I looked into that as well Lorna. I spent hours and days calculating it all. Nothing was as simple or cost effective as getting a custom blend done by madbarn, especially when I had 2 horses to

I think I understand now, Allison. You are talking about over-the-counter supplements,to balance your hay . The individual minerals/items are available ,to put together ourselves, according to the

Follow up question too. I have a couple bales if the timothy and about 15 .ore bales of the blue grass.. would it be better to soak the timothy (for less sugar) or keep him on the blue grass and soak

Thanks Cass! Today i tried just removing the balancer am he gets Glycocemic eq, and out that in a bucket with about a half cup of lmf. He ate that and then I gave the rest of the supps, flax, salt,

On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 03:39 PM, Cass in NorCal wrote: A heaping teaspoon of CocoSoya granules, which smells like vanilla cookie crumbles, is my last ditch taste tempter. Doesn't have to be last

On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 08:17 AM, Nancy & Vinnie & Summer wrote: His mash consists of a big cup of tc timothy balance cubes and a small cup of lmf low starch complete with his balancer, flax, salt ctb,

Neither of those joint supplements are safe for EMS horses due to the glucosamine (and also yucca in the TJ+). Since he had a recent founder I would hold off on both of them for now until you have

Hi Lorna, The selection of vit/min supplements and low sugar / grain free feeds. Mad barn sells the most cost effective and mostly comprehensive product I could find. It wasn't my experience that

Hi Jen, Here are some links to help you with your barefoot vs. shoes decision: Paige Poss has a ton of anatomical information on her site: http://www.ironfreehoof.com/natural-hoof-trimming.html Pete

Hi Kandace, It's hard to say if that grass caused her laminitis. She has the added complication of PPID, plus whatever was in her supplements at the time, plus any weeds that might be in her

Hi Francine, The biggest difference in horses and humans is that with humans we are dealing with Diabetes (high glucose levels) while in horses we are dealing with insulin resistance (high insulin

Allison,you said, "Unfortunatlely since im in Canada and our selection stinks here, nothing was working." Our selection of what sucks ? ( you should have been trying to find products 20 years ago

Thank you :) -- Nancy and Vinnie and Summer Oakley, Ca Joined Nov 2018 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Nancy%20and%20Vinnie

McCormick makes one so you may be able to find it at your grocery store. Otherwise, there are dozens available online, from Walmart, Amazon, etc. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

I will try that! Thank you Dr Kellon. Do you have a good source for the anise oil? -- Nancy and Vinnie and Summer Oakley, Ca Joined Nov

Have you tried Anise oil? Few horses can resist it. Try just 2 or 3 drops mixed in well. Agree with stopping CTB. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

Hi Daisy, You might look into electric fencing. If it's a small area, you could put some up pretty inexpensively. They run on solar and you can also use backup batteries. It's a very temporary fix,

Hi all, Just wanted to send another update. Vinnie is doing fantastic health wise. We are walking 15 mins per day and start 20 mins next week.. We are still dealing with the pergolide veil as he is

Gail, I have introduced BP to many horses and personally have never had any Gi issues, maybe Dr.K will chime in but I think in my case it’s done the opposite and helped things move along. We have a

I send my hay away for sampling each year. Once I get the report back, I send it to madbarn and they plug the numbers in to my online profile. The profile is kind of like feed xl. Its a spreadsheet