Hi Sue, Yes, it is fine to do the 30 day Strongid pellets since you already have them. -- Kirsten and Shaku (IR + PPID) - 2019 Kitimat, BC, Canada ECIR Group Moderator Shaku's Case History Shaku's

I only have one PPID horse and he has a donkey for a friend (only two critters in my pasture). Medicine is my #1 concern as a PPID horse owner. I can't find a vet (have called around) that will use

Hi Jackie, The NRC requirement for minimum Mg is 0.015g Mg per kg body weight, at Maintenance (mature, non-exercising horse). If Rose weighs 700 lbs, she is 318 kg. 318 kg x 0.015 g/kg = 4.77 g Mg.

A friend suggested adding Spirulina to Stetson’s diet, because it supports a healthy metabolic function and also has vit. E. Is anyone feeding it? Worth it? It’s not that pricey. I’m looking at

Hi Rose, Could you change the links in your signature? Your Case History folder is actually here: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Rose%20and%20Vesper And your photo album is actually

Hi Rose, First, a bit of housekeeping. The link to Vesper's case history in your signature takes me to the general case history files, not to his actual folder. Here is the link to Vesper's case

Dr. Kellon, I really appreciate your time with this! I am trying to follow along here, so bear with me. She weighs 700#'s. I found she needs 6.34 grams a day. The amount she is currently receiving

Melanie, Not wanting to be touched does NOT mean ulcers. It means he doesn't feel well for some reason. How long did he have diarrhea? Has his temperature ever been checked when not on NSAIDs? Any

It's OK to overlap for a few days while weaning but not long term. The only way to get rid of laminitis pain is to remove the cause (and make sure trim is appropriate). Equioxx and DC don't do

You can figure out how much your baseline costs will go up. Also factor in a contingency amount just in case he does get laminitic at some point. What struck me the most though was the description of

The shipping experience may have had an effect, but not to that extent. The longer the shipping time, the smaller the effect on ACTH. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

Jackie, Requirements are both by weight and by what it takes to keep minerals in balance. Not sure where you came up with that 3.10% number (? multiplied by pounds?) but that's not correct. % is a

Thank you very much, Lavinia! She was hauled to the vet for the test :( (but next time they will take the bloodwork themselves and get it to the vet - they are a few hours from a vet :( . But during

Hi all, I saw an add for a horse that 'might have Cushings' - a 21yr old Morgan with reported slow hair loss and did founder 2 summers ago, after which they have dry lotted him and report no further

Jackie you should sign up for Dr.K’s balancing courses, how do you know how much she needs? What I mean is how are you coming up with that amount? That said like others I add 10g to all the diets I

Trying to figure the amount of magnesium to feed Rose, hope I did this correctly. She is being fed hay that has .28% magnesium, .30% in the TC Timothy Balance cubes. She gets approximate 10 pounds of

I thought I responded before, but maybe not. It was not fasting. I have not changed his diet as I my vet said not too, and I wasn’t positive it was necessary to start the emergency diet as he is

Melanie ,it is doable ,taking hoof pix while your boy is down. I had best success doing this when I laid a sheet,huge towel,or even one of those interlocking mats under the foot/leg being

Hi Patty, Can you put up as much as you have completed of Dancer's case history? Then add to it as you have time? This will help the volunteers advise you. -- Lorna in Eastern Ontario 2002 Check

Thank you, Lavinia! -- Jackie Thurston Suffolk, VA 2021 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Jackie%20and%20Rose https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=268230