Hi Everyone...my Cushingoid horse Domino is still experiencing a mild laminitis after 8 weeks of treatment. Yesterday's x-rays didn't show any rotation or changes to the bones of the feet. We're

Hi Kay My friend has had to adjust the permax dose frequently with her pony, I haven't started my horse on permax yet but am about to consult with a vet to evaluate her for meds. I reduced my horses

Hi Kay, My horse suffers from laminitis with her cushings, this past winter she had a particularly bad attack my vet had me double her dose of cyproheptidine. Darby was also on isoxaprine and 3 grams

Susan and Linda, thanks so much for sharing your stories. It is so great to be able to 'talk' with people who actually know something about Cushings, instead of me always being the 'expert' by virtue

Hello everyone - I was recently told that my 20yo is showing signs of Cushings. His blood work was inconclusive (my vet won't run the dex suppression test - she knows of 3 horses now that have

Kay - I meant to ask you how your horse was first diagnosed as Cushingoid. I was also wondering if anyone else is on the list that has a horse without laminitis, but Cushings signs. How was your

Susan - Who makes the Nu-Flex product and what is in it? I refuse to go back on bute. My vet says it's not related but it was too closely related to his excess urinating. I also found a referral to

Hello again - Just keep thinking of more stuff... I had noticed that my quiet horse was more cranky at the end of the wet weather this year. I had attributed it to 'cabin fever' since he now has to

Hi Makyla, If you want to replace the bute then you want the devil's claw, it works great!!So Far I've been buying the devil's claw at health food stores, Darby gets about 900 mg a day, Chamisa Ridge

<<I was also wondering if anyone else is on the list that has a horse without laminitis, but Cushings signs. How was your horse diagnosed? Thanks...>> Just a quick intro - I have a 29 year old mare

Yes repeated colic in a horse that had never coliced before was one of the earliest symptoms with my mare. For her I just needed to get the right diet balance to eliminate the colics. It is so hard

Her first symptoms were vague and hard to diagnose. She's always had a thick coat as she lives out 24/7, the main concern was she stopped being zippy and started getting hurt, fell down once which

Has anyone else read/heard that yucca may increase cortisol levels? I seem to remember reading that somewhere and have avoided yucca products. Linda

Hi All, To those who have recently asked about Permax dosage. My mare is on .25mg a day. We started her there and decided to increase if necessary. I don't think it is necessary yet, she's been on

Hi Sue, Have you asked your vet about feeding the yucca? Mine told me to take Star off of yucca and anything that contains yucca because it messes with the same hormones that Cushings is messing with.

Hi Chris, I'll talk to my vet about the yucca, Darby is doing so well on it. With this horse each and every day is a gift that I treasure and to see her actually feeling good enough to gallop has

Hello Linda, Susan and Paula....and the Rest...boy it's nice to have this list right now, as I am feeling very discouraged with my Cushingoid Domino. Your success stories are giving my a ray of

I have up and down days also. Over the years I've made big changes to the point of moving to another state to try to deal with the horse problems. [my 13 year old mare broke her leg at 4 from a

Linda, these are wise words and they help me to refocus. Today, I have been thinking too much about how it feels to me to be dealing with this. I need to think more about how it feels to my

Kay and Linda, In January Darby was in so much pain she was having such a hard time walking it would take me an hour to get her turned around and back into the barn. I was so scared. I was not ready