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Re: Severe itching from fly? allergies in IR horse

Hi Cass Thank you so much for sharing. I admit, I've been at the barn so much soaking and fluffing hay, turning him in and out and trying to make him comfortable that I haven't had time to read all

By jlmccarroll · #267894 ·

Re: Colic Surgery- Please Help Onyx

Elizabeth, I agree with Cass on the boring part. I searched on the messages here for ‘hay+chopping’ and came up with quite a few posts, including your last one. You could fool around with the

By Martha McSherry · #267893 ·

Finn and Elliott new bloodwork/invokana

Hi All, I have Finn and Elliott’s bloodwork and I’m concerned that Finn’s insulin is up from 57 in March to 118 last week. His diet is tight, there have been no incidents where he could have

By TERRI JENNINGS · #267892 ·

Re: Severe itching from fly? allergies in IR horse

This paper is from before EMS really became mainstream but shows a higher tendency toward allergy in horses with chronic laminitis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12661866/ . Noxzema also makes a good

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #267890 ·

Re: HEIRO supplement

Sherry, yea that was kind of my point. There is so much creative wording with the Heiro supplement that it automatically makes me suspicious. Cass, that's very interesting actually I didn't know that!

By Laura H · #267889 ·

Re: Homeopathy

Francis, When posting completely unproven therapies we at least expect to see detailed case histories with copies of the lab results so we can look for sampling and handling issues, etc. This group

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #267888 ·

Re: Invokana and Blood Results

Thank you -- Shelley C, Wiltshire UK 2021 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Shelley%20and%20Widgey https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=264069&p=Created,,,20,2,0,0

By Shelley Carr · #267887 ·

Re: Colic Surgery- Please Help Onyx

Hi, Elizabeth. Boring is a human worry and not necessarily a horse worry. Many horses like boring. I'd put that worry away until you encounter it. If I were starting ODTBC cubes on a surgical

By Cass in NorCal · #267886 ·

Re: Severe itching from fly? allergies in IR horse

Hi, Jeannette. Welcome from Sonoma County. I suggest you join our sister group, EC Horsekeeping, https://ecir.groups.io/g/Horsekeeping and review the file What to do about Culicoid Sensitivity.

By Cass in NorCal · #267885 · Edited

Re: Colic Surgery- Please Help Onyx

The hospital took him off his timothy hay since he was having trouble passing it through the resection area. They said it would be a trial and error sort of experience of what he could tolerate.

By Elizabeth Kuzma · #267883 ·

Re: Thank You for the 2021 No Laminitis! Conference

https://www.ecirhorse.org/how-to-help-ECIR.php just in case you need the donation link 😇 -- Pamela Swartz Nevada City, CA

By Pamela Swartz · #267882 ·

Re: Severe itching from fly? allergies in IR horse

I have a rescue gelding who came from Florida last year with terrible sweet itch. And we have GNATS in Georgia! He rubbed his neck and butt raw. He was on antihistamines, steroid injections (horse is

By valerie puryear · #267881 ·

Re: Thank You for the 2021 No Laminitis! Conference

Something I forgot to mention in my previous thank you note above. I encourage everyone to donate to ECIR. Without this group of volunteers and educators, we would truly be in the dark (ages). It was

By Pamela Swartz · #267880 ·

Re: Severe itching from fly? allergies in IR horse

I see a lot of correlation with EMS horses and sweet itch/fly/gnat allergy, including one of my family's. Diet control does seem to help. My family mare has been on Benadryl to help control the

By @sarahunt · #267879 ·

Re: Butterscotch I:G ratio #file-notice

Thank you so much Sherry and Kirsten for your replies. In terms of weight she has always had a bit of a crest ("always" being since I got her end of January), but a bit ribby so I put her at 5+

By naomi.dechaine@... · #267878 ·

Re: Severe itching from fly? allergies in IR horse

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 09:36 AM, Brenda Gasch Mittelstadt wrote: I also have not yet started pergolide as he is low level ACTH,Hi Brenda, Has he been tested since March? His ACTH then was 23, but

By Lorna Cane · #267877 ·

Re: Severe itching from fly? allergies in IR horse

Hello, I have added 2 tsp of spirulina to Stormys AM diet and that stopped his neck rubbing almost entirely. However his insect sensitivity in groin area continues. I thought maybe summer sores and

By Brenda Gasch Mittelstadt · #267876 ·

Adiponectin

I have been struggling with this concept, if I understood correctly, adiponectin is a hormone secreted by adipose tissue and it's blood levels are lower in EMS what impairs insulin sensitivity even

By Maria Duran · #267875 ·

Re: When can exercise start?

Sorry, didn't answer your question! Allow her freedom to move on safe turnout but don't force exercise until she is comfortable. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #267874 ·

Re: When can exercise start?

From her photos and radiographs this has been going on for quite a while and there is a lot of work to do on the trim. Take a look at Pete's presentation

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #267873 ·

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