Northern Hare
Well-Known Member
Hi Nancykitt, Great news that your horse is feeling so much more comfortable now that he's got his pads and painkillers.
Once the blood test results are back, if it turns out that it is Cushings, your vet will likely prescribe Prascend, which for my horse was a lifesaver! However, my vet recommended starting straight off with 1 tablet per day, which in hindsight was too much too soon, and he struggled with it to start with and went off his feed completely - which I gather is not an unusual response to Prascend at the start.
If I was doing that again, I'd buy a pill splitter (only about £3 off the web), and I'd have started him on 1/4 of a tablet per day to start with, then 1/2 tablet after a week or two then 3/4 before moving onto a full tablet. They're only tiny tablets, but they do have an amazing effect.
Once the blood test results are back, if it turns out that it is Cushings, your vet will likely prescribe Prascend, which for my horse was a lifesaver! However, my vet recommended starting straight off with 1 tablet per day, which in hindsight was too much too soon, and he struggled with it to start with and went off his feed completely - which I gather is not an unusual response to Prascend at the start.
If I was doing that again, I'd buy a pill splitter (only about £3 off the web), and I'd have started him on 1/4 of a tablet per day to start with, then 1/2 tablet after a week or two then 3/4 before moving onto a full tablet. They're only tiny tablets, but they do have an amazing effect.