Hi Dr. Kellon, Thank you for your reply :) I give her a small bucket of r/s/r shredded beet pulp now. How much could I increase it...is there such a thing as too much beet pulp? Sharon &

Hi, Sandra, Thank you so much for your feedback and for that page about discerning whether a horse is too thin. That was VERY helpful. I suppose Angel is between a 3 and a 4, which is good. 1

Hi, Joan, Thank you for your reply :) I do feed beet pulp, but it isn't putting weight on her. I give her vitamins and minerals from a custom mix from Horsetech which I put in the rinsed and

Thanks for the info, but I think I'll stick with the Synthroid for me and the Thyro-L for HRH. I switched back to Synthroid after being bounced from one generic to another. I was miserable. I

the answer They induce ovulation. --I am getting blood work done soon so what hormonal If she's cycling, and you know where she is in her cycle, estrogen and progesterone. --now the difference is

Well, we tested my 11 year old Arabian gelding yesterday, and his bloodowrk came back at 65 pg/ml with 9-35 the normal range. So he is very high :-( He is so young, and the 'symptoms' have been

I don't know why the blasted notice isn't showing up, but I just put up a new

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the EquineCushings group. File : /CUSHING'S AND INSULIN RESISTANCE, WEEK 3

The only two things I know of (and just checked again) that will interfere with thyroxine absorption are soy and calcium. Since calcium is in everything, human dosing instructions call for taking it

No issues. If you're thinking about the 28.8 carbohydrate figure, note that most of that is fiber. Eleanor

Not easy to find soy hulls either, but they compare very favorably to beet pulp, similar safety and calories, more balanced mineral profile. In the drawback category is dusty. Eleanor

You would have to have them tested to know for sure but oat hay pellets can be too high in sugar and starch. Increasing her hay and beet pulp would be safer - and switch her to ground stabilized flax

wrote: an ovary removal on a mare like this when they do test positive for either IR or Cushings? That's always my knee jerk reaction to (and would have parted with my own more than once when they

<catfishandokra@...> wrote: I do this for our horses, have a hanging bucket of plain loose salt, it will get a bit dusty at times so I scrape off the top layer every now and then, the draw back I

--- In EquineCushings@..., "Stacy" <saberger@...> wrote: I notice the pulse on the outside of the left front (strongest), > and on the inside of the right front...but no strong puls on

<kvshopping@...> wrote: Can't find it. Could you link please? Eleanor

Copper: Oxide not well absorbed. Use sulfate or, better yet, polysaccharide coated. Zinc: Zinc sulfate is fine. Manganese: Same as zinc. Eleanor

normal, I'd consider that a positive too. Eleanor

flax There's some oleic acid naturally occuring in the flax. That's fine. They don't actually require it because they can synthesize it themselves. Eleanor

<veesutherland@...> wrote: Fermentation Product, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Organic Full Fat Soybeans, Linseed Meal, Stabilized Rice Bran, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Organic Dried Kelp,