Recent content by Lydiarose

He has two front shoes and just shod on his hind. The abscess was only small and was at the bottom of his hoof, when the vet come he had hoof testers but he didn't respond to them.

No I feed him happy hoof, around 2 small handfuls and a scoop of garlic. He has the same amount wether he's been in or out, however I don't usually give it him if he is going out to control his weight

Yeah, there is a lot of people at the yard so I will ask them to be with me, I am using the yard vet who seems to be really good and has been known to deal with situations like this really well

The vets just come out once, one of them said that he wasn't lame today and walked off, which I thought was quite rude as I had told him he is lame sometimes so he could of given me some advice, the other vets didn't know what was wrong so just told me to get physio. He is only slightly lame if...

Yeah my parents give me the money every time the vets come, if it is more than I have on me then the vets will invoice my parents and it is always paid straight away. Yeah I think when my grandad has rung the insurance he will request a work up, we just need to see with the insurance I think.

My grandad is going to ring the insurance today to see if they will cover but he thinks they won't as it has been an ongoing problem. I have told the vets I am happy for him to go in for a full work up but they have not advanced any further on this,which is why I'm going to try a different vet.

The farrier noticed a burst abscess that had healed but it was quite recent? However there was no indication of one when I was looking before and the vet didn't pick up on it either, after that he was sound so I put it down to the abscess but now he's lame again? Apart from that the farrier...

When I had the first vet out they said if he was still lame after a week of box rest and Bute then he would go in for a lameness clinic, I rung them up to tell them he was still lame but they just recommended physio. I didn't use them again as I wasn't impressed as they didn't know what was...

Hi, I'm 16 and own 2 ponies. One of them is a 13.3hh fell pony. I've always had a problem with him being lame on and off, however it only used to be for a few days and then he was fine. Since Christmas he hasn't been right and has been lame for months, however I leave him out in the field now it...