Recent content by Pasha

My boy is being treated for a sinus infection - he's on Baytril now as 1st lot of antibiotics didn't cure it, but i'm not sure it's a run of the mill infection. I think it's an allergic reaction to something and i think it started when the farmers started spraying their fields... going to get...

Dont blame her to be honest - I wouldnt want to eat straw either :) I would swap it for something tasty like old fashioned chopped grass/hay chaff: Thunderbrook and HaySoft do nice ones (although you'd have to check the Haysoft one isn't coated in Soya, I know the Thunderbrook one isnt)...

So sorry for your loss! RIP Rupert xxx

I used to put them in with the speedi beet before i soaked it and then added water - they soak up fine into the speedi beet, then mix other feed in. Voila!

Your vet is the best person to advise on this but what I will say is that the doseage of Prascend is not relative to size (or level of ACTH), it is whatever it takes to get the PPID under control, so she may not be on enough Prascend yet.

My vet told me 3-4 months when he first did it which was swiftly changed to 12-18 months after the scan which discovered the DDFT and SDFT injuries! But like you say, each horse is completely different and my horse's check ligament injury was minor. To be fair, when it was just the check...

My boy sprained his check ligament in April (tiny little bump which looked like a splint), then 4 weeks later whilst still on box rest and just starting to walk out he tore his DDFT and sprained his SDFT too! If I leave his bandages off, his legs fill too, much worse than they did when he...

I did start to complete it and then stopped as I am sorry but I don't agree with the causes you have listed or the symptoms i.e. Laminitis is not a cause of Cushings, it is a symptom and you don't seem to have many of the symptoms for EMS i.e. excessive drinking and urination. To get the best...

Words fail me! I am ashamed to be a human at the moment what with this and Ian Watkins!

My Farrier likes Vodka so I always get him a bottle of the Absolute flavoured Vodka and it seems to be appreciated. I also round-up the amount I pay him, so if it's £72, I give him £80. Not much, but again, it's appreciated. If I see the vet (which has unfortunately been the case the past few...

Well im not a vet but my boy had his surgery in March 2011 - the surgeon found no damage to his tendons and ligaments at the time and he made a tex book recovery and completed a non-competitive endurance ride in the August over 16km. His legs were 100% fine until April this year when he...

Then it's not cutting the check ligaments as per your title. An Annular Ligament Desectomy is similar to the Carpal Tunnel Op that humans have - the Annular Ligament is like a Band Aid that holds everything in place at the bottom of the leg/top of the Fetlock, however, if it becomes thick or...

I agree and maybe you need to re-think the complete diet and management? I tried everything with my boy and nothing worked until I switched him onto mainly organic, natural (herbs and non processed) feed. I am on full livery so it does mean that I am paying extra for his feed, but works out...

Ive got the mesh rug and ive also used the leg wraps on a Ligament injury before and would recommend both :) If nothing else, they are good quality rugs/boots and will help with circulation. My boy is on month 6 of boxrest folling multiple tendon injuries (he likes to do things properly)...

It is a fasting blood test in terms of no hard feed, so they have their normal feed and hay when you put them to bed and then vet pops in first thing and takes blood before they have their breakfast :)