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18yr old Morgan mare

Hi everyone, I'm so grateful this group exists so thank you ahead of time! I'm brand new and may not have completed the registration correctly, so I read someone else's welcome letter and a lot of the

By Stephanie · #280605 ·

Re: Xrays and trim photos

Hi Kimberly, You need to edit the actual file name. For an example, one of your files has the name “IMG958069[2604].jpg“ and it appears that you have changed the Description. The radiographs are

By Martha McSherry · #280604 ·

Re: Morgan Mare Diagnosed with EMS and PPID

Thanks Martha, I will ask them. -- Lori J in NC 2022 Abbey's Photo Album: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=276850

By abberdoo@... · #280603 ·

Re: Morgan Mare Diagnosed with EMS and PPID

Hi Lori, The combination of wet chem and NIR means that the carbohydrates are measured with NIR and the minerals with wet chem. If they still have the sample, you can ask them to rerun just the carbs

By Martha McSherry · #280602 ·

Re: Xrays and trim photos

Dr. Kellon and Kirsten, I have labeled them all with the YYYY-MM-DD, labeled the views, sorted by the correct sorting tab within the WIKI, and they are still out of order. Not sure how to fix that.

By Kimberly · #280601 ·

Re: Start Chicy back on pergolide Dr Kello please

Hi Janet, happy to hear that things are going well. Please give mama and baby a chance to be together - hoping for happy horses. -- - Frances C. December 2017, Washington & California Case history:

By Frances C · #280600 ·

Re: Morgan Mare Diagnosed with EMS and PPID

Hi Sherry, I did start working on the Case History, I'll try to finish that up and post it. I will also get the full set of hoof photos, she was just trimmed yesterday. She is quite comfortable in

By abberdoo@... · #280599 ·

Re: Too much pergolide or increased too fast?

Kirsten, Thanks for additional info. I'm trying my best to learn but I don't always sleep well and feel in a fog some days so I miss things. I'm fortunate that at least up till now, my vet's always

By a.k.a.petpalace2@... · #280598 ·

Re: Now VIt. E (was But E)

Hi, Valletta. No, don't premix powdered Vitamin E with oil. Tons of information is covered in the ECHorsekeeping link Nancy provided, including a warning against premixing. Vit E

By Cass in NorCal · #280597 ·

Re: To soak or not to soak new hay

Martha, Thanks. I know not all of my questions can be easily answered but you always manage to come through. All bales were from same field, baled on same day. He said tries to cut hay in early

By a.k.a.petpalace2@... · #280596 ·

Re: To soak or not to soak new hay

Guy we bought from makes hay for his daughter's horses plus some to sell. She shows hunter/jumpers and dressage. All hay we purchased is from same field cut on same day. He cuts hay early mornings

By a.k.a.petpalace2@... · #280595 ·

Re: Vitamin E

Valletta, would scissors work better. I’ve seen that some people snip an ‘X’ in the tip. Also, we’re trying to remind people not to include previous posts in their texts. It seems like an

By Martha McSherry · #280594 ·

Re: Vitamin E

Yes, that's what I've been using for years and they've worked great but one of the boys decided to start spitting them out so I've been slicing them open and squeezing out the oil. Thought I'd

By Valletta Lochridge · #280593 ·

Re: Mad Barn individually packaged ingredient question

Heather, 4 grams is minuscule. Your horse should be fine. BTW we moderators at ECIR don’t often use the quote function replying to messages on the forum. Why? It hides the automatic signature for

By Cass in NorCal · #280592 ·

Re: Hydration for recumbent horse (was Re: [ECIR] Solar Penetration)

Nicole, I would not add anything else right now to her feed until you know more of what you are dealing with. She is not eating much and adding anything is going to likely increase her inappetence.

By celestinefarm · #280591 ·

Re: Vitamin E

Hi Carly, Human grade Vitamin E capsules in oil is what many of our members use. Thanks, Sherry and Scutch (and Scarlet over the bridge) EC Primary Response PA

By Sherry Morse · #280590 ·

Re: Vitamin E

Would it work to use high dose human-grade Vit E oil capsules? Or do these still need mixing with another oil? -- Carly Butler Nottinghamshire, UK,

By Carly · #280589 ·

Re: Mad Barn individually packaged ingredient question

Thanks so much. I searched the product names and not the ingredients… silly me! The biotin was added to begin with for my IR horses custom mineral so I would hope MB would know if it would be too

By hdavis · #280588 ·

Re: Now VIt. E (was But E)

Thanks, Kirsten. I have a horse care person take over when I'm away and I'm trying to keep things as simple as possible for her. If it were only me doing the supplements, I'd probably go with the

By Valletta Lochridge · #280587 ·

Re: Vitamin E

Thanks Dr Kellon........ I'll give it a go when it arrives and let the group know. Just thinking it might delay rancidification but chances are it will heat up significantly during transport. Worth

By Valletta Lochridge · #280586 ·

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