Hi Wanda, My Rocky Mt. pony is diagnosed as Cushings AND IR and Soley is "just" IR. Both of them tend to be the proverbial easy-keepers. Rocky, however, has noticeably slimmed down in the last few years. I think the Cushings is overtaking the IR in his symptoms. He still has the odd fat deposits (head of the tail, cresty neck, above his eyes), but not as fat overall. Interestingly enough, so far, he has shed out just fine each Spring. He is on 2mm of Pergoglide 2x a day and judging by the way he runs around kicking up his heels, he feels pretty good. We had a very bad bout of laminitis going on three years ago (starting in March actually), so every year, as March approaches, I hold my breath. Both he and Soley have been cut off of the pasture for the last two years, only going out in grazing muzzles that essentially keep them from grazing at all.
Soley will be 19 this year (Rocky is in his mid-twenties) and I am hoping to keep her sound and healthy for many more years. -- Renee M. in Michigan
