Soaking hay for longer than an hour...in hot/humid summer weather can ferment the hay and likely drive the leached sugar and iron back into the hay. = = = = = = = = = = Just to expand a little bit,

Hi Dian You can significantly up the amount of hay. it appears that you are feeding less than 2% body weight per day. TBs need even more and can be 2.5 to 3 percent, especially if working, for

It's good for humans. Lornain Ontario,Canada ECIR Moderator 2002 *See What Works in

My horse is PPID with ACTH level of 181. She is not IR. Insulin was 5.26. Vet agrees she is not IR. I still have her on a low starch/ IR type diet anyway because I cannot find any info on just what

I'd be interested in finding out if its good for humans too. It sounds like I could use it myself! I may try some on myself, it wouldn't be the first time I've taken a horse supplement! I really hope

Hi Deborah, You should be able to click in those spaces where your you initially wrote information and add new information--another row of lab values, info regarding body condition, etc. Just put

Hi Joyce, Just to add to Susan's response - we do not recommend alfalfa at all as many horses become footsore on it even when the ESC + Starch is well under 10%. Esp would not use it with a foundered

Hi Joyce, You joined in June, 2006. Lavinia, Dante, George Too and Peanut Jan 05, RI EC Support Team

Hi Amy- Keeping fingers crossed that the 3rd time is the charm in replying...........( I truly hate Neo !) Soaking hay for longer than an hour...in hot/humid summer weather can ferment the hay and

Thank you Susan. The horse is in South Dakota. I have been trying to get her to join, but haven't had much luck. I will send on the information, and hopefully open the door for a change of

Hi Joyce- As far as the 2 hay analysis: Bag1-Alfalfa mix: ESC ( sugar ) 9.4 Starch 1.1 Add together and you have over 10% ESC+Starch= 10.5% Would say DO NOT FEED to a foundered horse. Bag 2

DISCLAIMER: this is my personal experience. I soaked way longer than one hour in the igloo cooler described. Mileage my vary in different climates, however the igloo kept the water from freezing in

>I need to know whether or not to feed he Wheybolic from GNC. Should we maybe wait and see what the protein content is with this new hay before I discontinue giving it to him? Hi Laura, I think

Susan, What if soaking longer is your only option?What I do is I soak my morning feeding the night before for an hour or so, then I take it out and hang it somewhere for the water to run out before I

Laura: Just adding this in case you are soaking for longer than 1 hour: In files: Hay information Soaking should be done for at least one hour withcold water or ½ hour with hot water, then the water

I am coring the hay today, hopefully by Friday I will have the results. At that time I would need help again for balanced minerals. Started soaking the hay last night. I got an Igloo cooler that

I just received Tara's newest blood test results: Insulin 14.42ulU/mL(Reference Interval 10-40),Glucose 85mg/dl(reference Interval 71-113), Leptin 3.34ng/mL(Reference Interval 1-4) and I also had an

Could someone please look at the hay testing results and let me know what the total sugar are. I know they are suppose to be less than 10%, but I am not sure how to read

The insulin is normal. It's not diabetes when the glucose is normal. Insulin is never too low if glucose is normal. Donkeys gain weight easily so the IR diet is ideal. It's important to avoid stress

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