For what it's worth, I meant to get Diva tested before she left my hands to Renita, but did not get around to it. When the mare in question, Diva, arrived to me a year ago August, she had fat pads

Glad to see you got here, Renita, good job! There should have been a welcome packet sent out, but if you have not found that yet, what you can do is go to the yahoogroups site, log in, and in the 'my

Barbara ~ Basically, they mean positive for Cushing's (the post-dex cortisol should have been lower). Everythng else is within their normal reference range (except insulin which was low - was she

And someone did respond with what I see to be an Hi Janet ~ Quite a few people here do mix their supplements from scratch from bulk minerals, flax, etc. It can be very cost effective if you have a

Hi Sharon - balance? No, negative manganese is not OK - need to balance that. You need more like: 270mg copper 818 (820) mg zinc 15g magnesium (pretty high calcium hay) 15g phosphorus (it's not the

Susie, are you fairly certain of pony's age? I always worry that ponies and horses without registration papers "lose years" on their reported age as they change hands? Can you cost current

I agree that Memfis should be producing a better hoof w/his new diet. Maybe there hasn't been enough time yet for a better hoof to grow down to where a shoe/nail impacts the hoof. In my opinion, I

Lavinia, post your case history please. I'd like to see how these results all correlate. Thanks! Amberlee www.fivepineranch.com Please Visit Our Site!

Hi, this is Carol on the other coast - I have a lot of Western stuff a boarder left me, plus some other things (blankets, etc) and would be glad to send them to you if you could use them -

Hi, there: I have sent a private email to Dr. Kellon with U.C. Davis's necropsy and Cushings muscle studies published paper. Sometimes she does not get my private emails, so I thought I better post

Here is the Link http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/EquineCushings/photos/browse/86d5? m=l--- In EquineCushings@..., "Karen" <karen@...> wrote: pics

Tilly's x rays are posted under Chantilly. I will take some hoof pics today. She had a trim this morning also. Thanks Amberlee for posting them for me. Karen, Chantilly and Tommi--- In

She has been wearing her blanky. I go out at 9pm and blanket her and put fuzzy shipping boots on her to keep her legs warm. Thanks, karen, Chantilly and Tommi--- In

Hi Susie, We've all been where you are with the confusion and head- swimming flood of info, so you are not alone. Take a deep breath and don't panic. Unfortunately, many vets are not up with the

First, you should start your mare on the emergency diet. Read all the info you were deluged with when you signed up. There are a few places people here get their hay analyzed. That's in the files,

Julie, you are right to question the feet and look at diet whenever something changes in your horse's movement, like the weight shift. Just an example, with Magic we never had warmth in the hooves or

Barbara, It looks like everything's within the normal ranges except for insulin being low. You compare your horse's results with the normal ranges. I'm bad at math, so I won't calculate your G:I

Lots of us do. I do. I purchase prepackaged supplements that aren't mixed, but the selenium supplement does have vit. E in it, since I can't find one w/o. Still, I add the gel caps because I've

Beauty's case history can be found at: http://www.sportshorses.com/cases/missouribaileys.Beauty.htm Okay. I called our horse vet today to find out about further testing. A little discouraging, a

You know, this is a wonderful way to give a lame horse a bit of exercise! I think it's wonderful that you take the time with her to give her loving attention and incorporate a bit of voluntary