Well I get the 100 mg of powdered pergolide today. It was surprised just how small a $260 bottle of powdered pergolide is. It in a about 2.5 inch diameter by 1 inch high jar/ Looks like the size of

They sadden me too Chris. I went to a auction once and only once and saw those poor animals that they paraded in there just so the killer could buy them. There was one poor pony that could hardly

Yes I have seen foundered horse back feet go bad because then lean back and put their weight on the back feet because the front ones hurt so bad. Take a 1000 lb horse. That 250 lbs per foot. If you

I talked to my vet too. Well actually the gal in the office who takes care of the medicines. She will only order the pergolide from pharmacies she know get the ingredients from the United States,

Lynne, Your story about your neighbor hauling a mare to the killers came home at work today...I teach with a woman whose hubby is an old time roper/trainer. Still sacks his horses out. When she was

I would have a problem with the other horse getting my horse's meds, that is for sure, whether the horse did or not. That horse would be eating my $$$ while my horse would be the one that needed

Well said Mary. The slaughter houses are full of animals that people just got ride of and so are the pounds. I once knew a fellow who bred to one of my stallions. He didn't watch the mare at foaling

Rats, I tried to send that anonymously but forgot the system would automatically put my email address on it. Glad I made some one smile. Life could be too depressing if you don't laugh and then

Isn't it amazing how great a big pile of poop can look, Chris? Yes!!!!!! Guess Star was paying attention when I said, "Go Star!" Kay, Puppy, Becce, and Mira Me If the eyes had no tears, the

Thanks Lynne-your post made me smile. I guess it's because our animals are so dependant on us that we want to make sure we do everything perfectly. You put it in perspective. Barbara

Thanks Lynne, I need a good rump kicking every now and then. You are right we do so many things right but when we mess up we really beat ourselves up over it. I still get down on myself for not

Angela, Golda could very well be making her good foot sore. When Future foundered on both front she put most of her weight on her hind legs and they not only stocked up but became so sore we feared

Thanks for the information. I was thinking about using Kohls. For the powdered pergolide it $80 cheaper than I can get it from Precription Specialities. Has anyone heard about the strength of the

This is not only for Chris and Star, but for all of the rest of us as well. We all tend to beat ourselves up over something we didn't see sooner, didn't do in time, thought we knew, or tried

Thanks about letting me know about Kohls. My vet told me that some compounding pharmacies are good others, your not sure of getting the correct dosage in each serving. She said they get the medicine

to: kilroy@... Just wanted to point out from posting from Kathy that you can get Permax a lot cheaper from Kohll Pharmacy. See the Postings below: Eila

Linda, Your account is a wonderful account of keeping an animal comfortable on medication in his golden years. If everyone was that thoughtful there would be a lot fewer animals suffering

I don't even know if they still make carafate that's how long since I've done medical nursing but back years ago if a patient was on long terms meds that could cause ulcers, we put them on cara fate

Message: 19 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 19:04:28 -0700 From: "Pennington-Boggio's" <pennbo@...> Subject: "Lucky" Star and feed- warning OK, here is the tough part guys! I am partially

Thanks so much for everyones info!!! The weather here is starting to warm up now and I'm just taking this day by day to see how she does. I hate to jump to conclusions, I have in the past and it