sallym
New User
Thanks Alsiola. Time for another discussion with my vet I think.
Cushings and Pergolide...
- Thread starter ImogenBurrows
- Start date
henryhorn
Well-Known Member
Our 12 hh 23 year old pony is on 225 dose per day and looks fine.
He arrived back home from his loan home quite pottery despite their pro-active regime of in at night and out in a small paddock restricting grazing.
He is now on virtually ad lib hay, in a steepish field so he has to walk and is sounder than at any time in the last 5 years.
I don't monitor him other than keeping an eye on him, and he doesn't appear to have any noticeable side effects.
He arrived back home from his loan home quite pottery despite their pro-active regime of in at night and out in a small paddock restricting grazing.
He is now on virtually ad lib hay, in a steepish field so he has to walk and is sounder than at any time in the last 5 years.
I don't monitor him other than keeping an eye on him, and he doesn't appear to have any noticeable side effects.
pizzi
Well-Known Member
I had my 17 yr old Welsh pony tested for Cushings a few months ago, as she has had recurring laminitis for over 18 months, drinks a lot, very wet bed , fat pads over eyes (or as farrier likes to call them, "frog eyes"), thick coat, (although she does lose it in the summer)sweating etc. Her ACTH levels came back in the normal range.
She is on laminitic diet, has to go on Danilon on a regular basis, has a laminitic trim. She has hardly been out and she is not overweight, - she is not a good doer. She is happy in herself and very alert. I wonder if anyone else has had similar problems?
She is on laminitic diet, has to go on Danilon on a regular basis, has a laminitic trim. She has hardly been out and she is not overweight, - she is not a good doer. She is happy in herself and very alert. I wonder if anyone else has had similar problems?
Kellys Heroes
Well-Known Member
What a brilliant thread, very informative for people such as myself who have a horse who has recently been diagnosed with Cushings.
My part loan mare is 17 years young (!), still a complete pratt at times, and is 14.2hh and a Sect D X. She was a rescue horse so not managed terribly well as a youngster and has been lami prone for years (I've had her 5 years and known her for 8) However about 15 months ago, she came down with very severe lami and was crippled.
She DID suffer 2 seizures of unknown origin (Karla B, the same as your Shettie) and suffered another last week. The vets have decided not to investigate any further as she can be a stressy girl and she brings herself round from them very quickly - no fitting as we know of, just very glazed uncoordinated and confused lay down for a while which is unusual.
We tried all the usual, walking it off, box rest, she has magnetic boots on daily - she is managed as a very strict laminitic anyway, muzzled, exercised daily, Healthy Hooves feed, soaked hay etc. She's shod with heart bars and has been for quite a while and has benefited from this - she does seem better on them.
2 weeks ago, we had a setback and she went back onto box rest - this week she's out and about pootling round quite happily.
Is it quite normal to have ups and downs until the meds start to settle, as it were?
She is very happy in herself, nibbling away at everything in sight (and trashing her double nets because they won't feed her quick enough!) and still being grumpy with other horses
K x
ETA - is it silly to think it could be partly psychological??? She is very odd in that way anyway, the amount of times we have rang the vet 'cause she's crippled and she bloody trots up fine! she seems to cringe going out of her stable and all of a sudden its like 'ooh, this doesnt hurt' and she's off!
My part loan mare is 17 years young (!), still a complete pratt at times, and is 14.2hh and a Sect D X. She was a rescue horse so not managed terribly well as a youngster and has been lami prone for years (I've had her 5 years and known her for 8) However about 15 months ago, she came down with very severe lami and was crippled.
She DID suffer 2 seizures of unknown origin (Karla B, the same as your Shettie) and suffered another last week. The vets have decided not to investigate any further as she can be a stressy girl and she brings herself round from them very quickly - no fitting as we know of, just very glazed uncoordinated and confused lay down for a while which is unusual.
We tried all the usual, walking it off, box rest, she has magnetic boots on daily - she is managed as a very strict laminitic anyway, muzzled, exercised daily, Healthy Hooves feed, soaked hay etc. She's shod with heart bars and has been for quite a while and has benefited from this - she does seem better on them.
2 weeks ago, we had a setback and she went back onto box rest - this week she's out and about pootling round quite happily.
Is it quite normal to have ups and downs until the meds start to settle, as it were?
She is very happy in herself, nibbling away at everything in sight (and trashing her double nets because they won't feed her quick enough!) and still being grumpy with other horses
K x
ETA - is it silly to think it could be partly psychological??? She is very odd in that way anyway, the amount of times we have rang the vet 'cause she's crippled and she bloody trots up fine! she seems to cringe going out of her stable and all of a sudden its like 'ooh, this doesnt hurt' and she's off!
ameeyal
Well-Known Member
My horse has recently been diagnosed with cushings, and from what im learning is 2 steps forward 1 step backwards,my horse is still in his stable since christmas, i let him out in the yard which is a stoney yard so he walks slowly on it, the other day i let him out and he trotted out and was off up the yard to the gate, no soreness at all, so i got him in, the next day he was his normal slow self on the stones, im getting scared off ever letting him out just in case he has a set back, today he was rodeoing around his stable becuase he wanted to go out, What can you do thats for the best for them 
Kellys Heroes
Well-Known Member
My horse has recently been diagnosed with cushings, and from what im learning is 2 steps forward 1 step backwards,my horse is still in his stable since christmas, i let him out in the yard which is a stoney yard so he walks slowly on it, the other day i let him out and he trotted out and was off up the yard to the gate, no soreness at all, so i got him in, the next day he was his normal slow self on the stones, im getting scared off ever letting him out just in case he has a set back, today he was rodeoing around his stable becuase he wanted to go out, What can you do thats for the best for them
Mine is EXACTLY the same - turned herself out one week and was careering round the field like a lunatic! the next week, crippled again.
We just leave her door open now - if she wants to wander, she will, we just keep an eye on her.
She has been lame on/off for about 15 months now and just got diagnosed at Christmas - very up and down since, which I believe for quite a few horses is normal before any significant improvement.
K x