OLIVER VERY HIGH INSULINE LEVEL >200 NEED HELP NOW FOUNDERING
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Lori Ricigliano
Hello
I also own a Half Arabian/ Half Oldenburg 2005 Gelding named Oliver. He became foot sore in January 2022 - I felt a bounding pulse in first his RF then a lighter bounding pulse in his LF We did just get in a new load of alfalfa hay. He has always been on alfalfa hay since his last owner ( 5 plus years) Called vet and farrier , Farrier hoof tested suspected absess was told to put on bute or banamine for a week and soak in epson salts. no absess came. Pulse continued lameness in front , obvious head bobbing when walking. Farrier trimmed in Jan and horse improved with stall rest and walk. He was on thyrol L from previous owner at 1g a day. We pulled TT4 on April 26, 2022 it was 1.8 pg/dl . Vet said to increase to 2g a day Horse was only on stall rest and hand walk was on Safe Choice special diet and beet pulp with grass/alfalfa hay. no turnout We pulled a cornell Metabolic test April 22, 2022 but only recievd it back the end of June after my farrier trim. In this we found out he was SEVERELY METABOLIC <200 ulu/ml Insuline but not PPID Horse was trimmed June 27, 2022 and next day pulse returned and was not as lame but could see "footy" At this time I found this group. Removed the safe choice, began salt with iodine and older grass hay with a little alfalfa in it ( not tested yet) but we are SOAKING it prior to feeding. He is eating soaked beet pulp. We also put him on Banamine for the last 2 days. He has the cresty neck and slight fat on his croup. Still "footy" you can still feel a light pulse in both his RF and LF From what i'm reading this is critical we should lower his Insulin level now to stop this. My vet is not familiar with this... but I mentioned that i'm seeing we need to put him on METAFORMIN asap . Get his accurate weight to do so? We have not taken radiograps yet, she wanted to wait until the pulse subsided from the first incident and then when it did we did a normal farrier trim and now it started up again . Unfortunately we did not know his insulin level prior to this. My case files are below OLIVER and I included the PDF from Cornell . I don't want him to go into a full Founder , but I believe he is trying to . Please tell me what to do. I don't want him to become worse. Should we put him on Metaformin and if so what is the dosage we should start at? What form of Metaformin? Vet says she can call in a script tomorrow ( Monday) if I need to. Steps I've taken from the cornell results: Soaked hay, 10lbs 2x a day, stall rest , He's on Banamine now since the bounding pulse just started, iodine salt, 2000 IU vit E in Soaked Beet Pulp once a day NO GRAIN OR TREATS. Please help thank you. -- Lori R in MN - 2022 Owner of 3 Metabolic Horses MYA Photos: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=276519 |
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