Clancy had a Lot Going on!

Clancy is a 14 yrs 15.2 QH gelding who had been struggling with EMS for years.

Back in early May, Amanda contacted us because Clancy had developed more issues – he had become anxious, girthy, had sacro-iliac issues, he was ‘wheezing’, had mud-fever, was itchy, ‘footy’, did the odd head-toss/flick and had cracks in hooves! There was a pronounced puffiness above his eyes.

But Amanda’s main concern was that his urine was ‘constantly like yellow lotion’ and he was peeing ‘little and often’.

Puffy above eye

Amanda also observed intermittent swelling along his ventral line and his sheath, and between the jowls. He was extremely irritable around the belly and would nip and pin ears back. Grumbly tummy and mild ‘head-bobbing’.

The Vet was thorough, conducting an ultrasound of Clancy’s kidneys and ran bloods, he was low in sodium despite being fed salt.

Clancy had monthly body work, his teeth were up to date, vaccine up to date, hooves were up to date.

A 43 temperature prompted another vet visit – more blood work, abdominal tap, ultrasounds etc with no clear indication of why his temperature spiked.

At the time Clancy was turned out 5 hours per day on dry short grass, no green. His feeds consisted of 4kg bucket of lucerne/wheaten chaff mix, hygain zero 500g, 50-60g of salt. His plain grass hay was either Teff or Rhodes.

In mid-May we recommended some diet changes for Clancy. Even though the grass he had for 5 hours a day did not ‘look’ problematic, it was eliminated along with all lucerne.

He was transitioned onto a simple feed: plain white chaff, soaked beet, ground linseed, sunflower seeds for protein plus Supreme MVA (Minerals, Vitamins, Amino Acids) plus salt.

June 6th: “Clancy has stopped head bobbing. He is drinking 10-25 litres overnight of water but still peeing yellow lotion. The swelling of his sheath and between his jowls is nearly non- existent now. Thank you!”

June 21st Clancy still has the yellow lotion peeing issue even though bloods show he is well hydrated and his average water intake is up to 25-30 ltrs overnight,

July 31st Update on Clancy – he is still on all the supplements. He’s been going well: minimal to no swelling of the sheath, no swelling between the jowls, no head tossing and his urine has been looking the clearest for a week! Consistently the best and longest for years!

Nov 14

Hi just thought I’d update you on Clancy: He’s going fantastic - been off Alleviate Gold and SOS for about month but I have kept both on hand just in case. He’s more comfortable on the back and stomach area and even breaking straight into a canter when he’s goes out into his bigger run.

His urine is still normal and not peeing little bits all the time, he is actually doing big pees less often. His overall attitude is so much happier and back to the Clancy I used to know.

He can now be brushed on the belly and his back muscles are no longer tight and sore. Can’t thank you enough for the help you have given us as he and I have struggled for years and - your knowledge and help is the only thing that saved him from the pain and discomfort he was in.

Clancy had a lot going on and his story is a great example of the difference the right nutrients can make!

Importantly Amanda stuck with it UNTIL his metabolism returned to normal functioning – time frames are always hard to predict but look at the difference over the last 6 months.

Thankyou Amanda!

6 months on