Last week my horse finally had a positive ppid test (113, 2 times before she was negative). How much pergolide would you recommend for a 900 lbs horse? Karin & Kaya (17, IR, joined July 2013) The

Hi Lavinia, The decrease in drinking started a few weeks before we moved. Only the urinating has changed since we moved. However, this morning I put him in the dry lot and the first thing he did was

I posted on the TSC Facebook page asking about Stabul 1, and the reply was that we can't find that on our products list. I replied several stores have been ordering it and asked them to contact Randy

Here's my concern: Last year he had been on Terry Porter's hay which was 8.9% s/s which put Monty into a tender-footed situation on and off all season. At that time he wasn't on Prascend, which he

Hi Group, I'm ready to buy new hay for the year for Monty. One of the moderators already suggested to purchase the West Field from Delta Hay Co over North End Middle from the same place because of

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the EquineCushings group. File : /Drugs, Pergolide, Cushings Disease

Hi Hannah, I agree that I wouldn't want to use someone on my horses who is known to have a temper - you need patience to work well with horses. Mandy has given you some good places to learn general

Hi Hannah, Did this change in his drinking coincide with the move to the new place? If so, there may be something in the taste of the water or the buckets that he doesn't like. You could try

Hi Melanie, Sorry that Shawnee's still having difficulties. Would you please take some current pics to see how the trim is coming along since the last round of changes we discussed. It is going to be

We have a rasp and can work on him in between trims. Thank you for your help Shawnee and Melanie Aug 13 Oregon

Hi, Thanks Mandy. I honestly haven't changed anything. The temperatures here have been the same for about 3 weeks now, quite warm. I have noticed him drinking A LOT less since he has been on Prascend.

Morning Hanna, I’ve noticed a decrease in urine output. I believe its fromdrinking less water and reduced salt. Our temps have dropped over 20* atnight so the ponies are not hydrating them

Hi Mandy and rest of group (!) Has anyone else noticed urination issues with their horses with Cushings and IR? I have noticed over the last couple of days that my horse has either been holding his

Hi Kevin Just to add to Jaini's response re:ECHorsekeeping. We do monitor all developing info re GMO. There was great thread, a rare balanced and not emotional conversation a while back on

Thanks Mandy, will do :) Hannah, Uk Ziggy and Jaffa 1/8/14 Yahoo! Groups Yahoo! Groups Sorry, an error occurred while loading the content. View on

Oops - I also forgot to mention: unless this is concerning a horse who is IR or PPID, we should move the GMO discussion to the sister list, EC Horsekeeping.

Hi, Kevin - I believe a number of people have begun looking into this, but so far there has been no link between GMO's and health issues in the equine population. There are very clear links between

My neighbor (also a member of this group) has an IR gelding who is having a severe reaction to his fall immunizations. Vet wanted to give dexamethasone, but that is a no-no in IR. She is giving him

PS...Meant also to say, he may need to be trimmed more often than every four weeks for a period of time, depending on how the lamitis affected him in July. Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 Learn the

Just curious if any horse owners/experts are exploring the link between feeding horses GMO's and all the health problems we are currently seeing in the equine population? Kevin Maxwell