I uploaded photos at 2 1/2 weeks post trim. I'm thinking that since she is still acute, that 3 weeks trims would be warranted. Is that too agressive? Both front hooves look the same, but I applied

Sheri, that false floor with forced air in your hay shed is so cool !!! My friends already think I'm obsessed with all things hay, I'll have fun telling them about your floor. 😊 Laura K Chappie

Hi Judy, where I live, N IL, there's enough humidity in the summer, that hay baled above around 15% moisture would be a mold risk. fwiw Laura K Chappie & Beau over the bridge 2011 N IL

Hi Lynn, I've added the latest mark-ups to Relevante's album: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=36909&p=Created,,,50,2,0,0 You had the right idea on the areas that needed attention.

Thanks Sheri for your reply. Good to know about the bales dropping in moisture content over time. I’m very interested in more of the details of your “false Floor” and fans and “This allows us

Hi Judy, I've added mark-ups to Bugsy's album" https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=243358 Overall, he's come such a long way 🙂 He's building solid frogs, there is real concavity

I take an annual delivery of a full year's supply of 2nd cutting grass/alfalfa mix hay and allow it to cure for at least 3 to 5 months before feeding. When it arrives (i.e., recently baled) the hay

Compiling Peaches' photos over the last three years was an eye-opening process. I'm feeding her to death. Hanging scale for weighing hay arrived today. -- Sheri P in IL 2021 Peaches Case History

If your horse is PPID and you're seeing an issue with weight, the first thing to do is confirm that his ACTH is actually controlled on the current dose of pergolide/Prascend. Then you need to look at

The dry analysis numbers make so much more sense. That should have been obvious, but I was so surprised and confused by the results (while reading the wrong column) that Equi-Analytical even

Hi All We bale our own hay and it was cut this morning at around 6:30 am - 8:00 am there was dew on it so it will likely need to be raked before baling. We will be making small square bales and a

Thanks! I did get a direct message and have already started medication changes. I'll monitor ACTH, insulin, glucose and triglycerides 3 weeks after I reach the target pergolide dose. -- Cass, Sonoma

Tessa, Other good sources of prebiotic fiber that helps with keeping the gut bacteria happy and that are cheaper than psyllium are beet pulp (unmollassed, and rinse-soak-rinse before feeding) and

Hi Jenny, Sounds like you are doing a lot already. I need to get a nibble net, too, for our walks. I don't see why you couldn't feed a beet pulp pellet as a reward. Some people have concerns about

Thank you, Sherry, that was my thinking but I just wanted to get a more experienced look at the situation. I’m going to go ahead and bump him up. We will be testing regularly so I can keep a good

Cass, I answered this before but it looks like it didn't post. I agree with increasing the pergolide and you could also increase the Invokana by 75 mg just to be safe. You can always drop it again

Hi Sheri, Thank you for asking those questions. Everyone benefits here by reading them and the responses because obviously there's nothing some of us still want more for our horses (aside from

When the medicine is working properly, shouldn’t the urine strip show the maximum amount of glucose? -- LJ Friedman Nov 2014 Vista, Northern San Diego, CA Jesse( over the rainbow) and majestic

Highly unlikely a horse would be allergic to flax but even if that was to happen you could still feed flaxseed oil. Allergies are to foreign proteins. Fats are all the same between plants and animals

Kelly, There are many human drugs not appropriate for horses but this isn't one of them. Send your vet this reference https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23600690/ . It does often lose effectiveness