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My shettie as just been diognosed as having cushings and as been prescribed 1/3 of a tablet a day, these tablets are a bit smaller than your average headache tablet. Vet said to crush it then put into feed, i have done this but its so small its hard to do. Anyone else have to do this for a cushings pony.
 
There's no reason to crush them if, like mine, your pony will just eat them. I just drop in into his bucket with a bit of chaff & his blue chip & no problem! If you really want to crush it try two teaspoons. Put the tablet in one, put the other on top & squash them together.
Good luck.
 
My Boy has 1/2 tablet a day for the same, I just drop it into his feed in one bit and he eats it up no problem! he can usually smell any kind of medicine a mile off and absolutely refuses to eat his food if it has anything in.
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I make a small hole into an apple or carrot and push the tablet in and feed it like that, that way you can be sure it ends up in the pony and not on the floor
 
Hi i have just found out my horse has cushings not start on pregilode yet but she will be next week. Could you tell me how you think this drug has help or not help please? How big are your horses and what dose are they on?x
 
Snoopysue - I guess your enquiry is not so much how to feed the tablet but how on earth you can accurately break a small-ish tablet into 3 pieces! Can't your vets give you a different sized tablet so that you can feed 1 a day, or at least half a day. Other than that, I found nail clippers to be more accurate than a knife when cutting a tablet for my cat. Good luck!
 
Hi Snoopysue: my horse had cushings for years. He was on the lowest dose of Pergolide. The vet actually gave me a pill cutter (a little plastic box which when you placed the pill in and then closed it would cut the pill in half). I think you can buy them in chemists? but the vet should be able to provide one. I used to put the cut pill inside my horse's mouth between his cheek and the gum along the side. Never had a problem with this.
 
By the way, you might be interested to know that the same drug is given to humans for Parkinsons Disease. Cushings is due to a benign tumour on the pituitary gland which causes hormone imbalance. Symptoms of cushings are, lethargy (usually not noticed by the rider as it develops slowly and they assume its because the horse is getting older), thick, and sometimes curly coat, growing all year round necessitating clipping in summer and a pre-disposition to laminitis. Once they start taking the drug they become brighter, more energetic, and their coat becomes sleeker. Good luck to you and your pony who I am sure has many years of happy life ahead.
 
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