Hi, my first time with the group. I lost a mare to hyperlipidemia (still working on the real cause) a couple of weeks ago, and she had aborted 6 weeks early as well. I just purchased a mare two days a

Hi Eleanor, thanks for your expanded reply on the new mare. I went to your 'files' cabinet and WOW, was I overwhelmed, lol. I sat there for 3 hours absorbing as much as I could as it relates to this n

Yes, Robert, you reiterated the chronology of events exactly right with Passion. So we believe that she did have some sort of infection in her mouth, since when I put my hand her mouth I came away wit

Thanks Roberta. Is Cushings under control known to shorten the lifespan of a horse? In other words do they die from it, or just with it. I understand they can certainly die from it if it cannot be con

writes: We use Buckeye for about 5 or 6 newborn zebras every year, the ones we take from their moms at 24 hours so we can start their training if they have wild moms that won't let us with them. (than

writes: No Robin, we don't have any pasture or clover here. We're in San Diego, lol, mostly desert. We have to feed all year round. Nancy Nunke Spots 'N Stripes Ranch http://www.spotsnstripes.com

Robin, apparently this mare has always drooled, through numerous feed changes at different ranches. Nancy writes: Nancy Nunke Spots 'N Stripes Ranch http://www.spotsnstripes.com

Thanks Robin. I do have a glucometer, and will begin to do a daily check at your recommended times. Thanks. I'll post. Nancy writes: Nancy Nunke Spots 'N Stripes Ranch http://www.spotsnstripes.com

writes: Thanks Eleanor, I'll send this to the lab doing the testing... Nancy Nancy Nunke Spots 'N Stripes Ranch http://www.spotsnstripes.com

After speaking to my vet again, she said the blood was on the truck for the whole day, then centrifuged, then sent to the lab, and said that glucose would have been much higher had it been tested righ

Kamnick@... writes: Thanks Kathleen, a day doesn't pass when I don't tear up several times over my sweet Passion, and I never want to happen to another one of my horses, so learning all I ca

Update: Another mare and foal died last week at the same ranch that has lost the 14 foals. The county has gotten involved, and, along with Passion's results, are trying to get to the bottom of it. Sac

Update: Well, here we go again. I just lost another mini baby six weeks early last night. We had to rush the mare into the equine hospital to save her as the foal was upside down, totally unprepared t

listmail@... writes: Yes, Roberta, everything is being tested - and now, more bad news, I just lost another baby early 3 days ago, a mini mule baby to another mini mare that I purchased from

Hi folks. I was wondering what you do for hair coat on the 'diet'. I have not had my entire herd, including minis, paints, zebras, zorses, zonkeys, donkeys and mules on the diet. I am finding just a c

I've been feeding beet pulp pellets to my equines including zebras, minis, donkeys, mini donkeys, mini mules, mules, zonkeys and zorses for years - we always feed it show horses - so its been great fo

I've been feeding garlic from April to September for 4 years now to all my horses, including my IR minis and it doesn't have any adverse affect on them. Nancy Nunke Spots 'N Stripes Ranch http://www.s

I agree not to feed anything unnecessarily, but garlic does have a clear beneifit over pesticides in my book, as it almost completely eradicates the fly population on my property when I feed it to my

pecciefarm@... writes: I'll have to get back to you on the amount, as I now just know how much to put in the entire feed ration for all the horses, then they get the right amount dependin

Hi: I just had a mare eat acorns and develop laminitis. She is a mini. She is on banamine and aspirin and ace, Noni juice and in deep bedding. She has improved greatly as to her pain level just in a f