Any advice re older pony?  (19 Posts) Booboostoo Sun 24-Mar-13
08:27:43  Just saw this thread, so glad he's doing better!  Pink
Powder by Naff works really well with one of mine who always
struggles to put on weight.  50BalesOfHay Sat 23-Mar-13 12:21:12
Update, he seems much brighter, much ore his ld self, so I'm
assuming the treatment must be working. He's on milk thistle as
well as the vet drugs and we've removed the high oil feed we use
to keep his weight up as oil is processed in the liver.  If we
have to keep him off oil permanently it's going to be an
interesting feed conundrum: he's already a challenge to feed as
he drops condition easily, but had mild laminitis about 4 years
ago so oil and high fibre have been the ideal solution. May have
to ring some feed companies and see what they advise. Anyone
here got any ideas?  Pixel Thu 14-Mar-13 17:26:04  We lost our
first pony to liver failure (we didn't investigate treatment, he
was 35 so we decided to let him go) and the vet still instantly
said "ragwort