Anyone else with a diabetic pony??

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Bezza123

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My little first pony who is now just a pet was really really poorly a few years back - ongoing laminitis no matter what we fed/did, constantly over weight no matter what we fed/did, lazy no matter what we fed/did!! It came to the point where she could barley move and we were on the verge of making a decision to have her put to sleep - until mum read on the internet about diabetic pony in america. The vets bloody results came back and comfirmed to us she had diabetis.

Has anyone else ever come across this?
 
Do a wee search on here and in google about Equine Metabolic Syndrom and Insulin Resistance. I've got a horse I suspect might be with EMS, but getting bloods drawn on Monday.
 
Bezza123 said:
My little first pony who is now just a pet was really really poorly a few years back - ongoing laminitis no matter what we fed/did, constantly over weight no matter what we fed/did, lazy no matter what we fed/did!! It came to the point where she could barley move and we were on the verge of making a decision to have her put to sleep - until mum read on the internet about diabetic pony in america. The vets bloody results came back and comfirmed to us she had diabetis.

Has anyone else ever come across this?
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i have one with ems started off like yours lami recurring no matter what we did
manage him now on sugar and cereal intolarance from allen and page soaked hay and muzzled when out at grass ---brought him out of retirement just doing 20 mins 5 days a week in walk this seems to keep him in balance it all happened when we retired him at 18 from his normal routine which upset his system but now he's happier back in work thankfully
 
The pony in America is the only known case of true diabetes in the horse in the world and as my memory serves me, I think it was born with it due to a developmental fault at the embryo stage.
 
Dhes a different pony now - lives on bran mash and hifi light, hay and a small bare patch! Gets ridden most days and is back hunting at weekends with not a problem! We were so upset when she was so poorly and grasped at anything we could - was such a relief when the bloods came back and the vet said she had a type of diabites we actually knew what was wrong then!
 
Yes I have one. He can't eat grass at all but if he is kept off it completely he is happy and healthy and has terrific feet and is barefoot, when previously his feet were so soft I could bend them. It's like type 2 diabetes in humans. If he gets an eating fit (goes mad for food as if he was starving - part of the condition) he just gets extra work and it all calms down again. Be aware that wormers can upset them, and that wierdly they can be worse at the spring and autumn equinoxes.
 
Sooty Shetland aged 18 was diagnosed with EMS about 5 years ago. He has been taking Metformin (a human drug for obesity and as cheap as chips on a vet prescription from the chemists).
Same scenario whatever I did he got lami. He is kept on a wood chip pen and fed on hay and Happy Hoof, Speedibeet and Alpha Beet. Very limited access to grass (about 1 hour per day in winter, less in summer).
HE has been fine for a long time BUT please see my post of today in conn with EMS/Cushings and Severe Weather.
Good luck with your Shettie.
 
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