As I mentioned in a post below, I've been a member for years and had Dr.Kellon work one on one with me on a difficult situation I had with a mare I owned several years ago. I've taken several of her

Hi, Dawn - The best thing to do is to join EC History 8 to do up a new case history. I will send you an invitation. Our data-manager extraordinaire, LeeAnne, has put together a new interactive history

Hi, Kathy, and welcome to the list! First things first: what senior feed is your donkey on? Most bagged senior feeds are way too high in starch, and will make any issues worse. Many, if not most,

Shoot! I got my locations mixed up - it is Kathy and the donkey who live in northern WI, not you. Sorry! Which just goes to show why we ask people to sign with their name, year of joining, and

Hi, Janet, and welcome to the list! I am glad you found your way here, and we will do our best to help you to help your horse. The list philosophy is: Diagnosis, Diet, Trim and Exercise. I am going

Hi everyone. I have a 32-36 year old donkey who was diagnosed with Cushings about 6 months ago. He was tested for ACT(?) and it was very high. Vet put him on Perscend. he was on half tab

Hi all, I've been a member since 2006 and I currently have an older horse that I need some help with. I can't seem to find how to do new case histories. Dawn Wagstaff Saline, MI 2006

Hi, I'm excited and happy I found this resource. I have a 26 year old Morgan with cushions/ IR and has laminitis. She was diagnosed with the lamitis 2 weeks ago by X Ray results. She is not on

Hi Emily, Will need to have one of the vets comment specifically on the toxin binder aspects. I did find some info that mentioned it should only be mixed into feed, not administered directly to the

Hi Nancy, Thanks for following up with Larkin. Do they analyze each batch or is this an average analysis? Do they guarantee each batch to have ESC + Starch to be below 10%? Lavinia, Dante, George Too

Wondering what the highest pergolide dosage is? Need to show your vet there are horses on higher dosages? Use the Pergolide Dosage Database Statistics which include: The percentage of equines on

Rachell, For now, just email me your case history and I'll upload it so the volunteers can see it and you can get on with helping your new pony. Send it to me privately at ECIR.Archives at gmail

I've uploaded photos of Ford's feet taken yesterday. These were taken just before putting on glue-on shoes. Looking forward to hearing your comments. Fran and Ford in Texas 7/2005 ECHistory8

Nancy, the ESC+ Starch numbers look ok to me. But as Maggie has said to you," It does contain molasses which we definitely want to avoid in IR horses and several other ingredients not recommended for

Shoot, I thought you were still in Ontario - sorry! Right now, these are the only veterinary ophthalmologists in BC. One of them comes up as far as Prince George on a regular basis, but I can't

Yes, alfalfa can do that in some horses and ponies, although others have no problems with it. Regarding the grass, if the IR is fairly well controlled, a brief grass break-out often won't cause a

I did a search in the group conversations but did not find alfalfa....but...my IR/Cushings icey , Brennivin, got into some alfalfa thru an open hay room door a couple weeks ago. He got only about 10

no, im not able to join. the captur-code always says error and ive had another pair of eyes check that i did it correctly. I will just have to read thru what the group has already covered untill yahoo

Can't find what you want or have no idea what goes where? An Overview of the ECIR Group and How it Connects On Line: ECIRHORSE.ORG – The ECIR Website, a great publicly accessible

Oh I forgot to answer your question Lavinia - a toxin binder is designed to bind to mycotoxins in the gut. It is made by a company called Alltech and named Mycosorb A+. The one I currently have her