Hi Kay, Thanks for your information. Very much appreciated, I cannot imagine how you must have felt when a sedative had to be administered knowing about the heart block, this is what scares me most.

Again, from another bb, someone mentioned a pony that resides at a zoo and is being treated for Cushings. They said the odd thing is that his Thyroid is enlarged, and that he's had symptoms

Hello and welcome, Sharon...I have a 22 yr old Cushinoid Appendix QH gelding who was diagnosed a year ago, although he had symptoms for the previous 2 years. It seems that horses vary in their

Kim: You are absolutely correct to research the subject of sedating your old friend (as you should with anything that is to be done to him). I recently had my old guy worked on by the dentist (who is

My mare who had foundered and had Cushings had to be sedated (quite heavily) to get dental work done and she was fine. She was 19/20 at the time but she had to be put down in April due to laminitis

In a message dated 00-06-16 02:34:24 EDT, you write: << It took a fairly hefty dose to sedate him followed by two more doses during the procedure >> When my other (non-Cushings) horse had dental

Hi Kim, I'm new to this list and will write an introduction later but I wanted to comment on the matter of sedation. Last year I had to have my old horse (30-something) sedated to pull 2 teeth

Hi my name is Anna, and I am introducing myself to you all!!!! I have a 14HH Irish Riding Pony cross Connemara gelding called Oscar. He is grey and was diagnosed with Cushings at Xmas. He is our

Welcome Anna and good luck with Oscar. My advice about looking after Cushingoid horses is to do the best and most careful management/feed practices you can. Keep current on all shots, worming, teeth

Hi All I'm on so many lists it's hard to keep current , but here are some excerpts from other list posts of mine with some things you might want to check out. Been battling laminitis for 7 months now

Hi Nora, Gretchen Fathauer's site has such great info on laminitis it has been the one place that has helped me help my horse the most. My horse is around 40 and had a couple bouts of laminitis before

Seems like my mules have had Cushings for a lot longer than most of your horses. Weird thing is, we tested the biggest one, Sadie, first for Thyroid problems because I was feeling her neck one 1997

Jackie, You really DO NEED to shake that med like crazy, but each time it is easier after the initial SHAKE! If you don't do that, you are not giving the correct dosage. Keep on Shaking and

Hi. My name is Barbara and I live in Va. I have a 20 year old Andalusian mare, Amiga, whom we believe has Cushing's. I've only had her since September but I do have a sketchy history. When she was

I also can count on the bug bites causing hives on Pandora about July 15th. She is so darn predictable. Then she has to have an injection of an antihistamine because she foundered her original

Regarding liquid cyproheptidine, my horse just went on it May 25. He'll be trimmed June 28th, so I'll watch for the spots you are talking about. The liquid has settled out on the bottom and I can't

Wow Sue ...40 years old !!! That's great! Jazz is only 16. I agree - finding Gretchen's site was the turning point for me also- Nora ----------

Hi Barbara, good luck with your mare Amiga. It sounds like she has a good home with you. I think Andalusians are very beautiful horses. You asked a few questions...here's what applied to me and

Hi Kay...great name! My goodness, you have certainly had some bad luck with so many Cushing's cases. It seems a weird coincidence to have several at once. I sure hope there's research going on about

Hi again. Kay, thanks so much for the donkey-advice. I didn't realize Daisey Mae is a miniature, but that's great! I have heard that they are very easy keepers and I will do my best. My Icelandic