Hi Kerry, Thanks for the additional info. Gotcha on the 'starvation diet" definition. If you continue to have trouble with getting the case history posted just send it to me and I'll get it up for

Hi Gina, At 8yo Whizzy is young for PPID to be the driving force, although not impossible. IR can be an issue at virtually any age. PPID and IR are two different issues that have some symptoms that

Oh that’s right! Formula 4 Feet had it too........it is said thatsince you feed so little of the daily dewormer that its safe but eachhorse is different. Moxidectin with Prazquantel or

Thanks, Deb. The Picky Eater's checklist isalso a good place to go for ideas on transitioning to new tastes. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/files/8%20Pulling%20it%20Together/

Lisa, Thanks so much for your input. All of the responses from the group are incredibly helpful! I havent ever obtained rads bc, tbh, my mare has never been truly unsound (in an orthopedic sense).

Hi Stine You are right, Stine. There are a couple of supplement vendors though who are using the blood testing approach. Except for Selenium and Vitamin E blood work is a poor indicator of body

Kerry, Welcome! Thanks for posting your test results. I will be following what the moderators say about your girl as it sounds as if her situation is somewhat unusual, given her high insulin on a good

Hi Mandy, Thanks for that. I've just looked up the Strongid C and the ingredients are: Ingredients: Dehydrated alfalfa meal, wheat middlings, ground corn, cane molasses, preserved with propionic

To quickly find information in the files use the ECIR Files Table of Contents Note: the above link takes you to a Dropbox document containing the latest PDF version of the TOC. The ECIR Table of

Is it possible to get a full mineral status for your horse by drawing blood? I know iron would have to be sent to KSU - are there other minerals that would be hard to get analysed? My reason for

Hi Gina-- I'd like to add to Nancy's reply about the supps. It's possible that as Whizzy feels better she will begin to eat the supps. Last year Cory would not even eat salt, but now he is

Hi Hannah, We recommend you have a fecal exam done on both ponies so you have atarget. Two dewormers that are safe for IR are Ivermectin and thedaily double dose Strongid C 2X. I don’t know

Hi Lauren, Can you add your case history link to your signature so the volunteers can see the whole picture? >I am going to start my horse on Chaste Tree next week and was wondering how much to give

Hey guys! I am going to start my horse on Chaste Tree next week and was wondering how much to give him. He is about 1200 pounds and is also on anywhere from 3mg to 4.5mg of pergalide. I can't seem to

Asking questions is good. I'm sorry not to communicate to your primary concern. The recommendations in the doc are okay for IR horses. Once off the NSAIDs, personally, I'd still use jherb unless

Hi Nancy, I've read through the documents at the links you sent me. Thank you so much for that. I couldn't access the files section directly from my phone, but the links worked perfectly. My

UPDATE: Just got the Leptin back, which completes the Cornell paneL-- Leptin: 4.19ng/mL (ref 1-4 ng/mL) endogenous ACTH: 36.6pg/mL (ref 9-35) insulin: 64.99uIU/mL (ref 10-40) glucose: 113

Your horse's Case History is the most important step to be completed upon joining the ECIR List. A well filled out and up-to-date Case History is critical for obtaining timely and relevant advice from

Hi Gina Want to suggest adding in the flax and then using a bit of cocosoya as a tempter to finish her minerals. Then you hopefully, maybe, won't waste the cocosoya or minerals. It is really

Hi Lavinia, Thank you so much for the reply. I am writing out my CH now but here's some quick replies to your queries: Before I found this group, I was resorting to what I called the "Starvation