Hello Stephanie, You came to the right place to learn what you can do for your horse, diet changes, blood tests, etc. My first advice to you is to go to our website for an excellent overview of Equine

Checking in to see if anyone has had experience with insulin results being so low after using Invokana that according to the IR calculator you horse registers as not IR? I am concerned perhaps that

Hi Stephanie, You'll get a full welcome letter shortly but for us to assist you we'll need to see pictures of the trim and also x-rays if you have them. You'll also be asked to complete a case

Shalom Anat, I can't speak to the Astaxanthin and whether or not it can help or is at least ok to try Pip on. We've recently discussed using a flea medication called Vectra CD Red for sweet itch

I was instructed to ask for the opinion of this fine group : I have a 17yo TWH. I got him 10 years ago when he was 7yo. We lived in Fl so all the trails were sand. He had shoes when I got him but I

Teresa, I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this, but you may be able to get the individual adaptogens in APF from your health food store, or at least a couple. You wouldn't know the quantity, but you

Barbara, I don't want to sound negative about our equine vets, but IMO there seems to be quite a lack of current information about Insulin Resistance and EMS amongst our equine vets and especially

Virginia, My deceased horse Mouse was IR and PPID. I used to do endurance with him and after we both "retired" from endurance we continued to ride the trails 3xweek. I carried low esc/starch hay while

Hi His latest radiographs were 2020-06-09. They are uploaded in his album https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=249458 Could a major mineral imbalance lead to laminitis, or at least a failure

I haven’t been following this closely so I may be late to the game but I think Frankincense is also known as Boswellia. Also, I’m not sure how to do this but it seems like this thread might be

Hi All, Here is response from Auburn , wrt APF up here... "Unfortunately right now we do not have a distributor in Canada that carries the product. However we will ship to you from here at your

-- Renee SD 2020

I can't thank this group and Dr Kellon enough for your help and the review of Emme's X-rays. Hoof photos coming soon. In view of your groups responses and the lack of labwork to support Cushings or

hello all. i probably should update my files, i haven't been here for a year or so but this is due to Pipo's good overall health ;-) And i credit this to all the Wonderfull and important advise i got

Welcome Shirley, When new ECIR members submit their first post/message they get our "Welcome New Member" post. Since your first post was within a chain of responses to another member's post I have

Allison,we need to do our homework,as with everything else. I don't believe all Frankincense is created equal. Suss out the company involved,to be sure it is the pure essential

I agree with your vet that the diagnosis is very uncertain. No clear evidence of laminitis in the radiographs, ACTH within range for the time of year; insulin at very worst may be in a grey zone but

Hi Barbara, Could you please add the photo link to your signature? https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=254651 If you need instructions on how to do that just let us know. Looks like she

Really Lorna?? Is all Frankincense created equal?? I do have a good local Health Foods store here also. Maybe I should talk to them, I'm sure they sell it. They might be able to offer advice re:

Hey Sherry, I'm surprised that she applies it directly to the area, since I've read that it should be mixed with a carrier oil! I'm nervous...I don't want to make it hurt even worse poor baby. The