Hi, I have just joined the list. I have a 26 year old Arabian gelding with cushings. We have been together 22 years and have been managing the disease since late 1996. I have experimented with the

Hi All, the vet was out tonight to check intermittent lameness with Star my cushings mare. Good news is that the lameness is not cushings related. Bad news is it is probably shoeing related but could

I thought you all might be interested in this information from a quite knowledgeable sorce... I've left the original poster's name & website address link at the bottom, and am copying here with her

Hi Anna, good luck with your pony. My horse has been taking pergolide for a year. His hair coat seems normal now, although he is still battling lameness. Kay in AK

Hi my name is Anna. I have recently joined this discussion group on Cushings and am not totally familiar with it as yet! I got your last e-mail yesterday and intoductions from new members were

Recently someone posted about a company that would sell Thyro-L without a prescription at reduced prices. Could you repeat the name of the company and number. Thanks Diana WA

In a message dated 00-06-13 17:50:02 EDT, you write: << I've been treating her symptoms with thyrol-l quite well, although I did try cypro about 4 years ago & it seemed effective for about 6

For whatever the information is worth... My Cushinoid mare, Tina (Night Flight) is now 29 years old, diagnosed with Cushings symptomatically (wouldn't ovulate & didn't shed out) about 5 years ago.

I'm really curious how things have gone for both of you... weren't you both planning on seeing your vets here in the recent past? Robin Desert Springs Sport

When Darby was very sick with laminitis she also got depressed. I had never seen her lose her will to live it was scarey....Darby has always been an alpha mare but she much prefers people over other

Hi Carla, Found this over on "The Horse" (www.thehorse.com) again, I can't state enough that I think this has got to be one of if not the greatest source of current medical information out there for

Hi Paula....that was a most interesting story of your depressed pony mare. People get depressed when lonely, so I don't doubt that horses do also. I am glad the two horses found each other and are

About three three months ago I thought I was going to lose my cushingoid mare. We moved to a new barn that had a big indoor arena which I needed for training and she had to be seperated from her pals

We tested my horse for Cushings because she had anhydrosis (stopped sweating) last summer. Several years earlier we had discovered she had a low Thyroid hormone level. Her only other symptoms were

You made another good point, Ann...I'm sure horsey friendship (and the human variety) lower stress levels. I bought my Icelandic gelding last Fall so my Cushingoid horse would have a companion (and

Yes, those are good things to consider. In Domino's case, though, he never was lethargic at all and pergolide hasn't changed his basic activity level. His signs of Cushing's were hair coat

In a message dated 00-05-23 18:01:18 EDT, you write: << His signs of Cushing's were hair coat irregularities, slow healing and laminitis. I think every Cushingoid horse is a bit different. I know

One other thing to consider -- Cushings quite often make a horse very lethargic. Once you begin treating it and fix some of the inbalance, the horse may very well become much more reactive,

Yes, you're right about this Makyla...but it's impossible to know at any one moment what the cortisol levels are. My horse appears to be doing well with the pergolide, but sometimes he still acts as

Sorry about that everyone, I guess I had a short circuit between brain and fingers! Here's the link, along with the text of Jos's post from equine repro... This came from a discussion about thyroid