Bad leg problems

[casportpony]

He weighs 7.5 pounds

I read somewhere that when treating a possible niacin deficiency one could give 23 mg per pound of body weigh several times a day. So at 7.5 pounds I think I might want to try giving him 170 mg of niacin three times a day and see if that helps.

I think it was one of my vet books that suggested that amount, but let me double check.

 

[PirateGirl]

Hmm... my next question was going to be how much does he way, but at 7.5 lbs while that's not a small duck, it's not overly larger either

 

[PirateGirl]

Aside from the leg weakness does he seem alert and healthy and normal in every other way?

 

[Gerty0630]

I read somewhere that when treating a possible niacin deficiency one could give 23 mg per pound of body weigh several times a day. So at 7.5 pounds I think I might want to try giving him 170 mg of niacin three times a day and see if that helps.

I think it was one of my vet books that suggested that amount, but let me double check.
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Hollly crap that’s a lot of niacin lmao. How do I give that much? Like in what form could I find that reasonably?

 

[Gerty0630]

Aside from the leg weakness does he seem alert and healthy and normal in every other way?

Yes he’s perfectly healthy every other way. Alert. Eats. Drinks. Swims.

 

[CayugaJana]

The things I know of that can cause leg weakness are b vitamin deficiencies and calcium deficiency. But you said you were originally giving him layer feed. So hmmmm. If he took a fast growth spurt, the 7.5 pounds doesn’t really matter. His body would have to be able to keep up with the fast growth. Has their been any improvement? My best suggestion would be to get him swimming as much as possible to work out the legs without the weight.

 

[CayugaJana]

There’s always a chance something else internal is going on but we wouldn’t know that of course.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Why not the TSC liquid b complex 1 ml a day over a tasty treat?

 

[Gerty0630]

Why not the TSC liquid b complex 1 ml a day over a tasty treat?

How long do we think it should take if the liquid b is given daily? I gave 2ml of liquid b daily for 2.5 weeks and it didn’t seem to help...

 

[Gerty0630]

The things I know of that can cause leg weakness are b vitamin deficiencies and calcium deficiency. But you said you were originally giving him layer feed. So hmmmm. If he took a fast growth spurt, the 7.5 pounds doesn’t really matter. His body would have to be able to keep up with the fast growth. Has their been any improvement? My best suggestion would be to get him swimming as much as possible to work out the legs without the weight.

Yes I try to get him swimming daily and that seems to help a bit. Little swimming physical therapy!