What is their current diet? What breeds are they? I'm certainly no expert, but this informaiton will help others here help you. I don't know if uncontrolled IR would have the effects you

Hi, Maria - ****Well, nuts! So, clearly, that new hay is just not going to work.***** ****Well made haylage should be fine; the only concern would be the potential for botulism (a concern in any

Hi, Jennifer - If this were me, I would increase by 1 mg, and re-test in 3 weeks. In fact, two of my crew are on 3 mg, and also close to the top end of normal, so I bumped them up to 4 mg. For the

Good grief, Clare - this is a difficult situation. I did a pubmed search, also went through my animal and human drug books, and could find no linking of pergolide to photosensitivity; however, some

Oops, I should have updated the case history better. I have already taken him off the Omega 3 and am doing the ground flax. I am not sure what the mg are for the pergolide but I will see if I can

Got it thanks!! I will update it tomorrow when I can get on the computer! Clare

I have one 16yr old mare who had two negative cushings tests and a negative equine metabolic syndrome test but had repeated laminitic attacks. My vet advised me to put her on Prascend anyway.She has

Here is Mill's latest blood work from Cornell ACTH 36.8 g/mL (9-35) Insulin 19.16 uIU/mL (10-40) Glucose 91 mg/dL (71-113) Free T4 1.16 ng/dL (1.2-1.8) How much should I

Clare, I noticed that you tried to join ECH5 a couple of weeks ago and weren't successful,either.I wonder if you are checking your Yahoo mailbox,as Nancy suggested back then? Maybe that's the

Hi Clare, I approved your request to join ECH6 about 20 minutes ago.Not sure why you are having trouble.Maybe there is a time lag? If you still haven't received a notice that you have joined,please

Sorry for posting again with no case history link - I dont seem to be able to join the relevant group 6. I have a late teens welsh mare - about 11"3 and about 220kg in weight - she is slightly above

Hi Paula, Not an expert at all, but my "layman's" way of thinking of the" feeding for the test" thing is this. If time has gone by since they last ate, then the next meal (talking hay here) will set

Hi Linda - Of course you can do some work on the trim. If anything, I think you should pick around and just see what is there and what you anticipate getting off. If some pops off, then fine. I

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