Pones- how to get rid of fast???

[HerefordGuy]

We have a yearling heifer that we are going to show in three weeks.  All she is getting feed is hay and she is being jogged a mile each day.  But, she still has pones (sp?). 
Any suggestions or tricks to get rid of pones fast?

Thanks!

 

[ploughshare]

An old showman once told me to use a rolling pin to flatten them out.  Work the pones twice a day until the show.  Sounds funny, but it worked.

 

[box6rranch]

Are those the fat rolls on their back?

 

[HerefordGuy]

Pones are the lumps of fat above the pin bones that form when an animal is carrying a lot of condition.

 

[Shady Lane]

I'm quite familiar with the sort of thing you are talking about, I've never heard the term "Pones" before, we just usually call them fat lumps or sometimes "butt boobs".

hahaha

I have never heard of the rolling pin trick, interesting theory. We just always walked heifers as much as possible and or changed their diet.

 

[ploughshare]

Yeah, the hard part was sneaking the rolling pin out of the kitchen without Mom finding out.  ;D  Anyway, I would agree a change of diet and some exercise is in order, but just in case, grab the rolling pin.  I like hard body heifers, even if they don't show as well.

 

[HerefordGuy]

Yes, we have changed the diet, she is down to just hay, no grain.  And she is going for a run/walk for a mile each day.  Just looking for some more tricks.  The rolling pin idea sounds good. Any others?

 

[kanshow]

Liposuction??  Seriously, I've heard of the massage/rolling pin thing.  We've got a heifer that has developed pones so we dumped her out into a 10 acre pasture with a big hill.  We need to have them off by the last week of Sept so hope that will help ours. 

 

[box6rranch]

Dang, wish I would have know about the rolling pin trick a couple of months ago!!! Could have used it on one of our heifers. Will definitely keep it in mind if we are ever in that position again. We had a huge 1/2 angus 1/2 shorthorn heifer. Weighed 1390 in July born March of 08.