Recent content by Shantih

Us antis won't give our surnames because of repercussions from the more violent members of the hunt. And what's wrong with reporting people breaking the law if that's what they're doing?

I was thinking she sounds laminitic, too, especially as she's a good doer. 16 is no age to be slowing down - my 20 year old still races the younger ones up to the top of the field for feed (and wins).

Do a searcn on Hypderdrug, Nutrecare etc for bandages, they usually have a couple of different types that are far cheaper than Vetwrap. I think my latest stock of wrap came from Nutrecare for half the price of vetwrap.

Very anti - and from knowledge about the hunt, not from being a "fluffy bunny hugger".

Every time I ride (which in winter is only once or twice a week), unless I'm boxing out to a lesson. In summer, I hack out 5 or 6 times a week.

Hope it all works out OK for them.

Yes, in my experience. Personally, I would put a horse straight onto pergolide if it had Cushings but Vitex (Agnus Castus) can be useful in the early stages. It made huge differences within a couple of weeks with my mare.

Is she on pergolide? I'd be quite wary of introducing grass anyway, but his diet may need more rigid control as she's got Cushings. Regardless of whether it's caused by Cushings or not though, they're definitely not over the bout until they've been sound off bute for several weeks.

You definitely can't not feed them, they'd starve to death. Try Shropshire Cat Rescue, bit far from you but well worth giving them a call. Don't give them milk unless it's proper cat milk, try them with wet kitten food (as opposed to dry food). They sound old enough to be able to cope with...

None at all. I school at prelim level and compete in endurance at 30 - 60lm level. I hate draw reins in particular, I've seen them misused so often and can't believe people hack in them!

Which Cushings tests did he have? The ACTH one is the safest but when my mare had that her level came back as 3 (Cushings diagnosis is >50) despite having every symptom of Cushings.

One of mine had the test for Cushings which came back negative, however I finally managed to persuade the vet to prescribe pergoldie for her anyway and it made a huge difference to her. If you suspect Cushings it's well worth seeing if your vet will prescribe a month's worth of pergolide to see...

To me, typical Arab is calm, good natured, generous as long as you're fair to them and will turn their hoof to anything. They're not all spooky, although they will take the mickey if you're not a good leader to them. Some of them can be though! I've never had a problem with the saddle...

Has your vet suggested Cushings? Teenage horse + laminitis in October + not overweight horse can easily be a sign of Cushings and they don't all get the curly or even long coat that so many people see as the first sign. I haven't read every post but has anyone suggested soaking her hay too...

My cute little yard cat was stalking next door's chicks this morning - she will also catch the odd rat but not all the time. The chicks were fine, their mother soon saw the cat off! One cat I used to know would catch pheasants but most of my cats have never even looked at a pheasant. 625...