Thank you for responding, Kelli. That is really interesting. Do you know anything about the vet's reasoning for suggesting your friend try this? Has anyone else heard of this? What could possibly

I was hoping I was going to be one of the lucky ones and not have to deal with an abscess. I started her excercise program 2 days ago. She was doing really well. This morning I look out the window

Hi Ro, Welcome to the group! We can give you the best advice with the details in the case history, but below is a general information note with lots of helpful information and links. I'm sure we've

Hi Ro (?) It's pretty tough to say without the details of the CH. But unless you have specific reasons for the others ( diagnosis from blood work,for example) ,I would only be adding the following

I have yet to upload case histories so I hope it is alright to ask this somewhat general question. I have 2 horses who were diagnosed some years ago with ems in the UK. Since moving to France and

The people at Winnies Warmers say not to leave them on above 50 deg. I would assume it would hold or pretty much any leggings. You may want to try some boots to get him off the cold ground.. I am not

Hi all! I've recently noticed that my IR gelding seems to be walking more gingerly on the uneven mud in his run area. His carefulness coincided with a temperature drop here - from daytime temps in the

Hello group! I have read through many past ?'s but not quite seeing the answer I am looking for or a link to any files containing info on using one. I am drawing venous blood and using a human

I am wondering if I should increase Stormy's prascend. He is currently on .5 mg and his last blood work was 10-10-17. His ACTH was 41.7 (a tad high). I know we were in the seasonal rise. He is

Yes, agree they are definitely well liked.They are a favourite for my ponies,too! And my cats,who steal from opened bag, and from horse's pail, and whatever the toothless wonder pony mule drops on

I know soyhull pellets aren't really high in protein, but considering my horse's current (boarding situation) hay that is 8.8% I feel it is a nice, safe, tasty and affordable protein addition.

Very important point! It's one I'd be happy to clarify and incorporate if ECIR wants to use this post. Anyone with a better understanding is welcome to edit away. I was trying to point out what

A horse that I work with also was not responding to the 1mg dose, so the vet had us stop giving any Prascend for 4 days and then start over with 1/2 mg. After 2weeks the mares ACTH levels are with

By ECIR Group - Equine Cushings and Insulin Resistance The answer is here: https://www.ecirhorse.org/ecir-group.php To get help for your PPID and/or IR equine and to access this database of detailed

hi Bonnie, thank you for the welcome, I've registered in this group since 15th of april 2017, I'm a vet from Transylvania, Romania, Mures county. Thank you for the advices, most likely Fizzy has an

hi Eleanor, I'm a vet from Transylvania, Romania, Mures county. Unfortunately here we are way-way behind the vets from the West, and we cannot specialize here in Romania to species of animals, we have

Hi, Cheryl, Excellent question. The benefit is indeed in direct proportion to the amount of cubes used. In case of just a few pounds, you get only a few pounds worth of benefit. Still, even then,

Hi Cheryl, If you feed minerals balanced to your hay , the cubes will not disrupt your cals. because they are balanced to the hay used to make them, also. I may stand corrected, but a pound of the

Hi Bonnie, It can be frustratingly confusing, but the hulls aren't actually *that* high in protein, according to equi-analytical,weighing in at about 13%. But soy meal is ~51% and soybeans

Thanks so much for clearing that up everyone! I'm curious now though... if I'm only feeding about a pound of the hay cubes as a carrier for meds does the horse get any benefit of the added minerals