Monika from Sandness Equine Services came over with her horse/pony weighing scales.  No one has been weighed for 13 months and I need to know accurately what everyone weighs if I am going to consider drug treatment for Waffle and Tiddles for Equine Metabolic Syndrome.  This has been diagnosed by the vet from previous blood results.

Pepper offered her help while Monika set up the weighing scales.

I had got everyone in earlier so they would be easy to catch and the put outside afterwards.

And after weighing each pony, Monika was kind enough to feel each horse to see who had ribs or fat pads or not.

There was a remark about a little woolly mammoth when Newt climbed on.

They all behaved well and it was just a case of walking each pony onto the mat, weight recorded, a quick feel for ribs and then outside into the field.

And the results are in…..

This was 13 months ago and, as you can see, everyone has lost some or a lot of weight, so that’s encouraging.

Now to keep it off for the next year.  That is my next challenge.

Huge thanks to Sandness Equine Services.   Waffle and Tiddles will have blood taken again next week (resting insulin) and then the vet can decide on the drug treatment required knowing their accurate weights.