Hi Beth,

Good job of following up on weighing and getting the hay soaked  : )

Hair analysis is a waste of your funds for using to mineral balance your rations as it only gives you information on what was going on several months in the past. Plus, there are problems with contamination. Check this file for more specific info, in particular the Hair Mineral Excerpt and Value of Blood, Hair and Hay testing folders:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/files/Hair%20Analysis/

You can feed as much of the Stabul 1 as you need in addition to the hay and BP. The plus is that it is already mineral balanced (to itself) so that portion of Flame's ration doesn't need mineral balancing.

Hang in there - you've taken some great, real steps toward addressing Flame's issues.

Lavinia, Dante, George Too and Peanut
Jan 05, RI
EC Support Team