Carla, You're not in a selenium or copper deficient area are you? Stray thought & probably moot since I would think that deficiencies of this sort would cause more overall symptoms. But perhaps

Thank you so much for the input. So, I'm really not crazy or overly paranoid!! :o) The input on the hind leg thing is very helpful. I will be talking to my vet (and some others) about all of this. I

Hi, I had problems with the liquid corta-flex it had too much sweetner in it and brought on laminitis attack. I have my horse on a yucca/ glucosamine/ ester-c supplement and have had no problems with

At a barn were I had worked, there was a horse who had sweeney, nerve damage to shoulder, he did not sweat in that area as well as the muscle atrophied, so may well be that there is some nervous

Hi Nora and All... My consulting vet said it was OK to keep feeding Flex Free or something similar, as well as the MSM and biotin supplement my gelding has been getting for years. I think it's good

Somewhere I read that yucca in supplements makes cushings worse as it INCREASES the bodies cortisol release. Has anyone else heard about other joint supplements ??? I give mine corti-flex , ...maybe I

Hi Carla & Everyone, Carla, thanks for the post, its quite interesting to me that you are also noting some odd hind end symptoms. I spoke to my vet last night and his initial thought was that

Interesting posts about hind leg stance and/or lameness. Here's my experience: My 21 yr. old FEI dressage horse is Cushingoid. He is in the very early stages and with the use of Cyproheptadine his

In a message dated 00-05-08 19:29:30 EDT, you write: << I believe the hind leg hind end coordination may be affected -- hard to tell since we're coming off a mild founder in the front feet only

Hi all, Linda, I believe, but am not positive, that horses certainly can be diabetic without being cushinoid. Very curious to hear what the vet has to say. I would suggest laying out as concisely

Nora, this is really great news about you and your horse. Educating oneself is always a good idea, isn't it? It can be a great challenge with Cushing's and thyroid problems (and some other tricky

Linda - I Have been struggling for 5 months with founder horse with probable Cushings. Vet said NOT to do dexamethasone suppression test as this can CAUSE founder , or make it worse. Everything I

When I first noticed something was wrong I put my horse on supplements for arthritis. This horse ahd been sound and healthy, still competing in her late 20's. Her last 25 mile ride was 3 years ago

Linda & List - I just wanted to share my latest realization about my horse who was recently diagnosed as early Cushings because of his long hair in the winter, loss of weight and muscle, fat patches,

Hi Linda, I'm sorry but I can't offer you any other reason for the Cushing's-like symptoms. I might have an article pertaining to a related-problem, but I'll have to look for it. I just reacted to

I'm about to have my horse evaluated by a new vet and trying to organize my thoughts, so what questions/tests would you present to a new vet? I don't want to get home and say why didn't I cover

On: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:25 PM Robin wrote: There has been some success seen in treating mares with Pergolide, and subsequent rises in fertility. This is a little outside my sphere, but if you

Hi all, It hadn't occurred to me before, but I believe at least one of our members is interested in possibly trying to breed her Cushinoid mare... there's a very good repro resource here on onelist

Good for you I'm so glad you spoke to your old vet and the foam probably will help make him comfortable. Darby has a pair of Sabre Sneakers and I have fit them with foam for when she was very

Hi Everyone... I made a mistake when I said I was paying $195 for 90 pills. I actually only get 45 1mg pills for that...I was forgetting that 45 pills would last for 90 days once I split them in