Hi Stephanie, Here is the link to your case history. As you said, it's outdated, but in case you have lost the link, it will at least have some details filled in already, and your comments at the

Thank you. Apologies if this is a duplicate reply, I did reply but the message disappeared. He is 16.2HH with a fairly steady weight of 1170pds. I have been soaking hay since this event started. I

Stephanie, We really need the case history details, his weight, labs, dates of testing, etc. and hoof photos to try to help you through this. Why did you start ALCar? One thing you can try right

I'm a new member (case history not completed yet). My 16 yr old mare was diagnosed with laminitis just over 2 weeks ago (xray confirmed). The vet has had me keep her on stall rest 24/7. He said her

I should also say that there were no hints that this event was coming, no increase in crest, no increase in pulses or heat in the feet. I had a lovely hack out on the Friday night, on Monday, he

Good Morning, I have an unusual one for you. My 22 year old Canadian is in acute laminitis. He has been on stall rest for 3 weeks today. He is IR and PPID. He has been stable following ECIR

Print out or e-mail the files IR PROXIES ORIGINAL and IR PONY FIELD STUDY from this page https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/filessearch?q=proxies for your vet. We really don't make this stuff up! --

The four hour clock starts when you begin eating, six hours after finishing so if you feed at 9 and he's done at 11 your window is between 1 and 5 PM. If you feed again anywhere in there you don't

That would be a great resource on this site if it doesn't already exist. We could all "weigh in" and add how much various feeds weigh. Like Feed brand and name || weight of 1 cup We've had really

Hi Daisy, RIA is the type of test kit they use to run the sample, not a calculator. She may not be familiar with the Va Polytechnic proxies, which is what our calculator uses. It is also important to

Amy, Could you put up a current photo that shows how she stands/her posture? A video clip on You Tube would be great! If she had an issue from infection it wouldn't improve when she walks around. That

Vaccine reactions aren't really septic but they can sometimes cause laminitis but that's mostly in EMS horses. The most common cause of blood in the white line is the toes are too long - mechanical

In this case, the problem has nothing to do with ACTH control except as an indirect indicator of dopaminergic effects. It is the hypothalamus that controls temperature regulation, not the pituitary

Alfalfa can be a good base for a young horse's diet but it's far from balanced. Because he is not PPID or EMS, this discussion should be moved to our hoof subgroup https://ecir.groups.io/g/Hoof . --

Are you close enough to any of these farmers' co-ops? https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=florida+farming+co-op . It's worth a try. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

Tanna, he is eating only alfalfa cubes, should I tell the vet to change the diet?? -- Fernando, Santiago Chile, 2019

Thank you Karen for adopting and caring for these two seniors. I have included two links below that are a good place to begin. Now that the mini is on Prascend the next and critical step is changing

We have several feed mills in our area, but NONE of them will sell them to me. They supposedly buy them in bulk to mix in their feeds and all have been unwilling to sell me a portion such as 50 lbs. I

Hi Maria I have always started directly on the intended APF dose. Once I felt we were past the potential veil period, I just stopped. I have not titrated APF up or down. No issues. -- Nancy C in

-- Hi all. I adopted two 25 yr old mini geldings from a rescue in TN in May. The rescue thought that the one mini Thor might have cushings but never tested him. 6 weeks in my home and he started