He looks bright and generally healthy, about BCS 4.5. He would look different if he wasn't stretched out in a Saddlebred stance. The topline loss is partially muscle and partially fat. If the somewhat

I’ve uploaded body pics taken today into our picture folder. He was body clipped at the beginning of September but had grown out a lot so it’s a little hard to see his body condition. I taped him

Hi Bill, Welcome to the ECIR Group. This welcome goes out to all new members after their first post. It’s nice to see hay growers showing an interest in what drives their customer’s needs. My

Hello - we are a new member here. One of our hay customers recommended we come here to read and learn more about various ECIR issues. We produce small square bales of grass hay. We forage test our

at my boarding place, they have free roaming chickens. tonite as my horse ate his soaked hay( 4# is what he gets soaked other is dry), there were 3 chickens scratching and eating with him. my

Hello Cindy, I am also in North Texas, Sanger, north of Denton. Marcia TX 2020

Welcome to the group. Good for you for finding this group. You’ll find that often you need to tweak what your vet does. I’m curious as to why your vet started with 2 mg of compound pergolide ? Any

The way I remember it is 1 prascend tablet should be compounded as 1.33 mg of compounded pergolide. So that means 2 pracend should be compounded as 2.66 mg. ie then go up to 3.0 cp Am I correct on

I deal with Island Pharmacy and they are awesome. It took time to wrap my head around the strength difference after we discussed it three ways between vet and pharmacy and me. Basically 1 mg of

I used to use an index card for this. I folded the card in half, opened the capsule, carefully tipped half of the capsule onto the fold of the card, carefully tipped the card over a syringe and let

P.S. Marcia. We really need to know the results of the test confirming Cushing's , if you can get your vet to send them to you. They are yours to have for your records. They will help you judge how to

Believe me, a lot of us would be delighted if soaking hay removed ALL the calories. There’s nothing I’d like better than to give my horse ad lib, calorie-free hay. Cindy -- Cindy, Oden, and

Thanks for the input. She is not lame or in pain I don’t think just is still growing out her hoof capsule though. She is currently in boots with pads but if trailering think I would put her in her

Blanketing can also be helpful in extreme cold - anytime the horse is shivering for sure - because keeping them warm in general helps prevent blood from shifting away from the extremities. -- Eleanor

Trailering can be hard on them because of the bumps and jolts forcing sudden weight shifts. With very painful horses it is recommended to bed down the trailer and give them enough room to lie down.

Hi Marcia, Welcome to the ECIR group! I think we can probably provide all the information you need here to better understand your mare’s situation. I will be including a welcome letter from the

Hi Marsha, I’m not clear on how you are deciding the APF needs an increase. I think if I were in your position, I would cut the APF back to 8 ml and keep the Prascend at 0.75 mg until your new

I don’t have a lot of information from my vet because he has not given me the information. Today I picked up the medication. I received the information last Monday that Priddy my 14 year old mare

Thanks Dr Kellon! If I can’t get a vet out before a few days would it be safe to trailer her or what are the protocols for trailering recovering laminitic horses? -- Heather August 5, 2017,

Hi Jan, I don't believe we've ever discussed blanketing as being helpful with winter laminitis. The main issue is keeping the extremities warm at 40 and below - you can read more in our archives or