I don't like Licorice myself, but had read that horses like it, so I ordered the Beet-e-Bites Pill Pouches in Licorice and my Icelandic just LOVES them!  After a couple of days of them, when I pulled the pouch out of the little bag, he grabbed at it and gobbled it down!!!
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Ferne Fedeli  Magic & Jack   2007

No. California
Case History

 

 

Hi Sherry,

Bloodwork was drawn on Sept 9…


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Suzanne and Pilgrim
Joined March 2019
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Suzanne%20and%20Pilgrim
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=90935

She is definitely a cutie for sure!  Thank you for looking at the pics. Her sole is very thin. My farrier said she may never grow it. That said, she seems to be comfortable and striding without discomfort. I want to start working with her soon, groundwork, but am concerned about her feet. Would you boot her?

Thank you, again Sherry!
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Jackie Thurston
Suffolk, VA 2021
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Jackie%20and%20Rose

https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=268230

hi.  i haven't been on here in a while and have been looking around.  it seems like some stuff is gone, like, for example, a list of lab tested food items.  is that the case or am i just not finding it?
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Regina and Smokey
June 26, 2017
Laurelville,  Ohio

 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Regina%20and%20Smokey  .
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=8316  .

I just trimmed darby and have uploaded trim pictures to his album as well as a body pic. If anyone has time to take a peek please. His newest xrays taken this week are there too. Thank you!
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Nikkibob
Wisconsin, Sept 2018
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Nikki%20and%20Darby 
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=77396

Sorry you had to answer this twice, I never got your email about this. Thank you for the info, I will follow up on your suggestions. 
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Nikkibob
Wisconsin, Sept 2018
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Nikki%20and%20Darby 
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=77396

I hate to hear that Kim. So sorry!
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Lynn
Beavercreek, Ohio
March 2018
Relevante Case History
Relevante Photo Album

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I did answer this privately so sorry if it's a duplicate.

Your vet is correct to test at 7 days. There is no effect of stress on insulin in chronic conditions and the metformin effect won't get any better than it is at 7 days **unless** PPID is helping to drive it, in which case you will need pergolide on board (same for Invokna BTW)

Sugar is best tested when you pull insulin to see the relationship between the two but if you just need a baseline check any time 4+ hours after first meal of the  day.

It's not that NSAIDs are entirely useless just that they have minimal effect. What you are seeing could be from him being up and moving around for an hour. Try skipping it to see what happens.
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Eleanor in PA

www.drkellon.com 
EC Owner 2001

Hello All, 

I know I have to update my case history from our bloodwork in July, but it has been grueling at work and promise I will catch up soon - hopefully this weekend! But I have a question I am hoping to get some help with for Bullitt and Kate. 

This is our first year monitoring for the seasonal rise. We had blood work in late July. Kate was at 50.4 pg/mL ACTH (Ref 2-35)  and Bullitt was at 32.4. Both were on 1 tab of Prascend. After the recommendations I received here, I gradually got them up to 1.5 tablets for Bullitt and 2 for Kate. I believe things are going well over all with their health, especially Kate who shows many more symptoms than Bullitt and those are now under control. However, Bullitt has never had any issues shedding out despite probably being PPID for a while. Kate has all kinds of shedding problems and we had to shave her this spring. Now I have noticed Bullitt is not growing in his winter coat at all and Kate has been, although it it is not outrageously wooly like it has been in the past. I am just looking to see what is "normal". We have really bad winters here and I am concerned about him not growing a thick of enough coat? Since this is our first year with them on Prascend I don't have a good baseline. Is it possible that Bullitt still needs to move up to a higher dose or is the dose too high and preventing the coat from growing in? Or is Kate needing a higher dose if she is growing in winter coat too early? These are our only two horses and I have been "trained" that minis typically look like sheep in the winter, so maybe I am just not used to what a "normal" winter coat is? 

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated as always! 
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Sarah O. 
Rudolph, WI
2020

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Cindy, Oden, and Eeyore, North Texas
On ECIR protocol since 2/19
https://www.facebook.com/LifeWithOden/
History: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Cindy%20and%20Oden
Photos:  https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=91125

Hey Suzanne,

A product called Beet-E-Bites Equipockets works great for us.  My horse LOVES the peppermint and the apple flavors and they are manufactured specifically for IR/PPID horses so you know they are safe.    https://beetebites.com/
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Sue R in NC 2021

CASE HISTORY:  https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Sue%20and%20Shifty

PHOTO FILES: 

 I also bought a glucometer, but am unsure when to test, when is the best time to get the appropriate sugar reading? 
I know it has been  repeatedly said that IR horses will not start feeling better until the insulin is controlled and that NSAID's like bute are useless. BUT, every day for the last week he has been unable to walk out of his stall in the morning until I have given him bute (2 grams) and within an hour or so he is visibly more comfortable, less stressed and happy to walk outside( from a deep bedded stall and he wears boots 24/7). Could this be something else I am dealing with?
Nikkibob1994
Wisconsin, Sept 2018

https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Nikki%20and%20Darby 
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=77396

There was no heartbeat on the ultrasound; they are aborting the foal.

Sherry,
I don't know how she signed up, because when she logs in it asks fo a password. She clicks the forgot password link, a box comes up and says an email has been sent to get a new password. She never gets an email.
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Kim 10-2014

Clover, SC

Dually: IR; Grits and Bella: PPID, IR; and Eeyore (deceased, but not PPID related)

Case History https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Kim%20and%20Grits%20-%20Eeyore%20-%20Dually

Photo album Grits https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=1314

Photo album Eeyore https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=6586&p=Name,,,20,1,0,0
Photo album Dually https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=9046&p=Name,,,20,1,0,0
Photo album Bella https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=64978

Thank you, I hope I did this correctly. I need to name some xrays and delete duplicates. I will start a new thread but meanwhile, could someone look at her xrays when time permits? She has had 2 trims so far, backing toe.
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Jackie Thurston
Suffolk, VA 2021
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Jackie%20and%20Rose

https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=268230