Is there a way to find out exactly why she foundered? If not, I think you should have blood tests done to see if she's Cushing's (ACTH test) or IR (glucose and insulin tests). "Maybe due to

Dr. K told me to get Copper Poly from Uckele, which I did. Here's what's on the tub: copper 124,740 ppm Ingredients: copper polysaccharide complex, dried kelp I have Poly Zinc 22 from Uckele:

Feeding IR horses: http://www.thehorse.com//ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11616&eID=61849 Dr. Frank is a member of this list. Only thing I would disagree with is feeding fat. Fat feeding worsens insulin

That's a good idea, but the barn where I board Penny has only cold water. I think asking the barn owner to bring hot water from her house just to melt the capsules for Penny would be more than she'd

Please unsubscribe me from this list. Many thanks, Kellie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have

Sharon, putting weight on a Cushings or Insulin Resistant horse should start with FREE CHOICE low NSC feeds such as all he can eat hay and up to 1/3 the daily diet in beet pulp. Only if a horse can't

25 to 30% of the diet, by weight, can be beet pulp. If you go too high you can end up making them cut back on hay. Figure 1 lb beet pulp (dry weight) = 2 lbs of hay Figure out how much of each you

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