I've been doing TONS of research and reading - tons. My brain hurts. Ro didn't exhibit ulcer symptoms at our previous barn where he was on irrigated pasture, my assumption is because he had a constant flow of forage. Cue moving to our new barn (which could have been stressful in itself) + now only being fed 2x per day + not much turnout = ulcers. I turn him out as often as I can but I highly doubt it is enough. Barn refuses to feed more. I pay $90/month for their hay (alfalfa), fed 1 flake AM and 1 flake PM, but I know this is not enough for a 16hh+ TB and I've started noticing they are feeding skimpy.

If I don't correct the cause of the ulcers, treatment will be moot. SO - plan is to keep things as simple as possible without investing or spending a bunch of money on different things/treatments/etc. Drop barn hay and bring in my own ($13-$15/bale alfalfa). I plan on doing 1-2 flakes AM and PM (depending on the bales) and getting a large haynet to give him access to hay, slowly and more often. We are weaning off grain (wasn't sure if I could/should do it all at once) and I'm going to replace it with the small alfalfa pellets so I can continue giving him his rice bran and Cool Calories (both of which I've read shouldn't bother ulcers) as well as his monthly SandClear. Also going to order the Abprazole (blue poprocks) and give that a go for a week or two to see how he responds w/ the increased hay. If he seems to improve/becomes less cinchy, will do a month treatment and go from there. If not, the next step is saddle fit. *sigh*

If he's still a crabby butt, will likely need to have the vet out and go from there. But, for now, this seems to be the cheapest and simplest way to go.

I've found a few other options I'd go with if I were going to go with a paste - www.horseprerace.com has it here for $12ish/syringe https://horseprerace.com/omeprazole-paste-2-3gr/

Everyone has their opinions on what works/what doesn't work, only Ulcergard/Gastrogard works, etc. but that's the route I'd go.

I've also read REALLY positive things about the Redmond's and Amazon has it for $18.99/bag so I've decided to feed that in conjunction with the Abprazole. :D

We've decided to free feed Ro instead of dealing with AM/PM and small haynets. Hubby picked up my 70g stock tank today and is going to drill the holes in it tonight - we'll run a clothesline through the holes to attach carabiners and those will clip to the haynet to hold it down. My large bale Hay Chix net should be here Tuesday, woot! SO EXCITED to start free feeding him! *squee*

So maybe try with some water and a tasty treat afterwards until he doesn't mind it as much?

When we do wormer, we generally have to hold their up a little bit so gravity can't help them spit it out. They're on the shorter side so it's not all that hard to do though lol.. If he gets used to the syringe, you may be able to try a half now, half in a minute deal so he can't spit it *all* out at once.