Hey Nikita, Its ok for Mr. Thelwell to have his own white salt block to lick. It will just be busy work, amusement for him. Horses don't have the tongue to over lick. If he likes to have one let

I can't remember, but was Triple Crown Low Starch formula found to be adequate for a cushings horse? I can't get it where I live, but my feed store is now making a copy-cat version of it that is very

Hi Marybeth, The goal is to eliminate the sugars from your horse's diet in order to help bring the insulin levels down. Vita Flex Accel contains molasses, soybean flour, and alfalfa. Your horse

Lavinia, I'd eliminate it, if your horses don't depend on it for flavoring. It's not being recommended anymore, so why add it unless you see a distinct advantage? -- Sandy Su ssu@...

I'm finding the original 13.5 lbs of hay not adequate in this weather and increased it to 17 lbs. (the file description says 18, oops). Kathleen graciously did the first one and because of high iron,

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Interesting! I wonder if it'd have the same effect on wood-chewing? -- Sandy Su ssu@...

So the pergolide is controlling the Cushing's. High! That may be most of your problem. Low. Maybe get the vet to prescribe Thyro-L? Maybe he should go back on it. You may want to think of any

Ann Marie, You may want to do what I did. I'm math challenged, too, so I got Dr. K to do it for me and paid her. I think I'd have had a nervous breakdown trying to do it myself. -- Sandy

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Anna, Thank you so much for your post! This afternoon I was talking to a colleague and friend -- Claire Wilson (aka the Witcheylady) and I told her how passionately I feel about giving horse's

Oh, absolutely! I'll take some the next time Abby comes out to trim him. I should post some body shots of him too -- the difference between last winter and this is just

Hi Everyone, I was thinking about how many people have posted recently about their horses not wanting to eat their supplements or a different feed. Here are a couple of things that I thought about

Hi Sheri - Here in ND we have the famous Red River Valley - they grow hundreds of thousands of acres of sugar beets here and in the ajoining Minnesota. The farmers here contract with CRYSTAL SUGAR -

Hello, Me again. My pony (9 H) gets 1/2 ounce of table salt a day. Does he still need to have a salt block (white). What about electrolytes when he is working hard? I cannot find one without

For wrapping legs and keeping anyone else from taking them off....use that old stand by - Duct Tape. You only need a band of it near the top, one near the bottom and unless you have a mini, then one

Allison, Go the Links from the main page. Scroll down to Prescriptions/States that require vets to write script. AZ is one that requires the vet to give you a script if he wants the animal on that

Does anyone have experience with vets in Tucson,Az familiar with laminitis, cushings, IR etc and are willing to prescribe pergolide without doing the dex suppresion test? I swear we are in the

Shelley - Can we get updated feet photos? Would love to see them. Thanks Nancy C and Beau and Gabe in NH

I'm just about at the point of needing to re-order cinnamon for the boys-or not? George and Nappi are both Cushings/IR and currently get cinnamon in their meals. They can take it or leave it. Should