Hi Rebecca Bless you for taking on this boy. You may find that if you can get him more comfortable in his feet, he will start the journey to meeting you half-way. If he were here, I would not put him

Hi Rebecca, You could also consider Cabergoline injections instead of Prascend. They are given every 10 days I believe. Search our messages for "Cabergoline" to learn more. -- Kirsten and Shaku

Hi Michele, You might be able to shake or rinse a lot of the iron off the new hay, it's likely some of that high iron is from dirt. It's certainly better than what you are currently feeding in terms

Hi Michelle I took a quick look. I am having difficult reading them. Both of these hays have inverted or nearly inverted Calcium and Phosphorous. You need a lot of calcium, if I am reading correctly.

Hi Rebecca, Welcome back and thank you for taking this guy on in hopes of improving his comfort. I’m sure you’ll get feedback from others on this. TBs are not generally IR at baseline but many

Great news Emma, good job! You're on the right track, hang in there. We've all been in your shoes. So glad Tater is starting to feel better, awesomeness!!!! Joy -- Joy and Willie (EC/IR) Nevada

Hi Cass …thank you -- Michele Goldberg Bernville, Pa joined 2015 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Michele%20and%20Schimpie https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=279126

I just had Flea's fall bloodwork done, and it's not so good. I had bumped him up .5mg in his Prascend dose this summer because his ACTH was too high in April, and it came down from mid 30s to mid 20s

I am in need of this group's expertise. I'm an "old" member with a new horse. I adopted Bristol four months ago when his owners were going to dump him at the animal shelter. He is 25 years old and is

Thank you for the help on adjusting Joker's metformin dose. He has now been on 11 pills since Oct 17 at the same time I increased his Stabul 1 from 10oz to 16oz, added 4 cups of timothy pellets, and

Thanks for reporting in Lynn. Totally get how elevating an event like this can be. Glad you both survived. I look forward to more reporting from you. Hugs to "R". -- Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator

I have laughed and cried over all your comments. I think I received the bigger dose of encouragement today. We all know how hard it is to manage these horses but to all who struggle there is a light

Thanks Emma for the report. Immediate relief is not uncommon. If you'd like to meet Dr Kellon and have her explain exactly this phenomenon, watch the ECIR group film on Diet and

Still working on labs - but some promising news today. My sweet boy finally got some real relief. First, the emergency diet is starting to work. There is far less heat in his hooves than before - I

Hi, Michele. Thanks for adding this important information. I updated the names for your Case History folder and for your Photo Album for Schimpie. The links are: Case History

Congratulations, Lynn. You and Relevante are an inspiration to all those who are struggling. Kudos to you for being able to stick with him. Although I'd also rather pass entirely on incidents like

I’ve uploaded 2 hay analysis to Schimpie’s photo album…one is of my local grass hay that I’ve been feeding for several months now soaking , and the other is new low sugar that my supplier just

Hi, Nancy. A few issues. Every time you have a question, you need to post to this forum. The Case Histories and Photo Albums are not scoured by hardworking ECIR volunteers until there's a specific

Thanks for adding the x-rays, Emma. I’m definitely not the radiograph expert here but what I see are thin soles, more so on the right than the left. Do you know what the vet measured when the

-- Adrienne Williams in KY, 2022 https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Adrienne%20and%20Wyatt