Great to hear! That's how you know that you were on the right track! And it's good to hear that you've taken up jogging.... Joan and Dazzle tell

Hi Jenni, It sounds as if your boy has been Cushings for a couple of years already. With coat changes a few years back, it's my opinion that you have already crossed into needing pergolide all year

<horsies4luv@...> wrote: Hoofies are beautiful- Carola was out 2 weeks ago. Always looks slightly owwie- due to his old shoulder injury- but I can usually tell the difference. He happy to trot on his

Ouu, thank you a lot. I think, our german laminitis group didn't pay much attention to Mg up to now (what a shame). So I placed this link to pubmed there. Yes Gordons Mg-level is low, but is getting

Ellen, it is quite likely that the weight problem (possibly insulin resistance) is causing the thyroid dysfunction, not the other way around. Supplementing thyroid while controlling diet is the way

I just looked at the photo of your Morning Star...my heart goes out to you, I know how hard it can be...I said goodbye to my Tamera just a year ago and was totally lost without her for months. Time

Big hugs for all of you!!!!!!!!! 20 + years, how blessed you all have been! Amberlee

YEAH!!!!!!!! Way to go Julia :))) So very happy for you and all your hard work. Amberlee

Hi, yes my name is Jenni! Thanks for all of that. Guess I am cluthing at straws here. You have explained Cushings so incredibly well below - I've read so much I think I have failed to absorb most of

You're welcome - thank Eleanor actually. I meant to ask - does he have a salt block in easy access? Blue is free stalled, too, so he has both water and salt inside and outside. Inside water is easy

I am so sorry for your loss. As hard as it was and is on you, know you did the kindest thing for him. The memorial ride will help - friends did that with me when I lost my old guy, and it meant the

My horse, Penny, has always had well water at the barns where she has been boarded. I don't know for sure about the water for the first 4 years of her life, but that barn was out in the country, so

Hi (do you have a name?)! Welcome to the group. What IS known about Cushings disease is that it is a pituiary adenoma. Oxidative damage occurs. Although there is a lot about fluoride toxicity and

thanks for the tea recipe. I'll try that in the morning. He was getting two tbsp of salt daily until he quit eating the b/p. Maybe with the tea I can get him eating that again along with

If you are on a budget that doesn't allow you to test all the time, you're still testing about a month or two too soon. If this were Dazzle (and if Dazzle lived in Australia), I would test between

I soak the hay in three batches for three meals. I smell the hay before I feed and it does not smell sour. I soak it in the barn in cold water. The water is still cold when I take the hay out. I

Sorry to hear. I'm so glad you gave him 20.5 wonderful years! I know he really appreciated that. The memorial will be a great thing for your healing process. :) Keri

Been a bad week here . My old horse had to be put down yesterday. He was 29 1/2 with Cushings. I know he was tired. Just was me hanging on to him. My friends are taking me on a Memorial ride sunday

he does not eat the hay or b/p when it's fresh and the tub is clean. He has access to the tank of water 24/7, he's not locked in a stall. I don't have a water meter on the tank. I weigh the hay

Teresa, Blue gets peppermint tea in his water, and on his cubes for iron overload. He gets lots of it and loves it. The tea is very concentrated, roughly a 3 to 1 (three very generous tablespoons