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I'm 5'10 with a 37 inch inside leg. My hip to heel is double my shoulder to hip so fairly out of proportion as well as tall. Me on my...

Mine LOVES nettles, when I was on a yard he would sometimes spend a couple of weeks in the little orchard that had enormous banks of...

Nettles contain anti diabetic compounds and are surprisingly palatable to ponies especially if a bit wilted; the dose is 200mg/kg...

Sorry I really nerd out on laminitis and EMS I'll shut up now 😂😂😂

I bought Rigs as he was finishing 3 months of box rest for lami. His ems score was in the hundreds and his cusghings 27.5 so borderline...

I have nothing useful to add but I want to say I’m sorry you and your boy are experiencing the nightmare that is lami. It’s a brute.

Do you have any symptoms of cushings? I have found the ACTH test to be unreliable, I always look for symptoms to confirm a positive...

The box rest is awful but the reason they are so keen on it is that movement when the laminae is damaged can cause further rotation...

It is a good sign because it suggests he's not insulin resistant; minor insulin resistance could show as elevated blood sugar despite...

Normal - even with being on the grass two hours before the blood test and having his normal feed. Vet said that is a good sign.

So some of you may know from other thread about thin soles and my boy feeling the stones and hard ground. Well, a few days after that...

At walk as long as it’s not a knee deep bog or a sheer cliff face then I’ll go over most things in walk on a horse with good control...

I rely on what my pony "says" (profile pic) actually. She's a cobby little beastie, and I know that she really dislikes it if I ask her...

I think it depends a lot on what the horse is used to. My Connie's are generally born and bred on the hills of Connemara and have always...

Fwiw im 174cm but 47cm hip to knee 🫣 because I was built by a toddler out of stretchy plasticine I guess