Lou - I purchased a coffee grinder several years back to crush pills. Like you, I discovered that particles became airborne and I lost some. I ended up buying a small marble mortar and pestle (TJ

After fighting recurring laminitis for several years now, and a horse that hasn't been completely sound for almost two years, I finally took her eggbar shoes off and started doing the aggressive

Bev, Are you sure he was no longer foundered after 10 days or was no longer in pain? My horse has had laminitis since December and I have him on heart bar shoes and pergolide and he is still has it

Eila- check out www.springtimeinc.com for their Bugg Off Garlic for horses.Has worked great for my noo-seeum fly allergic horse.Ginseng also works GREAT as a calmer.Very happy with all their

I did look up the article cited in the Horse Journal by Dr. Kellon but only an abstract was available to me so I will have to ask the library to order the full text. The abstract did not identify the

Barbara, Conny and Bev. Thanks for the information. It is extremely helpful, and comforting at the same time. I am hoping that I can reduce her dosage over time. My Vet did not give me the actual

Eila, I, too, am a relatively new member, because my donkey was diagnosed with Cushing's and HypoThyroidism. He had been foundered since Dec and we started him on Pergolide in Mid March... within

Hi all - been crushing pills for years on my horse with severe degenerative arthritis - now I add pergolide to the bute. I had a friend using the cyprohepadine (sp?) for her horse with

Eila wrote: sweats it right off in the Florida heat.> Eila, I have been using a product called "Wipe" original formula for many years now. I try new products when they come out but have never

Pat, Great of you to ferret out the Vitex mystery. What a help that would be. I'll be waiting with baited breath. Maxine

Robin wrote: << Maxine, if you are having vaccine reactions in several of your horses, I'd strongly recommend evaluating your vaccination technique and locations -- you just really should NOT be

The researcher who wrote the Hormonise article for Horse Journal was Dr. Eleanor Kellon. She's the technical editor of Horse Journal and a well-known author on equine nutrition. Dr. Kellon belongs to

LOL Fancy that- a contraption for crushing pills! We turn over the bottle, it is the kind with the raised writing and marks on the lid, and use that to crush it right in her bucket! Works like a

Ok folks- here is a conglomerate of info! The first is something I wrote to another list about Ester C. The second is a more technical explanation of Ester C. And the third is an interesting piece on

Hi all, When we switched Casale from cyproheptadine to pergolide we started at .75mg/day based on the article in the horse interactive (see bookmarks). I had a hard time getting him to accept it at

For those of you that have to crush pills for your horse. If you have a Walmart nearby, they have a nice pill crusher. It is plastic and has a screw down top that crushes the pills into a fine

Chris, I would be very interested in a article on Ester C. Also I have a few questions. How is Ester C available? I seen it in the health food stores around here but it in a pill form. Is it

--- I was told by Bet labs that they routinely recommend a 2mg dose to first time subjects. My horse's corisol rythm was 17, and they recommended 2mg, but I decided to start at 1mg as 17 didn't

Are you suggesting I give up my hammer and baggie routine! How fast can I get to Walmart? Aren't they open 24/7? I will be making a trip there, you can bet on that. Thanks for sharing this vital

Keith, I use Thyro-L which I purchase from Valley Vet. My vet calls in the prescription usually with several refills. The cost it only $18.99 for a 1lb, plus shipping of course so I generally