HI all. Sparkles is a senior, we think between 20 and 25. American Shetland type mare. She is 10.1 hands and has steadily been around 380 pounds (we check throughout the year). I have seen her as low

Thank you Jennifer for your reply. When Flea was DXd with PPID, did he have normal ACTH? At the time Sparkles showed she was IR, ACTH was normal (Tested in DEC). Vet is thinking we will try a differen

Thank you Martha. Interesting re above normal ... Yes the test vet suggests is the stim test. We were thinking about doing in June ... do you think we should do this sooner? I have been reading throug

Thank you, Dr Kellon for your reply. "Only about 50% of IR animals fit the overweight profile. I agree with doing a TRH stimulation." We planned to do the TRH test in June as that is when our herd has

Thank you. I think the LD test was from uConn. I will upload the results soon. Just looked at them again, Weak pos ELISA and Neg WB. Here is a copy/paste: Lyme ELISA Serum Weak POSITIVE @ 1:320, Lyme

I just wanted to add, Sparkles really is feeling much better. She is eager to be back out with her herd. I think if someone did not know what she was going through, would look at her and think she was

"That said, diet or diet and metformin don't work for every horse/pony." When Tx does not work, is there an explanation for it? Is it an example of a more specific profile? Is it more common when ther

HOOVES I have uploaded some images from yesterday and was wondering if you can take a peek. I am wondering about a couple of things. 1. does anyone have any ideas as to what the peeling/scaliness is?

Thanks Sherry, I'm working through a concussion and bruised ribs right now ... I will attempt to get a better album photos when those issues resolve. RE taking off heel, are the images I posted today

Thank you Martha, I think today I will just go over things with apprentice and maybe do light rasping and we can work on getting the photos ... I can take them ... I just cannot be bending over trying

Martha, do my photos look ok now?

Lavinia, YAY! Thank you. Can I request a markup? Dr K suggested perhaps taking off a bit at a time. I think she suggested every other day or so. To start I am going to have our farriers apprentice com

You sure stomped that out quick! Thank you.

"Need to allow the frogs to keep the calloused frog as protection for the waxy, immature frog below. Only trim off areas that are already loose or have dead flaps hanging, while leaving the rest of th

Thank you Kirsten. I soaked all winter. We tested our hay. Everything I was giving her from the time she was DXd with IR was around 8 or less (the lowest hay was 5 re ESC plus starch). She has been on

HI there. I have been doing a track system for several years. I understand the owners concern re not wanting to kill grass. I just wanted to mention though in my experience, at least where we are ...

Hi Sherry. If I said 275, that was a typo. It should have been 375lb (The picture of her in the stall Feb 2022 I measured). She has always been right around 380 from the time I got her until now. She

Hi Dr Kellon, Yes, one year I put a Garmin watch on one of the mares in a traditional grass paddock (1 or so acres) and then when she was on a track. It was a mare not DXed. I was able to track moveme

Hi Kirsten. Yes I will update everything and try to be more precise. I thought I put the hay results in the CS . Or did you mean another location? Sorry

Hi Sherry. I agree re est of wt and so forth. I don’t like the tapes. If I had more money I’d invest in a proper scale. For now I use the usual tape as well as the formula. Interestingly last year whe