Thank you!:). Yes some TWH’s are lighter in frame.
Joker was 27 when he passed. Both of his parents were in their early 20’s when he was foaled so he was really old time “Heritage Bred”. They tend to have stockier bodies and a bit thicker bone.
This was my beloved Joker, who had the patience of Job and never did anything wrong. Big difference in body structure from Rusty, but they were/are both registered.
Joker was about 25 in this photo.
and has Cushings:(
I hope you don’t mind, I made a comparison photo from the pics you posted June 6 and yesterday (June 14). She looks SO much better already!
She’s a child’s dream horse. The most beautiful horse in the world.
Very well done, thank you! I had to flip back forth to see the change. I wish she was gaining faster, but I have to remind myself that the vet said to go slow and steady. Her anemia and anaplasmosis are changing at the biochemical level. Her attitude and increased perkiness is the best gage of her progress so far.
her tongue will likely plump out as she does and show a bit more typical form.
Her Sunday weigh in results are in….
713 pounds.
That means she’s gained almost 100 pounds since she got here on June 4th.
Woohoo!! Congratulations!
This just takes my breath away. So skinny!! Especially after gaining almost 100 lbs!
My horse (admittedly a warmblood with more height, breadth and bone, but not very large at 16’2 ish) with a BCS of 5 just weighed in on Friday at the vets at 1440.
Thanks for giving this mare a second chance! 
So… 100lbs in 15 days? That’s insane. Poor girl really wasn’t getting fed 
even with all her issues, horses don’t gain weight THAT fast unless it was a calorie issue first and foremost.
Can’t wait to see her in another two weeks!
The weight is just an estimate, but, it’s a lot. We brought her home on the 4th, so 15 days.
Vet saw her on the 6th and guessed she weighed between 600 and 650. When we got the weight tape a week later, she was 650, but she had filled out a little over her ribs, so maybe gained about 50 pounds? Then the 713 reading yesterday. Those tapes aren’t terribly accurate, but she looks and feels better.
You guys can see another post bath picture on Wednesday. The winter hair on her belly is finally gone. She was lowest in the pecking order and only had access to a rather nasty looking round bale when we got her, so, limited on intake for sure.
Can anyone recommend a good probiotic? Her antibiotics are for 30 days. I was considering Probios.
My new vet reccomended Probios or Equiotic.
I’ve read that the more cfu’s in a probiotic the better. Probios has millions, Equiotic and FasTrack equine microbial and enzyme pack has billions.
There are others with good amounts but I’ve used those two and liked them both. That FasTrack smells good enough for me to eat… like pineapple.
I used to really like Probios, but as my horses aged, it either stopped being effective or the company changed their formula.
I have sworn by HorseTech’s “GutWerks”: for years.
But my 29 yr old was around 26? When he developed seasonal FCWS that eventually became all year. Now I have him on HorseTech’s “WaterWerks” and so far so good.
Either product is great but my thought is stick with GutWerks unless Matilda does develops FCWS.
I’ve looked at a few research studies and there seems to be some debate as to whether to start probiotics during a course of antibiotics or after. I’ll ask the vet when she gets back next week. Does anyone have any experience with that?
Speaking of “good enough to eat”: I spotted a fresh alfalfa bale today and was ready to take it home and toss it in a pan with some garlic and olive oil. It looked THAT yummy.
Fresh alfalfa does smell divine.
One of my veterinarians – who was more of an holistic type – believed that giving them afterwards was better. She thought that they might interfere with the efficacy of the antibiotic if given at the same time.
Really fresh second cut timothy can be like that, too. I remember when my mare’s farrier told me to stop feeding it to her unless I wanted her to get laminitis, and to choose a really coarse and stemmy first cut hay instead. I didn’t know a lot about hay at the time (less than one year into horse ownership) and felt really bad that my mare could no longer eat “salad hay.”
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