I can tell you a few summers ago, Pandora was in the woods, wouldn't even come out, just lying there, with flies on her body, and her feet almost in the air. I can only compare her position to that

----------- Kay , BET labs claims that they *CAN* tell from their Cushings Panel( only $75.00 all inclusive- NO RISK) whether or not you need to increase your dose of meds- they have you draw 2

Hi, Your congresswoman is exactly right. My daughter works as a vet tech and we had cypro back ordered for my horse for so long the drug rep finally told us what was happening and then the drug was

Barbara, I meant to tell you about the up and down stuff......it really is the hardest part to deal with, one day everything is great the next day is a whole different story, on and on for years. I

Barbara and Kay, If it helps any, I too have been fighting this disease for a long time. I did not even have a diagnosis until about a year ago and I could not get a vet to help. My buddy Marvin,

Hello Kay in AK, Your post about knowing that sometimes these things are not fixable brought the tears that have been trying to break forth all day. I'm new to this Cushings merry-go-round. In May

Barbara, my candle will be lit for you tonight too, and for Amiga too. I know how it is to feel overwhelmed and helpless at times. Just remember, if you didn't love so much, you wouldn't be

Linda, Your horse is very lucky to have you. Darby was bought at auction someplace in South Dakota in 1981. The man who bought her was a horse dealer here in NH. She spent a year as a camp horse and

Hi Kay in NY, I'm in NH. Darby is my daughters first horse, once we found out how old she really was we decided to give her a home for life. We've actually owned her for about 14 years now. I owe her

I have just joined this group and would like to get some help in finding and inexpensive source of cyproheptadine if anyone knows one. I have been buying it online for 11 cents a pill. I give 30

My heavens, Linda...what a story of courage and love. It is unbelievable what abuse some horses suffer and yet they still learn to trust again. Stories like yours make me cry, but then I feel a huge

Thanks to you, Kay, for these words. I am sending prayers for Sue/Darby, and to all the people struggling to save their horses. Cushing's is a complicated disease and the outcome, for many horses, is

She might let me pad her feet like that, I'm not sure. I few years ago I was boarding and I don't know how it happened but she got 2 legs caught in a mower, cut them up pretty bad. I was on my way

I am just finishing up my first bottle of liquid cyproheptadine and although the price is cheaper, I am just not certain of the results being as good. The stuff requires a really good shaking each

I usually have a talk with each new vet about how I feel about my horses, their life and the end for them. I think for me anyway it's best to do this in a non-emergencey situation. It's not

Hi Paula, Thanks for the info....yes Darby is a foundered horse, It happened 3 years ago and on and off since. We have managed to get 1 foot baxk to no rotation but the other is being a problem. Right

Hi everyone, Well we took my mare Star off of the bute she has been on for 3 weeks (doctor's orders) and within two days she was limping again. The vet thought it might just be imflammation and stress

Sounds like Good news for the weekend, Linda! My mules understand the need to be turned out, Sadie Mule will try to chew through any gate to get there. I have luckily become quite an expert in

Hi, I emphatically urge any of you dealing with founder, laminitis, navicular or any other hoof problems to check out the egroup naturalhorsetrim. The founder of this group Gretchen Fathauer has a

Sue, how much you must have shared with your precious Daarby. Almost 40 years old, that says it all. You must have given her the best of everything. Kay in NY