mustardsmum
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Apart from the part about KS, I could have written this a year ago about my New ForestRe Cushings signs - general poor performance, thin soles, loss of top line. He looked like an old horse even though he’s only 15. But he’d had a bad virus for the first half of last year and never quite got better. He’d been out of work and we ended up medicating his back as his KS had worsened- likely due to being out of work and losing condition. Following his KS injections in December and in hand rehab work he’s starting to look and feel good again. We’re starting riding and then this suddenly. Change of yard, diet (low sugar/starch) and farrier and he and his feet are tons better, sole doesn’t depress anymore. Farrier has been this morning and horse has improved since the other day. Trotted up like we’re at Badminton! So we’re going to continue to treat as though it was lami and see how we go.
what is your horse like to hack? Does he sometimes just shut down?My farrier (who knew my pony from a yearling) said he looked so old for a 13 year old. Looking back, I think the very first sign was me find individual very thick long hairs dotted around his saddle area - almost like whiskers. Only five or six, not together. That was in the first year of owning him - on his first winter coat change, aged 11. I assumed it was because he was native and although I noticed them, I did not take notice if that makes sense? Fast forward three years; coat in saddle area now has a def crimped/wavy look as coat changing this year. Not thick or long, just a series of shallow waves. His symptoms have been so vague but collectively they whisper PPID. A small pink pill has literally transformed a pony who I thought we were running out of options on.