Laura - Most BP pellets have quite a bit of molasses in them. It can take forever for them to soften and fall apart when soaked, and, in my experience, you end up with a bucket of what looks like

Hi Marianne. Personally if the procedures from Cornell (below) were not followed, I'd be having a conversation with my vet with concern over sample handling. Ask him to point you to the docs he's

My girlfriend has started feeding her recently diagnosed Cushing's horse BP. I told her my routine at home with r/s/r the BP shreds but she has chosen to prepare the pelleted form at the barn. I was

Hi Angela Need to evaluate when you get there. Take a look at the other signs as well: crest, orbital fat. They can blow up very quickly after a long feast on grass. If he is obviously in

Hi Katie, The emergency diet is only a temporary, stop-gap measure to use until you can get a correct, balanced, safe diet in place. If you can start a good IR-safe diet now, no need to use the

Hi Marianne, Sounds like a glucose tolerance test was done, which tests for IR. Has nothing to do with PPID. And do not know how it would diagnose liver disease either. You're correct - we don't

Thank you both for the info and links - exactly what I needed. I'll continue to sock him (haha) as much as possible through the cold temps. The issue of keeping the feet warm today is muddled by a

Linda, Hope your holiday was great and you are feeling better by the way! I do like this guys as he seems open to learning and to ideas, which seems so hard to find. I'm definitely optimistic that

Hi guys, Hope everyone had a great holiday. I haven't written about this guy yet but we had one of our horses, who is retired, bloodwork pulled and it has been confirmed he has Cushings. Results

Hey all! Got blood results back from Cornell ACTH 29.5 Leptin 3.34 His insulin was previously tested and it was high normal but can't track down the number specifically at the moment. I assume

As I said before, I can see where someone would be concerned here to make a big change. You seem to like this person, so keep on keeping on! Linda EC Primary Response West Coast May 2004

Hey Linda, I will definitely discuss going barefoot next time he is out. It was something we discussed pretty in depth when he was here and he just didn't feel like the horse was ready for it. This

Hi Jackie, Thanks for the response! The farrier who trimmed him this last go around is new. Our farrier before isn't local and there had been some concerns so I felt it was time to get a second

I have uploaded a case history in the files. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ECHistory6/files/Charletta%20S_KCMO/ Vet came out Saturday and said he's had 4 other calls for mares exhibiting the same

Hi Marianne, I was looking for an update in her Case History. Did I just miss it? Lorna in Ontario,Canada ECIR Moderator 2002 *See What Works in Equine

I've found their cubes to be rather hard, harder than the local cubes; but I've never had problems with their pellets. Chanda MT 9/04

I was disipointed when oop changed to Standlee for a yeear or so. Tried the pellet, the ones got were so hard that I had to break with Hammer. I went to Ashville, NC for about a year because Truple

I've just been given the result of Pauli's test: ACTH is at 50 .. This really knocked me off my socks - she is in such good shape - had not expected this at all. Last year she was at 26. I'm really

Is anyone familiar with a test for Cushing which gives glucose results measured every 15 minutes? What kind of test is that? I was given a copy of someone's test results (verdit: liver disease in a

Hi Vicki, Do you have a link for Biscuit's case history? Or can you put up a case history for us if he doesn't have one up yet? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ECHistory6 You have to join but it