Hot tap water should be fine unless you have very old plumbing. Fine to soak the cubes but don't discard any water. Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Co-owner Feb 2001

The selenium says 2000ppm/gram. 2000 ppm = 2000 mg/kg. It's a concentration so shouldn't be expressed per gram. A simpler example would be concentration as a %. A candy that is 50% chocolate will be

If this was a hay it would be too high for most IR horses. With the high starch, would be even more cautious. Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Co-owner Feb 2001

You're OK with the peas and extra cubes are fine too. Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Co-owner Feb 2001

I'm comfortable with less than 10% in hay for most horses, but most of that is sugars, not starch. Hay sugar in most types of hay is at least 50% sucrose. Sucrose is half glucose, half fructose. Plain

You need to get your own vet on board on this but I'd try 2 mg and retest in 3 weeks. An alternative would be to try Prascend, especially if your capsules aren't fresh. Eleanor in

Ronia, I'm in Newmarket and have a some of 1mgs caps if you want to trade for when you get your order in. - LeeAnne 03/04 Newmarket, Ont ECIR Archivist Are you in the Pergolide Database?

Dr Kellon, I have a horse that was part of a study done by the University of Minnesota last fall to test for IR and EMS. If I wanted you to look over the results and give me your professional

Hello All: This has never happened to me in the last 5 years but I ran out of Pergolide this week. Its been ordered and in the meantime I bought some pergolide powder but my mare is not seeming too

Thankyou - our table salt here only specifies chloride and sodium.....no iodine. Also i have swapped our hymalyan salt licks for normal white salt block free choice as they are sodium, chloride and

Thanks Vanessa, My horses only get ODTB's for treats now--like yours, never even a piece of a carrot or apple.  Honestly, they don't seem to know the difference.  My "control" horse does graze, and

Hi everyone, Vets rang me with Tully's results yesterday; he said her Insulin levels are on the high side, but still within the normal range. (He said anything above 30 is considered IR, and Tully

Maggie, My two horses participated in the study and I opted out of the karo syrup part. When I researched some of the other studies using the Karo syrup, It scared me to give them that much sugar, I

This isn't a specific answer to your question but a different solution. I too struggled with my pony not being able to move around much in the dry lot (b/c it is small). Last year I actually bought

Jennifer - Shahtahr has sinking in the RF. Pulling the shoes and getting him into boots and pads, with a good trim is the recommended way to help resuspend such a coffin bone. It can't resuspend

Well, I got brave and pulled Shahtahr's shoes two days ago. Shahtahr foundered several months ago and has approx 5 degrees rotation in right front, and just very slightly in left front. I think he

Dr Kellon I am reposting this as I was told you were out of town at the time I originally posted. for reference my first post was # 166747 on April 6. I have made a small change in her diet adding

I have kept Pabatsa in a stable with turnouts in working arenas (sand) since he came into my life 7 years ago. He has always had a normal fecal egg count. I am trying to learn everything I can to keep

Hi LeeAnne, Thanks for this bit of information. I have been putting tap water in a sauce pan and heating it up on the stove. I hope this meets with Dr. Kellon's approval. Laura Mollrich Laguna

Thanks for the suggestion Chanda! Jennifer & Shahtahr Clovis, CA 2012