Recent content by clockwork.satan

Argh, the picture link never worked - let's try it again! You can see the puffy bit quite clearly in this image.

Hey guys, a quick question. My partner and I discovered a lump in our horse's chin groove which is symmetrical and runs from one side of his jaw to the other. It seems to have appeared rather suddenly and is firm to the touch, but it doesn't seem to be causing him any bother. A few people...

Well, yes. We're well aware of his age and are well aware that he should be going well by now, but after severe laminitis, stomach ulcers and various ailments he's had a really bad start at life and half of the time it feels like we're making as many backwards steps as were making progress. We...

Sadly, we've never got him to the point where we've been able to do much with him so far, due to the various issues he's had. Once his saddle and bridle are on, we're able to school him perfectly in the school and he's perfectly happy. We can sit in the saddle and he seems to accept it but the...

Well... It's nice to be posting in a section other than 'veterinary care' for a change but, *sigh*, allow me to regale you with a short tale of woe. About five years ago, we bought a three year old unbacked and overheight (now 15.1hh) Highland Pony. In the beginning, everything went...

Were having a problem with our 15.1hh 7y/o barefoot Highland Pony and, to be honest, it's driving us mad. He had bad laminitis 3 years ago, was treated for ulcers in August '17 and seemed to be doing well until about four weeks ago, where he suddenly became lame in his hind end and it appeared...

Thanks! We actually had an equine touch practitioner out today that we've had look at the boy before and she found that, due to his messing around in his field and the rearing up nonsense, he's managed to literally bend himself out of shape. The myofascial tissue on his back, flanks, hocks...

I should probably update this, eh? Well, we've had the vet out a few days ago and rather interestingly he said that we should put the ulcers to one side for now, so it's either the case that the Equine Science GastroPro Extend did its job or he reckons that the cause of the ulcers needs looked...

Hi JillA, thank you for your reply. We've had him on as sugar free and low starch a diet as possible for a long time now, even avoiding alfalfa and keeping everything as natural as possible. He's in a very small field with unfertilised grass (which there's not much of) so we're fairly certain...

Hi Marmaduke! Thank you for such an informative reply! We've had him on the 'stomach maintenance formula' GastroPro - and specifically their 'blood flow' one which intended for laminitis - for around four months now and we've not tried anything like Equishure yet, as we've been feeding the...

Hi folks, I just thought I'd make a (pretty rare) post here as my partner and I are just about going spare. We've got 7yo Highland Pony gelding who had laminitis three years ago and was diagnosed with pyloric and hind gut ulcers in October. This was treated with GastroGard successfully and...

Einar was on his own in a separate grazing pen before, in which he was pretty happy so he'll probably be fine. I suspect that, like you, we'll end up feeling a bit bad about sticking him out somewhere that there's no grass though - but as long as he's got forage I'm sure he'll be fine.

For those of you who are interested, we had the vet out to see Einar again yesterday (our fantastic normal vet this time, who seen Einar through his previous case of laminitis) and after feeling for pulses, testing them with hoof testers and having a good ponder over his condition has concluded...

Aah, you're lucky that you knew what you were taking on - we're finding out the hard way that our lad clearly has some sort of metabolic issue. Or... At least that's the way that things seem to be heading but we won't of course know for certain until he's been tested. I think your regime...

I think that's who we got our off on Ebay too, as we're always on the hunt for the best price, haha! Once we come to a gravelly/non-grassy turnout area, we'll probably turn Einar out in boots to begin with as his soles were only just starting to thicken and harden up after the last laminitis...