Feeding a pony with Cushings

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Can you advise me what feed is best for a pony with cushings.

My boy has gone off his food that he was having and at present will only eat pony nuts with speedi beet, i don't want to go to the feed merchants on Saturday to be bombarded with all the different feeds, so was hoping someone on here would be able to advise me if what he is currently getting is suitable for him.

He has never suffered with laminitis and at present his weight is o.k., however he did loose some prior to starting his mediciation and me upping his feed.

Thanks in advance
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If he's happily eating (high fibre) nuts and Speedi Beet, I would stick with that while he settles on his medication.

I would add a good mineral supplement, one aimed at barefoot horses would be ideal. Either Progressive Earth or Forage Plus supplements would be my first choices, but you will need to buy online rather than at your local feed merchant

Protexin Gut Balancer is great for loose droppings, either the syringe or the powder and can be fed long term if necessary.
 
If he has cushings/PPID, he should be on Prascend meds, and a low sugar/starch diet...the recommended chop is either top spec chop lite or dengie hi fi molasses free, plus salt, spillers lite balancer and fast fibre or speedibeet to bulk out, micronised linseed ( hepls with weight gain, hoof and skin and essential omegas and mag ox...please see the laminitis site and the facebook page on there specifically for PPID/Cushings/EMS pwners, loads of v helpful info and support, oh and soaked hay :)
 
I have my Cushings pony on Spillers High Fibre cubes and A&P Fast Fibre. She has completely changed what she will eat since going on Prascend. She went off her feed for about 4 weeks but is now happy to eat . She doesn'tr have problems with chewing but is hard to keep weight on.Going to put her on micronised linseed-if she will eat it- and a balancer. She started with a count of 172 but is now down to 18.She has had chronic laminitis in the past but funnily enough she tested negative for Cushings. She hasn't had laminitis for about 18 months and now has tested positive.
 
I would continue with that if he's eating it, add something like Pro Balance or Pro Hoof to make sure he's getting his minerals - magnesium is important. Rockies red licks are good. As long as he's eating his hay and keeping weight on why change? I find all these bags of processed feed a bit ridiculous actually, it's a huge market based on guilt.
 
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