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Re: Help! My mare keeps getting cast in her run in!

In a pinch I've gone to Lowe's or Home Depot and picked up a couple panels of the cheapest stockade fence they have and attached it to the pipe panels with u shaped clamps, or I've zip tied heavy

By Jennifer Murphy · #257143 ·

hay testing 603

the facility I’ve been in since April will be getting new hay in a few weeks and get a years worth. So of course, I will test that Hay. and make my new custom mix based on those 603 results.

By LJ Friedman · #257142 ·

Re: Help! My mare keeps getting cast in her run in!

Hi Kathi, Is your mare IR or PPID? If she is IR and has laminitis relating to her diet putting her out where there's grass could be a real setback for her. Can you block the corral panels with

By Sherry Morse · #257141 ·

Re: Bodie pastern sinking abnormally?

Hi Lynn, If Bodie has been out of work for a length of time he needs to be brought back in to condition to riding which means starting at a walk for about 30 minutes a day for a period of time, then

By Sherry Morse · #257140 ·

Help! My mare keeps getting cast in her run in!

My mare is recovering from founder so I have her in a 16 ft by 24 ft enclosed run in. The back half is enclosed with corral panels. The first time it happened was last Thursday evening and I found her

By Kathi.duvall@... · #257139 ·

Re: WAS: dapples, ppid, etc. NOW: Why we balance - the benefits

The 2005 message is just as relevant today as it was then. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #257138 ·

Re: Surpass vs Voltaren

I did call the manufacture. They do repeat that the equine product has a different vehicle to enhance more absorption. Not thinking it’s worth the difference though -- LJ Friedman Nov 2014 Vista,

By LJ Friedman · #257135 ·

Re: New to soaking hay - questions

It's reasonable to assume that subtracting ESC from WSC gives you an approximation of fructan content. Testing before and after soaking of the SAME samples should give you an idea of how much ESC and

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #257134 ·

Re: Surpass vs Voltaren

Ah, I misread, I missed "carrier product". Sorry! Ignore me. -- Joy and Willie (PPID/IR) Nevada County, CA - 2019 Case history:

By Joy V · #257133 ·

Re: Surpass vs Voltaren

I'm pretty sure the active ingredient on both of those products is the same one; diclofenac. Not sure how it would be better absorbed because it is in a differently named product? -- Joy and Willie

By Joy V · #257132 ·

Re: winter hay soaking

Trisha, if the buckets are like small heated muck buckets, I tried them and found them too small for my needs. I am going through much of what you are now. I’m used to soaking hay for two little

By Martha McSherry · #257131 ·

Re: Laminitis and hoof abscesses

It is OK to feed soaked hay to your other horse, but it does mean soaking more volume, which will be more work for you. Soaking hay reduces the caloric content a bit (as expected given that some

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #257130 ·

Re: what have you found to be the best therapeutic boots to wear? the new Cloud's insert now appears to slant forward. my old pair did not.

thank you, that makes sense. -- Rose Miller in Arizona 2020

By Rose Miller <Rosemiller@...> · #257129 ·

WAS: dapples, ppid, etc. NOW: Why we balance - the benefits

Hi Lj and all This might be a good time to revisit this very instructive 2005 message from Dr Kellon It has always been helpful for folks struggling with the learning

By Nancy C · #257128 ·

Re: Hay analysis

Please let us know you re-test results, Tucker. I recently had 4 wet chem ESC+starch tests for the same sample of hay: 2 tests on a dry sample and 2 tests on a soaked sample that I dried out in my

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #257127 ·

Re: OT - Tis The Season Course Sale

Hi Linda You can read about Dr Kellon's courses here http://drkellon.com/ -- Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 ECIR Group Inc. President/Treasurer 2019-2020 Join us at the 2021 NO Laminitis!

By Nancy C · #257126 ·

Re: Surpass vs Voltaren

As far as I know, no studies have been done comparing the two. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #257125 ·

Re: dapples, ppid and possible nutrition issues

The best way is to test the food. It's not just about deficiencies of each individual nutrient. Imbalances can, and do, interfere with absorption. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #257124 ·

Re: dapples, ppid and possible nutrition issues

The only way to balance properly is to know your starting point with an analysis - recognizing this is going to change with each different load. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #257123 ·

Re: dapples, ppid and possible nutrition issues

How would one balance properly if Horse for example is eating Timothy hay, Orchard Hay, and Timothy pellets,? I certainly know the percentages etc. so assuming id 603 test all three? -- LJ Friedman

By LJ Friedman · #257122 ·

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