Finn - Gelding

Breed: Fell Pony
Height: 14hh
YOB: 2001

My name is Hunthill Finn. I am a Fell pony: a very rare breed: there are only a few hundred of us in the country; the same as the ponies driven and ridden by the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. I am black as we all are. I am 13.3 hands high. I had been very happy in my old home for many years but my owner couldn’t look after me due to poor health so I came here to Delta Blue Unicorns. 

I was peeing a lot and drinking a lot; I had a long curly coat which I did not shed in the Spring; I was sweating a lot; I was very thin but prone to laminitis. The nice lady vet said I had Pars Pituitary Intermediary Disorder: PPID or Cushings. I was put on a tablet called Prascend a day then had more blood tests for which I was very good. I am now on two Prascend tablets a day and feeling a lot better, even though I don’t like to take them! I am drinking and peeing less and sweating less. I have put on weight. My feet have been X rayed and there is some sinking and rotation but not much. As a Fell pony, I am supposed to be kept natural but I needed that trim!

I am very suspicious of new food so they call me Fusspot Finn. I like my haylage in my small hole net. I love my new friends, especially Rodney, who is a pony like me. I love to take part in Blue Unicorns with the children and be groomed, do pony agility, and teach the children about horse health and first aid. I even let them paint me with glitter.