I remember reading an article about some horses in northern Montana. The rancher fed them all the hay they could eat and warmed water through the winter. No man-made shelter or any blankets. Said

Maybe my experience with the abscess monster my horse went thru is worth passing along. When my boy abscessed my vet used a dremmel tool to drain them and we kept them wrapped in gauze soaked in

haha... Women just love to fight. Nothing better to do. FYI... these supplements cured lameness in some of the geriatric horses we have... they also cured, many, many other issues with their health,

Old school of thinking never works. Read more about "good keepers" and what exactly that means regarding metabolic disorders. Obviously we have two different beliefs regarding the daily consumption

Nona, I give them each 60 pound bales... I am not sure where you live, but we have -30 to -20 weather.. therefore the hay is never wasted. We usually leave the horses out in warm blankets at -20....

Hi Dannice, You need to borrow a hay corer. Do you have a feed store that tests hay? or a cow farmer, hay farmer or even an Agriculture Office that might have one? If you go to www.dairyone.com and

Thanks Jean and Claire! The local feed store suggested Ultium. That sounded like way more than I needed. Another poster responded with 'Hi Fat Hi Fiber'. I will check the Purina website for info

with Hey Karen going to second this motion we never gave him alfalfa due to his sensitivity, My pony also cannot tolerate it..soaking his hay is a good idea too. He is probably thrilled to even

Hi Tami, I am in Canada and feed my IR mare Purina's " Hi Fat Hi Fibre", it is one of the lowest-carb pellet feeds we have here and she does very well on it. The feed representative is very helpful

Hooray for us! Thank you, Nancy, for coordinating the letter writing campaign, and thanks to everyone who particpated! And thanks most of all to Dan and the Poulin company for listening to their

I am new to the group and don't know how to have my hay tested. We live just North of Vancouver, WA. I also was wondering if Horseman's Choice Timothy Cubes are ok to feed. We have a 19yr old

Purina has a new product out. Wellsolve but it's only in Fl at this time. I think if we all call about in our own area they would start carrying it in other

Hi all, Closed my eyes, crossed my fingers, and ordered an ACTH on Color Guard last week. Previously he had tested negative for Cushings based on DST, but he routinely feels rotten from about

Clair, Your vet is a keeper! Sounds like he's doing it at next to cost. I spend $20 for overnight air from VA on USPS. The ACTH plasma must be frozen immediately from the centerfuge, shipped on

I got this message from my Poulin rep Dan today: February 25, 2008 To all Poulin Grain customers that have e-mailed me in regards to taking out the iron in the EQUI-PRO Carb Safe, your voices

Most of the good feed stores carry them. You can also get them online at KVPet, or ValleyVet or Jeffers. I order from these companies regularly and they are very reputable. (I don't do E-Bay for

Tami Unfortunately, I don't think so. Could be wrong but according to our files, their lowest in NSC are Horse Chow 100, Nature Essentials (Mare & Main) supplement and Born To Win. These all tested

Tami > Just yesterday, I saw an ad in my new Equus of a Purina feed called Nature's Essentials (I think) that has been designed for easy keepers. Haven't investigated it yet. I meant to bring the ad

"luckycharmfarm" <LuckyCharmFarm@...> wrote: Somertimes it makes a difference in the dose you should probably start at, that's all. But all horses are different. The amount one horse

Does Purina make any feed that is usable on a IR horse? Thank you, Tami