Thanks for your support Francine. I’ve read a number of times that alfalfa is not great for IR horses but I am not clear as to why - as so long as the sugar and starch are low enough it seems a bit

Hi dre.Kellon I always wondered why does winter cause such change in insulin level? it seems like many hormones do change a lot in winter... why is this? -- Jessica Skene - Abitibi, Québec,

Thanks so much for your input, Dr. Kellon! -- -Megan 2019, Gig Harbor, Washington Reign's Case History: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Megan%20and%20Reign Reign's Photo Album:

Thank you Sherry. -- Tamara G. in Arizona 2020 Case History: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Tamara%20and%20Malik Malik Photos: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=252564

I actually took breakover back with a bevel all the way through the visible toe callus, about 1 cm on each front hoof. He has rotated severely and the old toe callus was no longer a point of

I'm looking for advice on anti-inflammatory support for uveitis. CH is up to date [most recent entries highlighted in yellow], but in summary: In 2018 Indy had a slow-healing corneal ulcer, which

Lately Katie has been losing topline and acting a little lethargic. Over the last 10 days as I hand walk her, she will stop and defecate a little then several minutes later she will stop again and

Just wondering if anyone knows if high nitrate levels in drinking water can cause laminitis? Thanks. -- Philippa New Zealand 2020 Case History:

Hi Tamara, I'll leave it to Lavinia to give you specific trim advice but what jumps out at me is that he has no sole to spare, but it looks like your trimmer is still dressing the sole. Until he has

I took some more additional pictures of some lateral views and some down on the ground views. Let me know if anything else is needed. And thoughts on the beautiful photos.? Many thanks to Nancy for

Hi Sherry, thanks so much for your response. I think I have caused confusion over the metformin, he’s not on metformin. He was years ago but I stopped using it on agreement with my vet as we

Thanks for the quick reply Martha, and sorry for my slow reply. I’ve had some bad news this week as a good friend of mine has died, so I have not had time to look on here. I don’t think I made

Day 7 in invokana, Vinnie is slowly improving. His body condition is definitely changing. Level of soreness is still about a 1 in the RF and ranges from 1 to 5 in the LF. Since he is on equioxx can I

Tara if you can email them to me, I can try to upload them for you. jmurphydesigns at yahoo.com -- Jennifer in NH 2020 CH - https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Jennifer%20and%20Flea Photo

We had xrays today. Very concerned and panicing of course .I cant do case history but I have a link in my email with them ,would anyone be kind enough to put them up so we can start intervention

Martha, thank you to all. I did not see your response to the pergolide dosages but this is very helpful, thanks again. I will be testing again next week. Also, thank you for the psyllium info. I will

Brilliant thanks heaps. Will look into these boots. 😊 -- Judy B in New Zealand 2020 9 Shetlands 2

Jenny, I’ve had that happen occasionally and found it resolves on its own so I tend to follow both of your options - observe for a few days and prepare for next time. I have a small collection of

Another answer... about Psyllium. Per this post which arrived in my email box today, Dr. Kellon suggests adding psyllium to every meal for older horses. -- Martha in Vermont ECIR Group Primary

Hi Tamara, I attempted to answer your pergolide question awhile ago. Don’t know if you didn’t see it or I just did a really poor job of answering but I’ll try again. Here’s what I would do.