A few thoughts.... How big a horse is he? You are providing enough calories for maintenance of a weight of about 900 lbs at maintenance for hays cut at midbloom. There can be a 10 to 15% calorie

writes: Kay, Puppy, Becce, Mira, and Ivy If the eyes had no tears, the soul would have no rainbow. Native American Proverb

The Pride Project How To Speak CBC in One Easy Lesson Susan Garlinghouse, MS; Barney Fleming, DVM You signed up for the project, rode the miles and held the

I can't remember how much grain your horse was getting, but when you replace grain with digestible fibre the gut becomes less acidic, the gut flora change in balance for the better, and can become far

I can't swear this will work, but it may help... after you soak/ice his feet, pat them dry with a towel and THEN put hoof oil on... soaking acts like it does on human hands and causes the hoof to

Um, when you took him off grain, did you increase the alfalfa? If so, and he's overweight, its time to cut back on the alfalfa! ;0) Has he actually had problems being on grass and is he

I am wondering if this vet does not have much experience with Cushings. When my mare was first diagnosed I researched the subject on the net pretty thoroughly. In the beginnings of using Pergolide for

It is possible that acepromazine might well supply some temporary relief for your gelding. However, our vets do not use it for our laminitic/Cushingoid (Cushing's LIKE) horses, because of the

Ok, now what do I do? I removed him from any grain whatsoever!! and all he gets now is 1 1/2lbs of timothy/alfalfa cubes 2x a day along with 15lbs of timothy/orchard/alfalfa hay. NO grass

In a message dated 7/31/2001 11:52:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Eclectk1@... writes: << I can't swear this will work, but it may help... after you soak/ice his feet, pat them dry with a towel

writes: Yea-Sacc is a specific strain of saccharomyces cervisae, brewers yeast, and the 'dosage' for that is 10g a day. But I do not believe it contains more than 'traces' of chromium. High

In a message dated 7/31/2001 9:38:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Founderlaminitis@... writes: << It is possible that acepromazine might well supply some temporary relief for your gelding.

In a message dated 7/31/2001 9:57:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, pennbo@... writes: << I am wondering if this vet does not have much experience with Cushings. When my mare was first diagnosed I

Sally, It never ceases to amaze me to what lengths horse people will go to for their horsie friends...ie: giving up vacation for horse meds, eating Kraft dinner day in and out... so horse can get all

Brewers yeast contains chromium, biotin and the B vitamins. Can someone tell me a theraputic safe dose to give a horse.

Oh Betti, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Your family will be in our prayers. Sue gafarm@... wrote:

CIB News Release Chromium Picolinate Reduces Symptoms of Syndrome X Evansville, IN (November 9, 2000)- A newly discovered synergism between Biotin and Chromium, two essential nutrients,

Hi Jean, and welcome! You wrote: "I plan to introduce it gradually as directed, but am unsure of how to feed the beet pulp. It has pellets and crunchy, round particles in it. I've fed each of

I've been reading the posts and have just gotten some beet pulp for my 19 y.o. Cushing's gelding and 5 y.o. normal mustang. I plan to introduce it gradually as directed, but am unsure of how to feed

Laurie, Are we privy to such cutting edge news on horse nutrition that you are telling the horse nutritionists? LOL! I am glad I joined up with this group! Thanks all of you and most especially