>>I have a 7 year old registered Paint gelding who last August, after I couldn't ride due to a back injury, had an episode of acute laminitis...... Hi Kelly, Welcome to the group! I will let the

I have dealt with lamina wedges off and on in my gelding for some 13 years now. Most of what people fear does not take place. If protection is needed, boots provides that. Really need

Hi Lavinia - I can certainly do that - however, the trimmer I had when my mare was growing out the 1/2" wedge only backed up the toe to the edge of the wedge - said it would be more protection

Beverly~ Often the confusion comes when using measurements ( tsp, TBS,etc) vs. actual elemental/ weight of a product. Nancy's post broke it down perfectly: 450# needs 6gm SODIUM( using salt with 39%

Summary: Four grams of SODIUM. That is bare minimum and not good enough You want SIX grams of Sodium for maintenance. That means almost 15 grams of SALT. For one hour of sweating: add ADDITIONAL 11

Hi Karen, If there is wedge you need to back the toes thru the wedge in order to get the wall realigned with the coffin bone. Just allowing the toes to be too far in front of where they need to be

Thanks Nancy, We're in Texas so it's humid. So back to teaspoons. You calculate her minimum (at 450 pounds) as 4 grams salt which is 2/3 of a teaspoon/day. Maybe that's a fall and winter

HI Kelly- I will let the more experienced folks here answer your questions in detail regarding figuring out the cause and how to approach it but i did want to share with you a product that my vet had

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Hi Lavinia - No the wall angle just below the Coronary Band is not steeper - so I am thinking that this has been a more recent development. I have backed her toes up to almost the wedge as the

Hi Susan, PPID in horses is different than Cushings in dogs. Different parts of the pituitary are involved so different drugs are used. Lysodren isn't used in horses as its function is to destroy

Hi Karen, Any of the scenarios you mention could potentially cause laminar separation. If the wall angle directly below the coronary band is steeper than the older wall below it, there has been a

Sorry, Randy, I wasn't the one who called. You did very kindly send me a sample months ago when Cory wasn't eating. Hope you can figure out who called. Deb and Cory in NC July

Hi Susan, I gave vetoryl to my trakehner mare,whom I lost 6 years ago at the age of 23 to gas colic.. At that timevetoryl (also known as trilostane)was very expensive and I had to importit

Hi All, I finally received the IR results and I updated the case history file. the link is below. I still haven't received the x-rays yet. I will not be using this vet in the future. Just an update -

Hi Lavinia - I have another question. Just in the past few weeks I have noticed a "laminar wedge" growing out on my mare's front feet. I do her trimming and I didn't notice it a month ago. It's

My vet is nothing if not inquisitive. He's talked to a small animal vet and is coming over tomorrow with "a new idea for a different drug." Had a dog with Cushings years ago, and remember the

 Thank you Lavinia - I was wondering about thedynamics of more than one gelding with my mare - I think I will rule this barnout. That's the kind of input I was looking for. It's hard to find

Hi Karen, Per the blood work in your case history, your girl's insulin was 18.42 in June. When plugged into the IR calculator this comes up as compensated IR. There is no question she is IR, just the

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