My elder mare, 21, was diagnosed with Cushings last year, first blood test came back around 260 when the seasonal norm should have been 50. She was retested recently and her result was in the 50's, vet said the seasonal norm is 30. He's told me short term to increase to 1.5 tablets.
Since trying this she's stopped eating her feed. I'm now feeding 1 tablet which she may take in her feed, but more often doesn't and so then has to have it with a treat to eat it.
She's barefoot, most of her hoof cracked off about 8 weeks ago on both near fore and off hind, she was trimmed about 3 weeks after she lost the wall and a week after the trim was level and sound in the field although lame in our school with me on and while being lunged. I kept away from riding her as didn't want to hurt her feet at all. In between trims she lost some wall on her near hind and relost wall on her near fore. Her wall is growing back well but her feet have always been really difficult to keep whole over spring/summer. Damn grass. She's in the most bare field on the yard (bonus of being there the longest) and has adlib hay. I've also planted some meadow grass seed and herbs in the field so that when they're established she can self select / have more grass as it's horse friendly.
She's been trimmed again (last week),I've walked her out in hand for a week, extending time gradually, and have worked in hand in the school with varying levels of lameness. However she was fine to leap over the fence last week to get into the long sectioned off bit of the grass and canter round in front of me for 40 mins !!
Can I have a kick up the proverbial to keep me going please ? I just want to hack her around the place in her dotage (or my dotage whichever comes first !). It's so difficult, her coat is fine but her feet are such a problem I can't see a way forward.
Since trying this she's stopped eating her feed. I'm now feeding 1 tablet which she may take in her feed, but more often doesn't and so then has to have it with a treat to eat it.
She's barefoot, most of her hoof cracked off about 8 weeks ago on both near fore and off hind, she was trimmed about 3 weeks after she lost the wall and a week after the trim was level and sound in the field although lame in our school with me on and while being lunged. I kept away from riding her as didn't want to hurt her feet at all. In between trims she lost some wall on her near hind and relost wall on her near fore. Her wall is growing back well but her feet have always been really difficult to keep whole over spring/summer. Damn grass. She's in the most bare field on the yard (bonus of being there the longest) and has adlib hay. I've also planted some meadow grass seed and herbs in the field so that when they're established she can self select / have more grass as it's horse friendly.
She's been trimmed again (last week),I've walked her out in hand for a week, extending time gradually, and have worked in hand in the school with varying levels of lameness. However she was fine to leap over the fence last week to get into the long sectioned off bit of the grass and canter round in front of me for 40 mins !!
Can I have a kick up the proverbial to keep me going please ? I just want to hack her around the place in her dotage (or my dotage whichever comes first !). It's so difficult, her coat is fine but her feet are such a problem I can't see a way forward.