curio
Well-Known Member
I posted on here a while ago about my cob having liver disease and a chronic itch, In the last 5yrs this has never been resolved he will bite and rub himself raw and his hips havnt had hair on for 5yrs.
hes been skin scraped allergy tested etc, and no treatments suggested as such
each year hes been cushings tested his highest result was 28.9 and insulin tests come back low
hes now got arthiritis in front legs and without his daily bute is lame with bute hes slightly unlevel
over the past year he hasnt done much work as each time he starts to get a bit fitter his legs ache or he goes lethargic starts to trip and wobble about hes also fell a few times.
i turned him away he went more lame and got very mild lami resolved within days off the grass
he can be grazed for about 15 mins any longer he starts to wee red,
he has fat pads above his eyes, on shoulders and is very quick to gain weight he also drinks and wees loads, but still comes back a no for cushings
so ive recently been hand grazing him and yesterday he had 45 mins then his feet were trimmed, within 3 hrs he was lying down had pulses in all 4 legs and hot hooves, but by 10 pm on well soaked hay his hind pulses had gone but fronts still there .
by tonight cant find any pulses feet feel normal but hes still sore on his legs and on two bute a day,
ive done feed trials, organic feeds, minerals from forage plus etc nothing has changed his constant need to bite and rub himself raw
the vets are at a loss and now suggest just keeping him comfortable on bute as without hes lame.
but hes so lethargic the sparkle has gone from his eyes, his 21yrs old and cant cope being ridden much and now cant graze much, my partner says leave him alone he will be ok, other family are saying pts, and half of me agrees. but its such a hard choice as ive owned him since he was weaned so in your opinion would you keep going with more bloods etc which never seem to tell us anything or call it a day and pts
hes been skin scraped allergy tested etc, and no treatments suggested as such
each year hes been cushings tested his highest result was 28.9 and insulin tests come back low
hes now got arthiritis in front legs and without his daily bute is lame with bute hes slightly unlevel
over the past year he hasnt done much work as each time he starts to get a bit fitter his legs ache or he goes lethargic starts to trip and wobble about hes also fell a few times.
i turned him away he went more lame and got very mild lami resolved within days off the grass
he can be grazed for about 15 mins any longer he starts to wee red,
he has fat pads above his eyes, on shoulders and is very quick to gain weight he also drinks and wees loads, but still comes back a no for cushings
so ive recently been hand grazing him and yesterday he had 45 mins then his feet were trimmed, within 3 hrs he was lying down had pulses in all 4 legs and hot hooves, but by 10 pm on well soaked hay his hind pulses had gone but fronts still there .
by tonight cant find any pulses feet feel normal but hes still sore on his legs and on two bute a day,
ive done feed trials, organic feeds, minerals from forage plus etc nothing has changed his constant need to bite and rub himself raw
the vets are at a loss and now suggest just keeping him comfortable on bute as without hes lame.
but hes so lethargic the sparkle has gone from his eyes, his 21yrs old and cant cope being ridden much and now cant graze much, my partner says leave him alone he will be ok, other family are saying pts, and half of me agrees. but its such a hard choice as ive owned him since he was weaned so in your opinion would you keep going with more bloods etc which never seem to tell us anything or call it a day and pts