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Can anyone please suggest the best boots for walking my barefoot pony on the roads I have been told Boa boots are ideal but quite fiddley to put on.I just need them to walk him in hand so he does nt get sore

At the risk of being told off I joined the Equin cushings yahoo group.I do get loads of info from them and have got lots of tips .For instance to give the pergolide last feed because all sorts of levels can make the pergolide more effective.I also use Viovet to get the prascend ( same as...

Facial varicose veins Thought I would let the 200 people who looked at my boys pictures that I had to have him put to sleep last november,unrelated to his face but the vet confirmed it was not cancer it was a huge mass of fat and gristle which was also on the inside of his cheek so god knows...

Can any one suggest a good hay alternative so I can try to eke out my last years hay for my cushings pony

I got mine from VioVet online %2.00 and they will hnour the prescription twice

Sorry folks !! I am putting this back at the top cos I would like SAM22 to look at the pictures cos she has admitted yo being a vet.Any comments?

I got a prescription from my vet for £10.00 they were very understanding that the internet is cheaper and I used VioVet at £58.00 for a hundred .Hope I wasn't too late to be helpful

Thank you I am feeling betterby the day:D

Now I have admitted it may be a tumor/cancer and you may all have been too nice to say has any body any further thoughts on this Thanks

My pony was tested as ins/res his insulin level was 300 should have been 20 ish after a month of metformin 2x8 tabs daiiy it went down to 265 so decided it wasn,t working pony was tested positive for cushings so is now on 2 x half mg.of perglide, strict diet and excersise when possible the last...

thank for your reply that is very reassuring its just that my vet would not do a routine teeth check in case it made the lump react or it hurt him

... or maybe a tumor?

Over the last 3 years my horse has developed hard lumpy area on his face. The vet says it is a varicose vein, but I have never seen anything like this before and I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to prevent it growing any further. It doesn't seem to affect my horse in any way, he is...