Cookie's Story: A Pony with Heaves and a Cough

The pony they chose anyway.

"We wanted a mixed breed older pony, for my two small children," Cheryl wrote. When they met Cookie, they knew: heaves, a chronic cough, a respiratory problem she compared to emphysema. They bought her anyway, and she turned out to be "the perfect pony for my two small children." The cough on exertion meant Cookie was limited to walking.

Cookie's situation

Older mixed-breed pony · Burlington, Iowa

Heaves and a chronic cough on exertion; limited to walking

Kidney values so elevated the vets expected permanent damage

Three weeks of diarrhea that medication didn't resolve

Story shared with Nzymes in February 2016

Three weeks in, the problems stacked

The crisis

Off her feed, lethargic

The doctors first thought she'd eaten something poisonous. Blood work then found kidney values so high the vets were certain of permanent damage. One vet said she might not live through the night. With treatment, Cookie pulled through, but stayed sullen with little appetite.

The next three weeks

Diarrhea nothing touched

Treated with medication and beneficial bacteria. "But nothing seemed to help!" That's when Cheryl found the Nzymes site, skeptical even after reading the testimonials, and ordered anyway.

Five days on the Granules

"An almost complete recovery!"

Her words: diarrhea almost gone, appetite back full strength, the coughing from her heaves subsided, and kidney values back in normal range.

The bucket snicker.

"She now snickers at us whenever she sees us with a bucket because she thinks it's time for her Nzymes Granules. She loves it which she gladly chomps right up!" Even the long hair coat from her hormone problem had finally begun thinning out.

"I just wanted to thank you for such an incredible product! I have started all of my other animals on it. I've also told all of my friends about it! You certainly have a believer for life in me!"

What Cheryl used

One product, doubled to start.

Nzymes Sprouted Granules in Cookie's daily feed, doubled for the first stretch, which is the standard start. The same daily support behind the stories across this shelf. For the breathing side of Cookie's story, read the guide to pneumonia in horses.

★★★★★

“After only 5 days of doubling up the usage, Cookie has made an almost complete recovery!”

Cheryl Robben · Burlington, IA