Hi Stephanie, You definitely deserve your own welcome letter so I checked to see where it was. You can find it here. https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/message/280543 You had asked a question about

Niki, If the other ponies are being managed the same way this suggests your other pony has a higher requirement for some reason. Increase his dose. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001

I don't know the chemical explanation for the lathering but it is very consistent in my experience. Areas that are inflamed will foam when you rub in the Sore No More and this subsides as it quiets

Stephanie, We don't recommend forcing exercise but if the horse walks along willingly and is not lame there's no problem. Better to get her completely off the bute. -- Eleanor in PA

Hi, Niki. This is a perfect discussion for the EC Horsekeeping group. I'll be happy to reply there and describe my experience with a similar situation. -- Cass, Sonoma Co., CA 2012 ECIR Group

Cass is correct. It's not so much the level of sugar or starch as how much of it you are feeding. 4 grams is going to be less than a teaspoon. That's not an issue. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com

Nicole, The #1 priority of our protocol is to get a diagnosis of what is causing this. You don't have that yet. Given the situation, I agree with going with IV tetracycline then oral doxycycline. --

My Shetland pony gelding (not diagnosed with PPID and has normal insulin so far!) is on a dry lot and on a balanced diet. He takes 5 Vit e gelcaps from My Best Horse every day (he is 325 lbs). That

I use Sore No More a lot and have noticed the lathering too when an issue is developing - does it mean inflamation? What is the chemical reaction that cause the lathering? -- Niki with Sarah and

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

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

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

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

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.

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:

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

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

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

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

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