Dear knowledgeable new friends, May I please also ask your advice on a wonderful Icelandic gelding, who I have had for 7 years, since he was imported at age 7. He has always been chubby,

I have a fabulous vet Hi Carol, This gal is so new to horses, I am just finding this out. One trainer i know refused to help her find a mount for fears of the horse not getting proper care as the gal

I have posted new photos of Darius's front feet on ECHoof, in the "Darius" album. There is also an accompanying post with his hoofcare update. At present, Darius weighs about 980lbs.(down from

Julie, good that you remembered Blue's insane number - and to reassure you, we still are well above the ranges, BUT he is a very happy Percheron, even cantering about on dreadful feet. One other

Mary Jane, Here's everything you wanted to know about soaking hay and BP. Hay ~ First get some fish hanging scales from Walmart in the sports department. They cost about $6. Then get some polyhaynet

--- In LOL! HA!!! snicker snicker.. My Vet can beat up your Vet I love it!!! Ummmm and about the pergolide I forgot all about weaning himoff so he hasnt had any for 2 days...OOPS...my bad, too

In the files, it says that glucosamine, MSM, and yucca are bad for IR horses, which I bet your mare is. Horses don't need additional vitamin C. There's been lots of discussion in the past about

Hi, Has anyone heard of or used Ex Stress.I purchased a new horse 13 year old Peruvian Paso mare(Jess),and we have been working with a trainer. Her ground manners are none....My Arabian gelding Ember

M J,  I soak my hay in a muck bucket. I put 3 flakes of hay in and pour 3 1/2 buckets of cold water over the hay, let set for 1 hour.  Then I tip the bucket over to drain down the water trough.  I

Julie, have you printed and handed out some of the formal studies we have for Insulin Resistance? Sometimes sciences provides the "teeth" we need in these instances. If you need anything like this,

Try the Files section,under Hay Information.See Hay Soaking Tips.I can't open it to verify but I think it's what you're looking for. I hope. Lorna

dose. It's less than that at People's Pharmacy,Shawnigan.Of course it depends on how much you order,too. Try rxbabak at telus dot net, without the spaces, to speak to the pharmacist,Bob Mehr.British

Thanks...I've found the message...but still didn't get the info I was asking for...I just posted another note asking HOW to soak hay...from A-Z??? Thanks so much!! M

I too would like to know exactly how it is done, please? I went to the "safe grass" site and didn't find the methodology...just info on how long to soak it (30 minutes seemed to be the optimal

Go to the Web site <http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/EquineCushings/>. In the upper left-hand corner, there's a list of things. The 2nd one is Messages. Click on Messages. When the new page

<bigwhitevan2002@...> wrote: Yowza! They're weaning him off of the Pergolide, correct? well known vet in the area who writes for a a well know horse magazine... a) You've had enough experience to

Stacy, I'm slowly beginning to agree that this might be the case for some horses. One of the reasons I was so dead set against using Thyro-L to treat IR, and believe me, I was near RABID about it,

My memory is a bit shaky, too, but I thought I remembered Dr. Kellon saying something about this in an old message. It was a while ago. A lot of times, I just remember, yes, it's important to soak

I also live in SE Mi my mare is in the process of being tested with the DST. my vet also said it was the "gold standard". I am seriously thinking of starting her on chaste tree berry instead of

Okay, Now this is getting serious See messages # 113193 and 113254 for more info. isulin was greater than 2153 lab ranges 29-179 pmol/L glucose 5.3 lab range 4.2-6.4mmmol/L Wow, and the vet just