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Post by tinkerdorisalison on Jun 13, 2006 9:10:08 GMT -1
Yes I know what a silly question, but Duke has been regularly weeing after about 45 mins of riding every time he has been out for the last month. Last friday he passed water three times in one hack!
I'm not sure if it;s just because it has been warm so he is drinking more, or if it's a sign of something more sinister.
Anybody?....................before i ring the vet
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Post by JoM on Jun 13, 2006 9:19:09 GMT -1
I went through this with Dancer last year. Incidentally, it co-incided with me giving him a free rein on one of those Horslyx mollasas lick things.  We were stopping to wee, doing a knats bladders worth, walking for another 10 minurtes and stopping again!! Nightmare! No probs since I removed the lick and he now has it for a few minutes, once a flood only!!! I thought it must have a high sugar volume in it - but not sure. Have you changed his diet at all recently? |
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Post by merlinalison on Jun 13, 2006 10:42:30 GMT -1
WHen Merlin did this it turned out he was eating a lot of dandelions on the field which apparently are diuretics.
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Post by dalesponyrider on Jun 13, 2006 11:45:23 GMT -1
I was about to ask about dandilions....
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Post by JoM on Jun 13, 2006 11:46:49 GMT -1
I thought that was a myth - picking dandilions makes you wet the bed!!! ;D
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Post by merlinalison on Jun 13, 2006 12:11:00 GMT -1
I don't think greedy M confined his activities to just picking them - he scoffed the lot...
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Post by bevbob on Jun 13, 2006 14:48:23 GMT -1
What about hawthorn and cleavers?? they are diuretics too and the horses were scoffing the hawthorn more than the grass a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by akehurstannabel on Jun 13, 2006 18:23:25 GMT -1
Excessive urination can also be a symptom of cushings syndrome
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Post by tinkerdorisalison on Jun 14, 2006 10:44:04 GMT -1
Thanks Guys, he is on a hilly field at the moment, but it doesn't have a lot of dandelions, if any at all.
Hawthorne - well yes there are some in the hedges and probably some cleavers but not massive amounts.
I have recently put a salt lick in the field - the laminaze one with magnesium, they(tinker and duke) have used it but not excessively.
He does have a history of Lami, but don't think he shows any other symptoms of cushings.
Oh well, might just be one of those things, will keep an eye on him. Last night he wee'd as we put him back in the field, did a bit, walked a bit then did a bit more! strange boy......
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Post by The Moo on Jun 14, 2006 11:01:55 GMT -1
A few years ago a horse at our yard was weeing a lot and after tests it was diagnosed as Cushings. It was the most un-Cushingy horse ever and showed no other symptons and went on for years just weeing a lot so don't panic.
The first thing the vet asked the girl to do was monitor how much the horse actually drank, is there any way you can have him in a seperate paddock and measure how much he gets through in a day?
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Post by tinkerdorisalison on Jun 16, 2006 13:28:05 GMT -1
Typical Man - he didn;t wee at all today - nor on tuesday when he was ridden for over an hour as well......
Oh well we'll just keep an eye on him - mght just have been the new lamiguard salt lick that started him off - they don't seem t br drinking as much over the last few days.
Thanks fr all the replies though - you lot are great!! ;D
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Post by akehurstannabel on Jun 20, 2006 20:48:57 GMT -1
A lady at our yard had an elderly horse with cushings who weed for england. She controlled it in the end with periactin, which is the cheapest "medical" treatment. The only reason she used medication was because his box used to be swimming every morning and it was costing her a fortune in bedding. As long as your pony is not uncomfortable I wouldn't worry too much at the moment. Also if you get water retention it is supposed to help eatng salty snacks and drinking lots of water, so maybe the same for ponies?
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