NickelsChram
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My little guy has not been feeling well for quite some time, and he has lost a significant amount of weight. When he first started losing weight we attributed it to stress since this year was his first year showing,and he would seem to gain a little in between each show. My mother and I thought that once show season was over he would gain the weight back. And for a little while he did. Then all the sudden he started losing again and wouldn't gain it back.At that point my feeding program was not very suited to his needs so I made some changes and upped his feed and thought that would solve the problem.( went from about 1 cup to 3). This is a little horse that before we got him was getting 1/2 a cup of feed, 4 flakes of hay twice a day and on a dry lot and we thought he was a bit pudgy. We bought him and he was out on full turn out on grass(not very lush grass) and got round bales (not by himself he shared with 8 others). He was in with 8 other minis 5 of which were pretty chubby, he was the only one that needed feed, so I would just feed him whenever I came. I thought that if I could go feed him more often he would gain, but even when he was fed more regularly and his feed upped he still looked terrible. So I called hte vet and he came out and did a thorough physical and drew blood. He thinks its Lyme disease.Our barn owner always has horses come up with lyme disease,and she has been in buisness a long time, and currently has two being treated in their own little lyme paddock,and there are deer everywhere and they often cut through the horse pastures. He sent blood off to be tested but said that you can often get false negatives with Lyme testing, and has decided to give him the Lyme treatment for two weeks. If he improves and improves drastically then we will keep up with the treatment, if not we go back to square one.But the blood work did not indicate any other problems, and he really believes it is lyme.
I have herd some different opinions on Lyme disease and want to hear from anyone who has had experience treating a mini for Lyme disease. Did they ever have reoccurring symptoms after being treated for Lyme disease? If their symptoms did come back, were they the same symptoms as before or did thay change? I know lyme disease can affect their body's in different ways. And did it give you any problems with lameness?
thanks in advanced for any advice anybody could give me, ive been so worried about him and its been terrible waiting for test results and then having them give you no real answer. im just glad hes being treated even if he doesn't have a solid diagnosis yet i feel like at least something is being done.Im just worried about how healthy he will be in the future.
I have herd some different opinions on Lyme disease and want to hear from anyone who has had experience treating a mini for Lyme disease. Did they ever have reoccurring symptoms after being treated for Lyme disease? If their symptoms did come back, were they the same symptoms as before or did thay change? I know lyme disease can affect their body's in different ways. And did it give you any problems with lameness?
thanks in advanced for any advice anybody could give me, ive been so worried about him and its been terrible waiting for test results and then having them give you no real answer. im just glad hes being treated even if he doesn't have a solid diagnosis yet i feel like at least something is being done.Im just worried about how healthy he will be in the future.