Torro is from the Blue Cross. I’ve had him about 3 years now. They told me he had cushings and had been on meds but got very difficult to get them into him so they had to stop (he was sent back to the charity from a previous loan home)
He’s been absolutely fine without up til this summer. Even on bare paddocks and woodchip turnout he was laminitic so decided to try him back on half a tablet a day. It’s made a massive difference and I want to keep him on them, however he is now refusing it in feed, he can literally leave it clean in his bucket and tbh I don’t want to feed him anyway!! Hiding it in a bit of apple has worked well... until yesterday. He now dislikes apples apparently! He’s become quite suspicious of me trying to give him anything! A syringe is really really last resort as he’s terrified of life at the best of times and if I start being “nasty” I’ll just never get near him again.
He’s usually such a pig! I never thought this would be a problem.
Any bright ideas?
He’s been absolutely fine without up til this summer. Even on bare paddocks and woodchip turnout he was laminitic so decided to try him back on half a tablet a day. It’s made a massive difference and I want to keep him on them, however he is now refusing it in feed, he can literally leave it clean in his bucket and tbh I don’t want to feed him anyway!! Hiding it in a bit of apple has worked well... until yesterday. He now dislikes apples apparently! He’s become quite suspicious of me trying to give him anything! A syringe is really really last resort as he’s terrified of life at the best of times and if I start being “nasty” I’ll just never get near him again.
He’s usually such a pig! I never thought this would be a problem.
Any bright ideas?