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hello is anyone feeling very out of sorts with this mild weather we are having?? i have two ponies, was diagnoised with cushings earlier this year, she is living out and has a lightweight rug on with no fill, i am giving them both a very small feed of hi-fi and speedi-beet each day, they seem to have plenty of grass. i am not sure whether to carry on as i am doing until it gets colder or should i take their feed away from them for now? does she need her rug? i have not got the heart to take feed and rugs away at this time of year but it is very mild :( am i doing the right thing?? thank you
 
Hi....fellow Cuhingsite here.
Is the pony a natives?
What are the age?

I have a 9 year old with C and he lives out all year round with no coat at all......But I have huge hedges that he and his mates can shelter under.
He doesn't have feed apart from a small handful of nuts to come in with, his Prascend in a bit of cut up apple and a small haynet to munch when he is in for work.
If it was me and you have good hedges, I would take the coat off. The nature of C lends itself to a thicker coat, and it can cause sweating issues, without a coat at least you will eliminate this. If the pony is elderly, when the weather gets cold agian...you can put the coat back on.
Hope this helps
Best wishes
Bryndu:)
 
Weather a pain as too warm for little fuzzy :(

27 yr old 12.2 fuzzy fit & well in itself, mild cushings with wooly-bear thick fuzzy coat - no rugs. Out 24/7, sweating in daytime at present even tho moved to coolest paddock that gets no sun/warmth.
Tiny feed twice per day (mainly so is checked properly) tiny bit of hay overnight when put into small paddock with shelter on own.

Will not rug unless temps go very low indeed.
 
I'm finding it all a bit strange too - midges, wasps and dandelions still around yet it's nearly December!

I have 2 horses, not Cushings sufferers, but I'm struggling with what to do with them. Both are fully clipped & out in 100g rugs during the day & 200g at night. They are only getting their balancer but they are slightly overweight still and I was told by my saddler recently not to consider feeding them any hard feed until the weather changes. It's great on the pocket I suppose but I am worrying that if they are overweight in the middle of winter that I will have problems when spring arrives.

I don't think I've ever held off hard feed into December - madness!
 
thank you - yes, they are both natives, my cushings mare is 17yrs, welsh sec d and my gelding is connemara x welsh, he is a hairy bear and i have had to give him a small clip as he gets really warm and sweaty. my mare is not so hairy hence the rug, would it be alright then to take her rug away from her at this time for a bit, until the weather changes again? thnik i am going to take their little feeds away for the time being - just fels so mean as it november and by now my mare usually has a lovely snug rug on and i am feeding them both hay aswell as hard feed:) glad i am not the only one feeling a bit confused and out of sorts for what to do for the best:D
 
Sorry, no helpful advice but just wanted to say that I am obviously living in a different world to everyone on here. Everyone keeps saying how mild it is.
Last night my fully clipped mare was in a HW rug with an under rug as she has been cold. (Before people jump on me for over rugging, my mare has had a sacroiliac injury and if her back gets cold she gets really grumpy and sore.)
 
Hi, I have two elderly mares with cushings and I have them out during the day on restricted grazing. I am still strip grazing them as I have put them out on the winter grazing and we have loads of it.

They still have a little hard feed at night lo-cal balancer and a handful of hi-fi lite to have their prascend and supplements in.

Both out with lightweight rugs on ie: no filling at all. Both are hairy but not that hairy now they are on prascend.
 
mystified - your two sound a bit like my mare :) she is out all the time now and i have started feeding her prascend in some bread as she does not need her feed for now. her grazing is not restricted as its now quite poor but there is plenty of it and she gets fat on thin air:( i am considering bringing her in at night if this mild weather continues as i am worrying about laminitis now:( are you able to feed your unsoaked hay or does it have to be soaked?? thanks for all the replies - i am reassured its not just me:D
 
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