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Our pony has been diagnosed with Cushings - see thread Laminitus help needed please! I dont know what has caused Cushings in our normally fit, healthy and slim 8yr old pony - i just cant get my head round where i have gone wrong. Can anyone shed any light?

Update - Vet has been this morning and it is obvious to him that pony has Cushings. He has given me some cream to rub on his fetlocks that acts as a nerve block, it has to be applied four times a day and should make him more comfortable. They are going to do a Venogram (dye injected into foot...

"Why has he had no hay?" I have tried four different batches of last years hay and all made him very poorly. I tried soaking for 24hrs before feeding but there was no improvement. I was told that HIFI lite and Happy Hoof were lower starch feeds than hay and therefore used these instead.

Hi all - an update and more advice desperately needed please!! Pony is still very bad. he has had a week on Spillers Happy Hoof and Hi Fi Cubes only - nothing else feed wise BUT he has been having 2 bute a night and one in the morning and this morning I had to feed him lying down and bring his...

our pony (welsh Section A age 8) has had laminitus all summer at varying degrees and is now not responding to treatment at all. some background info; He's been in stable since March, had x rays done 2 weeks ago and there is little rotation, if any. He has nicely trimmed feet but is unshod. He...

Can anyone recommend a good dealer in Here/Worcs/Glos - I am looking to sell my horse but just dont have the time to do it properly. Also can you tell me how they are paid? I.e what is the usual 'cut' or do I pay weekly? Thanks!

Not sure that it is indeed a hedge!! I cant think of any hedges at the stanks, plenty of timber fences but no hedges!! do you mean those at Smith Maxwell's? They are the nearest biggies that i can think of!!

Hi - maybe it wasnt clear - the sedalin and ACP doesnt work at all, he needs introvenous stuff!! I have worked him barefoot but he doesnt even let the farrier near, let alone a trim. as i said, he is perfect for me to do anything so I am thinking of trying a female farrier - i think its a man...

Hi - I have a brilliant horse that must be worth approx 5k BUT he has to be sedated at the vets to be shod. Without sedation or with ACP or Sedalin, he will not let the farrier anywhere near him. I have tried different farriers and he just thinks he is being attacked. He is brilliant with me and...

Can anyone help? we have a pony with laminitis, he's been in since March this year with only small visits to a bare paddock - he has had no grass for a week now but I have a problem in what to feed him, i can only get hold of last years hay that is rich is ryegrass and has obviously been...