poiuytrewq
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I replied to a thread recently where someone was asking about moving a 30 yr old and I said yes I would and I would and have in certain circumstances.
My pony is in his 30’s but healthy. He has cushings but it’s controlled. He also has some weird and bad allergy which starts mid/late summer and lasts til later autumn.
He’s a funny soul. It took a long time to settle here (no known allergies prior to being here)
Each year it’s worsened.
I’ve tried so much and end up just treating the sores which get pretty nasty rather than preventing them.
I have two horses retired in a field a few miles away. I’ve wondered about moving him there, now before the itching starts and before the grass grows. I’d strip graze and give hay. He knows my other horses and got on fine with them.
He gets very feral (he’s a nervous rescue) without a proper routine. I can catch him now at the correct time of day or if I catch everything first and he is currently in at night. This is good because it means he definitely gets his prascend.
So I thought from day one I could catch and tie up somewhere to feed them and hopefully that will become routine
just really to see if a change of place helps.
But, he is as I say nervy and needs routine to keep his cool (think mad TB in a pony body)
Last time I kept him out out we failed to get near him all summer and his feet got crappy, he gets flared feet and needs regular maintenance so I can’t risk that again but he is better now and less wild!
I’ve spoken to my vet about him and we have started a spot on and supplement already In the hope that may help.
My worry is the stress of moving at his age and with his personality, the fact it’s a field and that’s it so he has to have a complete change of routine but it may or I guess may not help. It’s something I’d always wondered about trying but finding a suitable place wasn’t really possible.
The last time he grazed with these horses was early December one and longer the other- will that be like taking him somewhere totally new and chucking him out into the wilderness with unknown horses or will he remember his old friends and of course I’m still the same human he is growing to trust (VERY slowly!)
The skin thing literally drives him bad shit when it’s bad but maybe it would be worse out 24/7
He’s my favourite and I hate seeing him in such a state, I actually dread summer because of it all. I just fear it will be too much for him.
My pony is in his 30’s but healthy. He has cushings but it’s controlled. He also has some weird and bad allergy which starts mid/late summer and lasts til later autumn.
He’s a funny soul. It took a long time to settle here (no known allergies prior to being here)
Each year it’s worsened.
I’ve tried so much and end up just treating the sores which get pretty nasty rather than preventing them.
I have two horses retired in a field a few miles away. I’ve wondered about moving him there, now before the itching starts and before the grass grows. I’d strip graze and give hay. He knows my other horses and got on fine with them.
He gets very feral (he’s a nervous rescue) without a proper routine. I can catch him now at the correct time of day or if I catch everything first and he is currently in at night. This is good because it means he definitely gets his prascend.
So I thought from day one I could catch and tie up somewhere to feed them and hopefully that will become routine
just really to see if a change of place helps. But, he is as I say nervy and needs routine to keep his cool (think mad TB in a pony body)
Last time I kept him out out we failed to get near him all summer and his feet got crappy, he gets flared feet and needs regular maintenance so I can’t risk that again but he is better now and less wild!
I’ve spoken to my vet about him and we have started a spot on and supplement already In the hope that may help.
My worry is the stress of moving at his age and with his personality, the fact it’s a field and that’s it so he has to have a complete change of routine but it may or I guess may not help. It’s something I’d always wondered about trying but finding a suitable place wasn’t really possible.
The last time he grazed with these horses was early December one and longer the other- will that be like taking him somewhere totally new and chucking him out into the wilderness with unknown horses or will he remember his old friends and of course I’m still the same human he is growing to trust (VERY slowly!)
The skin thing literally drives him bad shit when it’s bad but maybe it would be worse out 24/7
He’s my favourite and I hate seeing him in such a state, I actually dread summer because of it all. I just fear it will be too much for him.
