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Carol - You need to have that 16 y/o tested for cushings. Fall laminitis is often the first, repeat first, sign of laminitis, so yes, your horse IS showing signs of PPID. Fall grass issues are

My 16 yr old appaloosa Rocky (not Rossi who is PPID) seems to have laminitis for the first time. Sore in the front feet, doesn't want to walk. Weighting hind legs but not camped under. Eating well,

Hello My horse Shawnee has been off of bute for 5 days now. He is walking soundly with his soft ride boots . I had taken them off of him on Friday and hand walked him for about 5 minutes and he

Hi Carol, Good to hear that the GI symptoms seem to have subsided - that is certainly a bonus. If there is any question of laminitis being ongoing DO NOT exercise. Just allow Ari access to a safe,

During a laminitic episode (horse is chronic laminitic since 18 months ago) which was most likely precitipated by a g.i.upset, should we still try exercise at walk? I have read never force exercise

On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Lorna <briars@...> wrote: I'm feeding a bag at a time,so my thoughts definitely drift to the mill workers who let these rock hard cubes pass inspection. Lorna in

I even use lighter duty ones -whatever I have on hand.The hammer does make rips in it,but at least the cubes are contained(as in they don't fly all over the feed room). I just smash one layer at a

>>Just wanted to say,that I have good luck(if you can call it that)using just a hammer.Don't know if that will save you any time or not. I put them in a large ,clear plastic bag,just for

Hello Donna, I also am far away from a horse vet, and have no trailer available. In order to get blood testing done for my pony's PPID/IR I get a small-animal vet to draw the blood. Having previously

>As the Dex test clearly diagnosed him why would i have to do another aECTH test at this point?............ Hi Julie, The reason that we do eACTH instead of the DST, besides the fact the DST

thanks for response sed is not foot sore and has been sound apart from a couple of times after farrier only mild soreness over 24hrs re dex test my vet was advised to do dex over eACTH as in her

Awesome, LeeAnne! So happy for you and Dawn :) Lavinia, Dante, George Too and Peanut Jan 05, RI EC Support Team

Shoot - that was supposed to say "close to normal". Got so excited my fingers outran my brain!

Wow, wow, wow! Great news indeed - I am so happy for you! Does Dawn seem any different in herself? I honestly didn't think she would ever come to a normal ACTH. Way to go, LeeAnne! Jaini

Hi Julie & welcome to the list. Sorry I missed this message earlier-Mandy has alreadygiven you the brief synopsis on matters & I it's great that you've had achance to read through the files. I have

Join us September 27-29, 2013 in Oregon for the NO Laminitis! Conference. Only 13 more days…. On July 26, the group had just over 500 Facebook *likes*. As of this morning, we now have 961, just

I'm sure with you on that,Maggie!I'm going through that right now.Just wanted to say,that I have good luck(if you can call it that)using just a hammer.Don't know if that will save you any time or

>Are the cubes easy to chew when wet? Well now, that depends. I use the ODTB's for my carrier and also dry in NoseIt's. The consistency is not always the same. Sometimes they are rather soft

I am just so happy about this! I never thought I'd get her this low especially at this time of year. I was worried she'd have no chance but I think this proves what that wise person said with