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Re: Rico's ACTH normal now, insulin high

Hi Dr. Kellon, Can you please direct me to information about the temperature effecting insulin numbers? I have read on the forum, many messages about cold induced laminitis...I thought that was due

By Jenny Heishman · #286070 ·

Re: Question RE Blood Draw for Falki

If he's doing well there's no reason to retest now. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001 The first step to wisdom is "I don't know."

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #286069 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

Just click on the first smiley face and it will turn reddish-yellow then back to yellow. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001 The first step to wisdom is "I don't know."

By Eleanor Kellon, VMD · #286068 ·

Re: Rico's ACTH normal now, insulin high

Hi Sherry, I stopped the Metformin for a few reasons....one was that his insulin only came down from 56 to 48 two was that it was getting increasingly difficult to get the drug into him. He started

By Jenny Heishman · #286067 ·

Re: First hay analysis of Teff

Which lab is good to send the water to for testing ? -- Lori R in MN - 2022 Owner of 3 Metabolic Horses MYA Photos: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=276519 MYA CASE HISTORY

By Lori Ricigliano · #286066 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

I'm not sure how to give it a low rating. All the faces have smiles on them and the first two are yellow, the second three are gray. A trick for us so results don't tally? Sandy Carr -- Sandy March

By Sandy Carr · #286065 ·

Re: First hay analysis of Teff

Thanks everyone for your input. I have reduced to 17.5 pounds total of forage (including the Triple Crown Timothy hay Balancer). I am awaiting a water test that hopefully will tell us the iron content

By Peggy Jones · #286064 ·

Question RE Blood Draw for Falki

Hi All, Vet is scheduled to do blood draw tomorrow to check Falki's insulinl. He's been on Metformin since Aug 6. We are in a very cold 3 day stretch (-17C high and -33C low) but Falki is doing quite

By Connie Proceviat · #286063 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

About 25 years ago, one of the community colleges in my area offered horse care and horsemanship classes to the public. The classes were conducted by professionals and veterinarians and were quite

By celestinefarm · #286062 ·

Anyone in Central Texas feeding Stabul 1

My mare passed away about a month ago. Is there anyone in Central Texas that would like about 3/4 a bag of banana flavored Stabul 1? I am in Williamson county. -- Marcy and Mocha Central Texas

By jjlittle@... · #286061 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

My husband gave me subscription to Equus a few years ago. I never renewed. Most of the articles were written by people with very limited knowledge of horses, laughably so. It doesn’t surprise me

By Jane Williams · #286060 ·

winter does metformin

Hi! This is a question for people who live in colder climates where there is snow on the ground the majority of the winter and no grass available. If your horse/pony is on metformin due to IR do you

By nikkibob1994@... · #286059 ·

winter does metformin

Hi! This is a question for people who live in colder climates where there is snow on the ground the majority of the winter and no grass available. If your horse/pony is on metformin due to IR do you

By nikkibob1994@... · #286058 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

For me, Rosalind, the worry with articles like this is that some people could misinterpret it to mean that Vit E, in itself, can prevent Cushings. How many of us would love not to have to treat with

By Lorna Cane · #286057 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

Thank you Nancy.. that explains it all. Agree that research needs to be done before peoppe ( and often firms) crow about cures!! I'm having a similar battle with Vit A and mallenders -- Rosalind

By Ro Sykes · #286056 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

Yes. That is what I tried to explain. Still going down . -- Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 ECIR Group Inc. President 2021-2022 HOW TO SEARCH THE ARCHIVES:

By Nancy C · #286055 ·

Re: Understanding Winter grass

Hi Julie, If it's above 40 deg F 24/7, then the grass is still able to metabolize the sugar it accumulates during photosynthesis the prior day and sugar concentrations shouldn't build up too much.

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #286054 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

Nancy, I think what happens in that rating system is the over all rating of the article is represented there. I clicked on 1 smilley face and it took it down to 3.5 faces. The more people who click

By Lesley Bludworth · #286053 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

Hi Rosalind Did you read Dr Kellon's blog about this article? She outlines the issues very succinctly. https://drkhorsesense.wordpress.com/2022/12/03/can-vitamin-e-prevent-cushings-disease/ -- Nancy

By Nancy C · #286052 ·

Re: Irresponsible Article

When I saw the article that headlined Vit E as preventing PPID I was, like Dr. Kellon, outraged! However having read the other article written in Equus I am slightly less angry. Is it true

By Ro Sykes · #286051 ·

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