Eclectk1@... writes:> Thanks. Nancy Nancy Nunke Spots 'N Stripes Ranch http://www.spotsnstripes.com

Hi, just thought I'd give everyone an update on my little mini mare that ate all the acorns and got laminitis. She has been on banamine, ace, and powdered aspirin in her feed. She is coming along real

drkellon@... writes: I do keep my horses all on an IR friendly diet>thanks to your additional information- unknowingly I was feeding mostly properly with beet pulp (have always fed this to all my

Eclectk1@... writes: Oh, boy Erica, I lost my best mare last year to hyperlipidemia, after 12 days of her fighting and fighting to survive, and me sitting there at her side 24/7, fluids 4 times a

Wow, Eleanor, thanks - I wondered why my little mini's neck appears so swollen on the side I've been giving her the banamine on. I'll give it to her IV from now on, I think - but since I have to give

drkellon@... writes: My family takes the human noni juice now every day. It tastes kind of like prune juice. My horses all take it right on their food, including my zebras. For some reason the hor

shelvonne2003@... writes: No, I'm not using pergolide with the ace, and thanks for the warning! Nancy Nunke Spots 'N Stripes Ranch http://www.spotsnstripes.com

cdnthoroughbred@... writes: the two evils for affecting the stomach - minis are so susceptible to ulcers at the blink of an eye...my little mare is doing great so far on the banamine and ace comb

My vet just put my little mare suffering from laminitis on banamine instead of bute and it works great, she has a tremendous amount of pain relief from it and it is certainly easier on the stomach. Lo

I had my first terrible experience with acorns in the last two months. We had the CA wilfires here last October and my ranch was surrounded by fire. During the past 3 years I have not had any acorns t

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

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

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

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'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

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

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

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

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

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