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RE: [RC] Pony death, question for vets or others who've experienced same - shermanHi Barbara, Your pony story does sound a bit like mine, with the exception that Muffin was still shedding as far as we knew. Who knows though, maybe she wouldn't have in the spring. There has been a suggestion of insulin resistance, but those ponies are generally obese and Muffin wasn't. If she'd had the opportunity to eat herself into obesity, she would have though, because she had done just that 3 years ago. Thanks, Kathy It looked like you had so many replies I was going to pass, but now it looks like my case was more like yours than most so I'll tell *my* pony story. I got my pony when she was 4, rode the tar out of her, LOVED her, kept her even after I got horses. She had never foundered, but suddenly one year, while on a dirt lot, started pointing one toe, then got really lame in that one foot. Farrier said she'd foundered (but it was just one foot). She got better from that. Then she quit shedding. She got extremely shaggy and didn't shed out. If I clipped her she looked great. I clipped a 12 hand pony with SCISSORS. Boy did she look exotic! Then one day she was walking along and just collapsed and went into a seizure. It lasted a minute or so, then she jumped up like she was surprised and trotted up the field. She was 17 years old. Then months later I saw her do it again. I quit letting kids ride her because it happened so fast when it happened. Every time she had a siezure, she'd trot off as if nothing had happened. Then one day after eating a good meal and licking the bucket, she walked over, collapsed and went into a siezure. This time I couldn't get her up. She finally died with her head in my lap. Just about killed me. :-( When she died I saw her gums and it looked like they were scarred up as if she had fallen other times that I hadn't seen. I read in Equus looking for her symptoms and diagnosed it as a Pituitary Tumor. I never heard the term Cushings till recent years. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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