They work differently. Cypro is a serotonin inhibitor. Serotonin antagonizes dopamine so the cypro is to get best bang for your buck from whatever dopamine the horse is still producing. It works for

You can warm up any type of poultice in the microwave. If you don't need the drawing effect for abscess, put it inside a heavy weight ziploc bag to avoid the mess. Hawthorn Sole Pak packing also can

Erin, the use of cypro has fallen by the wayside as not being beneficial for the horse. Pergolide really is the gold standard. I'm honestly not sure what the potential physical combination of side

wrote: > As long as other pain can be Well, good! You might as well live up to his name too. "Don't get sad, get mad" is pretty empowering advice too. He's still in there. You can see it on his face.

suggestions and ideas shared about feedback. final answer only sincere of Taste Or yvonne, you must live in the northwest eh?? we have had the same problem with trees and flooding.. anyway not sure

Well DONE,Dee!!! Ok,at the risk of being anal(why stop now?!),please can you just review what he was eating before he got sore,what he was eating while he was sore,what he is eating now?Any othr

horses refuse to accept specific and suggestions and ideas shared about feedback. answer sincere of Taste Or Since the horse is a prey animal, it stands to reason that their sense of smell in most

Dr Reilly - Thanks so much for continuing this discussion for our benefit. I for one am appreciating it. equimedsurg wrote: It may not be, but from our experience here it would seem that taking

Abby,can I check on this? I was under the impression that starting dose for AAKG is 1- 1.5g per 500 pounds body weight, 2 or 3 times a day.Am I confusing this with something else? Seem like a

I wanted to let everyone know that after 5 days on the hay only diet that my boy Rowdy is improving. I'm not sure if he abscessed or not, couldn't really find anything but he improved greatly after

Lorna Cane wrote: AAAAGH, no you're right - 2 or 3 grams TWICE per day works pretty well as a starting point for a full-sized horse. AND jiaogulan at 3/4-1 tsp TWICE per day. *READ the files on

<equimedsurg@...> wrote: > Continuous access to the right foods Horses do not truly "need" all of those things. If you read the posts and the case histories here, you will see that many IR horses

kapleacres wrote: There are some pictures in the photos of other horses before/after Cushing's treatment - you will be amazed at how well today's treatments bring these horses back. I do wish I had

Stacy, It could be a bruise but is more likely the inflammation and bleeding from the laminitis episode showing through. If you horse is being too active there could also be new damage occurring,

my younger mare--my baby elle--who is IR --but tested almost normal in august --no fat pads weight perfect got out last night and ate half a bale of alfalfa grass--about 20 percent alfalfa--test

Hi Marybeth, I too, am at a barn with about 60 horses. Since we can't store enough hay for ALL the horses, I tried to see if I could store enough for just my ONE horse. How I solved that problem is

Greetings Claire! WOW! Not the response I was expecting. I am not trying to play any games... ONLY trying to determine IF it is the SMELL or TASTE Or BOTH that is the REAL problem! So enough with

Greetings all! Haven't forgotten to return response to those members that responded to my post. Have had some " things " get in the way, involving fallen trees that snapped the electrical lines

he is beautiful--- Here they are: _http://pets.http://pethttp://pethttp://pets.<WBRhttp://pets.http://pets._ (http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/EquineCushings/photos/browse/8461?)