Recent content by jstanbury

Hi Millimoo - If he likes Polos, you could try snapping the Prascend in half and pressing it into the hole in the middle. Pippa eats it every time. It's just the Metformin I'm having the trouble with.

Well, we decided to try the peppermint tea bags. At first she well and truly tucked in, but she soon became suspicious and decided to stop eating. We added another tea bag but she still wasn't keen. I'll get some peppermint oil to add too and hopefully that'll work. At least she didn't throw it...

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for all your replies and ideas. I'll work through your suggestions and see which one works for her, there must be something!! She doesn't like garlic though, which is strange as she ate it last summer but refuses to go near it this year. I've also got a Dartmoor...

Hi, our pony has just been diagnosed with Cushings and has been put on Pergolide and Metformin. She's fine with taking the Pergolide but refuses to take the Metformin. She needs 19 tablets twice a day!! We've tried crushing them and mixing them with Happy Hoof, Hi-Fi Lite and even bran but she...

Hi My Parsons Jack Russell did the same thing last summer and it was a nightmare. He's a total live wire and we had the same problem as you. I found the best thing to do was fairly tightly bandage his leg all the way to the shoulder with vet wrap using a non stick dressing pad over the foot...

Hi everyone I have a 16 yr old 12hh Dartmoor who has Cushings, COPD and Metabolic Syndrome. She is very prone to laminitis but since being diagnosed with the above and on the correct drugs, has been sound for a year now. I'm having trouble feeding her as she coughs on soaked/steamed hay and...