Recent content by BrynwayDuke

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Hi, I was looking for some advice on how to make my retired tb x cob pony lose weight? he's only 20 but has been worked constantly throughout his life & he's been worn out so he's pretty much into his retirement apart from light hacking now and again. I've restricted his feed a lot but because...

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Thanks for everyone's advice, asked the vet and is coming out to give him a metacam jab this morning to save me trying to get him to eat anything else!

Mine are unshod and we work in fields, save so much money & if they pull them off its such a pain to pay for more!

Bruising normally comes up quite prominent, mine had bad bruising after he was turned out into a soggy field for a few days and then walked across a rough path to the yard. Warm hoofs is one of the symptoms of laminitis so I would maybe restrict her grazing until you can rule that out?

I tried apples and he turned his nose up at it again! Its him being fussy because I gave my other pony a tiny bit to try and he ate it happily. I'm going to ring the vets tomorrow morning and ask if there's something else I can try. I'm also going to start using devil's clore regularly because...

I was wondering about apples but didn't think about cooking them! Thank you

I've tried 2 different feeds, his normal feed - Calm and Condition, which is a type of pellets that are soaked in water. Also, happy hoof, which is specific for laminitis prone ponies and is dried grass with horse nuts etc. Neither work!

Hi, my pony was recently diagnosed with minor laminitis. I was given bute by the vet to put in his feed twice a day, but he's refusing to eat it - presumably because he can taste it. He needs to eat the bute to manage the pain but I can't get him to eat it! It's not because he's not hungry...