I am giving a 13hd 22 yr old pony mare about a dsp twice a day i put it in her speedybeet and poor over the hot water..she has not trouble eating it as for effectivness this winter her coat is not as

spent 3 x 26.... I could buy 78 bales for that! > > Hi Jane, If you contact E-A and tell them your problem they may offer to retest the starch in your soaked hay for free. Lars SE July 2009

Should you receive this post, as I have, note: Russian IP addresses are notoriously either hacks or phishing for live email addies. Don't reply in any way...just delete. This is not a legitimate

Hi Everyone, I am Sunday's Moderator/Support go-to,and would like to hug everyone who is trimming messages,and adding location and date of joining to signature. Thanks for your help! Lorna in

Hi all, On another message group someone said that they were giving their old horse that had stopped sweating 2 tablespoons of epsom salts per day in his feed. This advice came from another message

Hi Mary, Welcome to the group. Have you been a member very long? How was your pony/Arab/QH diagnosed for Cushings? If you have a copy of his labs please tell us what they were! We'd like to know

As I was filling up my hay-filled trash cans with water, I was wondering if I spit in the cans enough, if the starch would break down and I could wash it out as sugar...;-0 Serious Question: Could I

Hi Betsy Couple of things -- Horse feeds are not required to list things in order of amounts used, like in human foods. If he's utilizing/fermenting hay, he should be able to do the same with BP

How much are you giving him? I give my 22YO Morgan gelding a slightly heaped tsp. twice a day...he snarfs it right up in his Hi Fat Hi Fibre, beet pulp and flax. He's picky, usually, but never even

Hummm...FWIW, we only see "foxtails" in our second or third cuttings of hay, not in first. We're in southeast PA. Vicki SE/PA 11/02

Today I discovered a complete feed that I want to investigate further. My friend's horse is exhibiting carb-overload symptoms, tender-footedness and redness in the walls. My friend was using

Regarding the 6 tablespoons of ground chaste berry...I am Bonnie/Abby, Washington, 1/2000 or 2001 (can't remember).

Saw the name Christopher C Pollitt and it rang a big bell, my farrier just left me his book "Color Atlas Of The Horses Foot" a couple of days ago.  It will take awhile to get through it as there are

I agree with this recommendation. He is a very nice guy and will do all he can to help. He has his own web site and participates in the teleworkshops put on by Joe Camp. I believe Eddie works with the

Shannon, you live in the Houston area. Have you tried to talk to Eddie Drabek, a natural hoof care provider west of Houston? He is well known and may be able to help you more then your current

Hi Laurie - I'll be happy to balance your hay for you. I find the spreadsheets confusing, so do it the old fashioned way! Will get this done this evening or tomorrow. Linda EC Primary

I could sure use some advice from Dr.K or moderators on this....should I make the bute taper even more gradual than suggested? > Leeanne - You can certainly find your own taper method. The key is to

Hi All ~ I wrote about a week ago, saying that I'd entered Skip's hay analysis numbers into the spreadsheet (I'm the odd duck who was all overjoyed by how cool the spreadsheet is - pasted part of

Please tell what the diet is that made such a difference. Lynn Swearingen Tomball, TX. 2007 ish

two days ago, decided I would try to begin taper off Bute with the taper schedule suggested on this site. So he got 2g bute day one in the morning, then was going to wait 36 hrs to give next dose,