Linda, Read and studied every word....Printed for trimmer. then found trimmer on vacation and can't get her til Tuesday. I almost grabbed tools and tried myself. Controlled the urge but I am in

I need opinions before I test. Bottom line questions: For a test at 8am, do I feed hay, in addition to her usual 5 lbs that lasts 1.5 hours in a net, the evening before we test? I usually feed

aliby100 wrote: Dear Alison, I understand, believe me I really do. I truly wish I could tell you of a magic bullet, heck wish I had one for me too. I agree, you don't need another blood test to tell

Hello Maria, I had my hay analyzed in March, my own hay from last year.  The WSC was 24.3% (in Dry Matter), ESC was 14% and starch was .2% .  My god, how did I make such rich hay????? I soaked my

Hi Jainie, I have been soaking it, so yes, he's getting sore from it when soaked. There's not much of last year's hay to be had I'm afraid. This neighbour that I saw today had just a little bit left.

Cornell: Hi Michelle, What this means is that Fionn is clearly PPID. I'm assuming there were no glucose or leptin tests done? Cortisol doesn't tell us anything. As we are heading into the seasonal

Yes, that could of course also be a factor. But it's still not far from the recommended 10%, and subtracting a percentage from soaking, it should be below 10. That's why I'm suspecting the fructans

Hi, Maria - I would say the hay is definitely the culprit - 11.4% ESC is more than enough to do it for my horses (I speak from experience). If I were you, I would try to stock up on last year's hay,

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Yes I did see that, but still. Too much fructan DOES cause laminitis, even though it's through a different route. And I now have a sore horse with a bounding pulse in his legs. To me it seems that the

He also has a foot photo album with his X-rays at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ECHoof/photos/album/1767999070/pic/list Michelle Peck Williams & Fionn Lexington, Kentucky USA Joined June

Blood tests came back. ACTH 88.1 Insulin 25.13 Cortisol 4.13 These came from Cornell. I have updated his history. We started him on 2 cc pergolide yesterday. It's a liquid. Looks like cough

I suppose anything is possible. But the paragraph you didn't quote also mentions even very high levels of fructans not causing insulin spikes.It presents in a similar fashion to laminitis caused by

Hi Maria, Your ESC+Starch went from 8.4% last time to 11.7% this time. We use As Sampled or As Fed results. I see this as significant. Is there any sign of gut upset? Sorry,I'm in and out today

I uploaded the new analysis so you can have a look at it. /Maria Sweden March 2011 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ECHistory4/files/Maria%20and%20Mirald%2C%20Sweden/

Ok so if I understand the following correctly there IS actually a chance that such a high level of WSC in hay could cause laminitis? "It tells us 1 g/kg, or 500 g (17.6 ounces) for a 500 kg horse

Alison, I will throw a few ideas out here--wish I could do more! 1) Is it possible that your hay could be high enough in s/s that soaking it is reducing the sugars, but not enough? I have some bales

Hi all, Please can you offer some advice. Bonnie's GI ratio before the Metformin was 0.76. I started the Metformin on the 5th July and stopped 3rd August @ 15000mg twice a day. My vet arranged

Great,Maria. You can also make use of the Archives to review some of the many fructan discussions we've had here. Here is one message from Dr. Kellon that might help. 130040 There are many more.I

Thanks! That's the old hay which was ok, soaked it. New hay is awful... I'll try to upload the new report! /Maria Sweden March