The main problem with beet pulp is that I have never been able to get him to eat it for long and then he will start leaving it along with his supplements and most importantly his pergolide. He won't

Sorry I meant Feb. 18, 2008. --- In EquineCushings@..., "Karen" <karen@...> wrote: and was a Koko's

He was tested Feb. 18, 2007. I got the results on Friday the 22 and started him on 1mg Saturday. The test he had in August showed he was high, but they had him on .5mg so that is what I decided to

I'm really amazed that you can feel a difference in crest with less than an hour exposure to the grass! I will certainly keep that in mind for my mare - could be an early warning system before things

After thinking that I beat all odds with Mr. Triton (26 yr. old Belgian draft, cushings -- prone to laminitis -- on special diet -- now low IR numbers -- now at 16) he seems to be getting yet

thank you for this post, Jodie.... it sure is a light for us to keep working for. I am so happy for you and thank you for sharing to give others hope. right now my boy seems to be coming out of a

Sandy Su, like myriad other things, what is o.k. for horses is NOT o.k. for cats. That is not odd - it is a fact. It is what makes veterinary medicine so much more complex than human medicine. I

Karen -- I may be wrong -- I'm sure someone will correct me if I am ;- ) -- but that seems a pretty quick turn-around for the hay change to be the main response factor. The fact that you also doubled

i would like to know the lab where the alergiy shots are manufactured, my gelding suffers with this every summer, my vet has never suggested alergy shots. do you have to alergy test first? Janet

They are the Alfatec Select Cubes <DesertHorses@...> wrote: <tammy.canning@> wrote: go be delivered? Were they low sugar/starch. will depend on your pony's case history up). As added. in folder #1

Hi Penny ~ You did good : ) I loaded a slightly newer version of the spreadsheet in your folder (will be putting these up generally soon) - just thinking it might show things a bit more

My gosh Tammy, where are you that you got cubes with an analysis delivered? Were they locally produced cubes? They might not be already balanced but are low sugar/starch. The cubes will need a little

Luckily I had some other hay that I tested. I walked the field and took six samples. It came out at 6.5%nsc. I was feeding this hay to the normal horses because my girls didn't like it. Now I know

The good thing about hemicellulose is that it is a form of cellulose it requires microbial fermentation so it is digested in the cecum and large colon. Cellulose is a crystalline structure that

Sorry, my hay cubes aren't from Ontario. When the delivery guy dropped the bags off, he had a bunch of pages with all of the analysis already done on the hay cubes so I didn't even have to

Tom was used to being stalled and I am sure had hay left from evening feed to nibble on in AM before test. (No feed was removed) What was withheld was his Safe N Easy pellets that he gets before

I'm frozen in analysis paralysis for weeks. I added worksheets to files under Penny & Lilly. Equi-analytical results: ESC=3.3%, Starch=1.1%. Can I assume that NSC is 4.4% ??? Wow that us

<tammy.canning@...> wrote: supposed to be specifically designed for Cushings/Insulin Resistant horses so there should be no need to soak it. Are these the Ontario Dehy Timothy Balance cubes? If so,

Hey karen if it makes you feel any better the swame thing happened with my pony as soon as i put her on our tested safe hay she got warm sore feet. so back on the sterrets she went...I am too lazy

Hi Mandy, Thanks for all of the advice and time. I will try and get a copy of his test results this afternoon. I will also get Insulin/Glucose tests done, if the vet did not do those already. He