condition and behavior. That was over a year ago. Since then, we have changed stables, moved from box housing to a free-range system, changed his feeding routine, diet, and many other factors — all to provide Rodi with as much peace, comfort, and fulfillment of his needs as possible. A full supplementation and preventive treatment regime was also introduced to keep his stomach “under control” as much as possible.

Unfortunately, this summer (his first on free pasture), with its intense heat and large number of flies — which often would not even leave him in peace inside the shelter — turned out to be too much for my sensitive senior. Despite using fly sheets, masks, even protective leg wraps, and despite continuous use of digestive support supplements, I began to notice subtle but worrying first signs of stress and discomfort day by day.

Knowing where this could lead, I decided to change his supplementation and introduce QUUS into his diet. Less than two weeks of using the product were enough for the long-awaited calm to return. The constant looking at his belly, pawing the ground, and general nervousness disappeared — and “my” Rodi came back, greeting every new bowl of his beloved food with a joyful neigh.

A pleasant surprise was also his complete lack of reaction to the sudden, intense storms and heavy rainfalls that passed through recently, which allows me to look ahead with hope to the autumn — a season that is also particularly challenging for ulcer-prone horses.