Kay Howitt wrote: Oops...you can just erase the word 'by' and everything will make much better sense. Kay

KP, you've got a full house and some lucky animals! My rescue dog, cat and Icelandic horse are all apparently healthy (although the Icey is way fat!) so I have it pretty easy these days. My Cushingoid

Hi Kay in Corning....you're sure earning your gold crown in heaven, as my mother-in-law likes to say :0)...and I think I have a tough job with one Cushingoid horse! I usually sign my e-name as Kay in

Hi Jeri and welcome to this helpful group of people. It sounds like Hank is doing well in spite of the Cushing's. Good luck with keeping him happy and healthy and sound. Kay in Fairbanks

Hi everyone - I have just joined the list and would like to introduce myself. I live in PA, and have two Paints - a three year old gelding (Phantom) and an 18 year old gelding (Hank). I show at

Didn't see it till you pointed it out. God helps those who are old and those who use email, to read right past the typos. KP and yes, I do buy it in bulk for the equines. Becce Dog requires 2

Add to the equines, one happy barn cat who rides on Daisy Mae's back, when Daisy is in a good mood, one hypothyroid mixed breed Lab/Aust. Cattle dog, Becce, one deaf Maltese, Puppy, ( pet store boy,

And Hi, Kay in Fairbanks, I am Kay in Corning NY. I can be KP, since those are my initials. Not a favorite duty in the military, but KP will do fine for me! KP, her 2 Cushingoid, and hypothyroid

Jeri, I just switched over to the liquid cyproheptadine this spring and I am hoping that it works as well as the pills did. I know I have to shake the bottle like crazy, and then I fear that I may

Hi Robin, Yes we are a selenium deficient region. I am currently using a feed that is specifically designed for the NW and supposedly researched, formulated and recommended by Kentucky Equine

In a message dated 00-05-11 12:06:45 EDT, you write: << I'm so glad the list has turned out to be useful >> Hi, all, More than useful, I would say! Since we have owned our mare for only a month and

Carla, You're not in a selenium or copper deficient area are you? Stray thought & probably moot since I would think that deficiencies of this sort would cause more overall symptoms. But perhaps

Thank you so much for the input. So, I'm really not crazy or overly paranoid!! :o) The input on the hind leg thing is very helpful. I will be talking to my vet (and some others) about all of this. I

Hi, I had problems with the liquid corta-flex it had too much sweetner in it and brought on laminitis attack. I have my horse on a yucca/ glucosamine/ ester-c supplement and have had no problems with

At a barn were I had worked, there was a horse who had sweeney, nerve damage to shoulder, he did not sweat in that area as well as the muscle atrophied, so may well be that there is some nervous

Hi Nora and All... My consulting vet said it was OK to keep feeding Flex Free or something similar, as well as the MSM and biotin supplement my gelding has been getting for years. I think it's good

Somewhere I read that yucca in supplements makes cushings worse as it INCREASES the bodies cortisol release. Has anyone else heard about other joint supplements ??? I give mine corti-flex , ...maybe I

Hi Carla & Everyone, Carla, thanks for the post, its quite interesting to me that you are also noting some odd hind end symptoms. I spoke to my vet last night and his initial thought was that

Interesting posts about hind leg stance and/or lameness. Here's my experience: My 21 yr. old FEI dressage horse is Cushingoid. He is in the very early stages and with the use of Cyproheptadine his

In a message dated 00-05-08 19:29:30 EDT, you write: << I believe the hind leg hind end coordination may be affected -- hard to tell since we're coming off a mild founder in the front feet only