Dusty M Yeti
Well-Known Member
Just having a pondering about one of mine. So as title really, what signs/symptoms made you seek testing or diagnosis?
^^ Interesting, mine has no outwardly massive symptoms but this resonates. It's niggling at me. He was trimmed on Saturday by same farrier who has done him his whole life, feet looked neat afterward and I didn't think anything of it, by Sunday evening totally footsore, I know ground is like concrete etc but he's normally tough as old boots never been footsore, ever! That got me thinking.I had an out of work 15yo who just didn’t look himself, muscling changed, winter shedding took longer and he was just a bit pottery. He came back with an acth of high 300’s,
As a 12yo he had what I thought was (and treated as) a laminitic episode but my vet told me I was ridiculous and he was just a footsore Tb. In hindsight I suspect I was right.
^^ Yep, definitely grumpier this year. Also agree with your 'knowing the horse' sentence, I've owned him his entire life - he's 17 now, something is not right. Think I'll be getting him tested next week.first sign for my mare was lethargy, she was always a very lively challenging ride and turned into a lovely easy to ride horse. she also started to get a bit grouchy when her rug was changed which was not normal for her, she was always very friendly and happy to have attention, then her coat didnt shed as freely as normal. i called the vet and told her what i thought and vet said she didnt look like a cushings horse but would test her anyway as i was so sure something was wrong. levels came back as 172 so started on prascend immediately...if you know your horse well the signs are usually there ..
Thanks for the replies so far.
^^ Interesting, mine has no outwardly massive symptoms but this resonates. It's niggling at me. He was trimmed on Saturday by same farrier who has done him his whole life, feet looked neat afterward and I didn't think anything of it, by Sunday evening totally footsore, I know ground is like concrete etc but he's normally tough as old boots never been footsore, ever! That got me thinking.
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I have advised a number of people over the years whose fairly young horses were inexplicably foot sensitive to test their horses and not one yet has come back clear. It's my impression that foot sensitivity is often the first sign, but often missed in horses which have shoes on.
I have advised a number of people over the years whose fairly young horses were inexplicably foot sensitive to test their horses and not one yet has come back clear. It's my impression that foot sensitivity is often the first sign, but often missed in horses which have shoes on.
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