Should I Buy Back my old horse

[redandwhite]

the vet has her on some previcox for pain. Im happy with that id rather her be comfortable.
she has an abscess right on the bottom of her foot- the farrier isn’t sure if we should leave the pads on or not. Ive messaged my vet and asked- we may need to pull the shoe off or put in a hospital plate.

Poor baby- it feels like so much has gone wrong for her lately. Imagine having laminitis and abscesses at the same time. I hope I can make her comfortable and happy. She deserves it.

I knew they stayed fertile after gelding for some time but a month? Wow isn’t that something else.

I did choose that barn guys, despite its problems it’s the place I believe will be careful with her medications and has a safe not grassy paddock for her. I had a surprisingly large amount of trouble finding dry lots. The barn is redoing their paddock footing before we go there which will probably be around the beginning of November.

They have trails- wow I’d love to trail ride her. We used to trail ride in campbell valley park in bc bareback with a hackamore and just spend our days moseying around looking at everything. She is the very best girl, never puts a foot wrong. Im a little selfish with my desire to ride her again. I could always handwalk her into the trails a little. I bet she’d like the change of scenery.

[NaturallyHappy]

You are a wonderful human.

[Scribbler]

Abscesses seem to often follow laminitis.

[SuzieQNutter]

And laminitis is more prevalent if the horse has Cushings.

[fanfayre]

OMG- You’re in BC too?!!!
You do realize, that if you put her on Pergolide to deal with the PPID shold she have it, she’ll likely be able to be on grass and treated like a normal horse so a dry lot’s not as important and opens you up to so many other boarding situations…
So says our (extremely well-respected) vet.

[redandwhite]

not in BC anymore, but I was when I bought her originally. I brought her with me to NS and now we’re in Ontario.

[fanfayre]

She’s a real “world” traveller then!
At least, having been in NS, she’ll be somewhat used to the winters! (Northern or Southern Ont?)
My route was opposite of yours- started in BC, then (after a few other stops like Ireland) landed up in Ontario, then returned to BC!
My returned guy, though, has always been in BC, although he’s travelled all over and as far away as Montana, but always returning to his homes, actually all on Vancouver Island.

[redandwhite]

I think i have to keep her off grass in perpetuity- it’s my understanding of her particular situation. ill clarify with the vet when we get her results back. If she’s negative for PPID and metabolic syndrome but still foundered on grass six months ago I dont imagine she can go back to grass, but if she’s positive for it and we give her prascend that might be a different story.

[pony_baloney]

Just to be safe it’s probably best that you treat her as being metabolic even when on Prascend. I’d be surprised if she didn’t have Cushings at her age. It’ll throw everything out of whack so grass is most likely a big no-no.

[Demerara_Stables]

IANAV but I have a hypo thyroid, PPID 20yo at my farm on grass 24/7, and she’s doing quite well (on thyro-l and prascend). She’s in a small herd on 5 acres so moves around a lot, plus gets longed 50 minutes 3x a week, w/t/c.

Grass has a lot of benefits, and being in a large space with buddies has lots of benefits. If she can handle it (check with your vet!), I’d consider a large field.

Congrats on getting her, I can’t imagine the joy she’s bringing.

[Bluey]

@Demerara_Stables

IANAV but I have a hypo thyroid, PPID 20yo at my farm on grass 24/7, and she’s doing quite well (on thyro-l and prascend). She’s in a small herd on 5 acres so moves around a lot, plus gets longed 50 minutes 3x a week, w/t/c.

Grass has a lot of benefits, and being in a large space with buddies has lots of benefits. If she can handle it (check with your vet!), I’d consider a large field.

Congrats on getting her, I can’t imagine the joy she’s bringing.

Nice is working for you, it did for 3 years for us also, our vet told us it would be ok, until it didn’t.

Older gelding was put on Prascend at 15 when he kept gaining weight past what should be expected and blood work indicated PPID.
Prascend worked well for him without side effects as reported by others
Vet said ok on grass with the others, their pasture was 1 mile long and uphill/downhill and they did move around much.
We were all along nervous about the risk of founder.

He was fine for 3 years, then foundered with 13% rotation.
Got him over that just fine in a few weeks, rotation reversed, thyroid supplement added.
Kept in dry lots since he was perfectly fine for 5 more years, until his metabolism finally shut down.

He was his own happy self all along, with others and later alone in dry lots.
He was not a horse that frets over life, not all are that accommodating.

Maybe if he had been also on thyroid from the start, as the above horse, he may have been more stable even on grass?

Founder is very serious and painful, our story just more to consider.

[redandwhite]

Here she is out of the rain last night. She looks so happy here I just love this photo

[swmorse]

Thanks for my morning smile

[redandwhite]

Kind of hard to see because she is fluffy right now, but she has a flying pig on her neck- wings curly tail everything!!

Saw her today. I wish I saw her more often but twice a week is what I can handle for now. Hopefully things will calm down and I’ll get to see her more often. She looks a little better !

Her names magic by the way don’t think I said ever.
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[SMF11]

I love that face!

[Bluey]

@SMF11

I love that face!

Yes a wise face and is all ears about what you are doing there.

[HeartsDesireEventing]

@redandwhite

i wonder if she remembers me

I bet she will. Having been down this road myself (long story, but suffice to say we found out my first horse ended up at a rescue facility, and we adopted him back to give him a good retirement), my horse definitely remembered me. Walked right past the lady who had been feeding him to press his head against my chest.

[redandwhite]

Small update- she does not have PPID. So why the two founders in 8 months? I emailed my vet back and asked what could have caused it- I guess she’s just very sensitive to sugar?
We haven’t gotten the blood work back for metabolic yet, but the vet doubts it since she’s not overweight.
Carrying on with low sugar treats and low sugar food for a very good girl. We will be moving barns next week to the one without grass(and with trails). I’ll keep you updated on that.

[trubandloki]

@redandwhite

So why the two founders in 8 months?

Or maybe some very poor management?

[SuzieQNutter]

Yes, it could have been what she was being fed on top of the grass.

An indicator is to grab the neck half way up. If you cannot rock it from side to side cut all grains immediately.