I am so sorry Daniela. Salta was very fortunate to have you in his life, you were his link to health and happiness.

Hi Emily. I am here to officially welcome you to the group. I reviewed your case history ( nice job and thank you for doing it!) If you are only giving 16 grams of metformin per day...that is too low

Hi Mary. Your first post here triggers our welcome letter that is full of information for you to review. It sounds like you've been reading along with us for awhile now. I hope you find this informati

Hi Julia. Welcome back. I am sending you our welcome letter that will highlight the most important pieces of managing IR/ PPID horses. You received it before, but just in case you misplaced it, I am i

Hi Diana. I reviewed your case histories that are posted for Scooter. Is he still getting Outlast? TC 30% ? Laminox and Heiro? If not, would you update one of the histories( delete the old one) and in

Hi Kathleen.....Syringing can be done politely and with the horses permission. Its never a fight...does it take a few minutes, sure, but I know my horse is getting the medication and no spit outs...an

Hi Robin. Have you tried soaking the hay and letting it dry? Some folks have had good luck soaking the hay, then spreading it out on a panel of chain link fence set up on 2 saw horses or whatever plat

Hi Christine. It is an uphill climb when everyone around you has no concept of the IR diagnosis. Its hard, but that is why we are here :) I did find a list of some vegetables you could try, BUT depend

Hi Riverrat :) Your first post here triggers a welcome message with loads of information about Insulin Resistance and PPID. Just a little housekeeping for you to do. Please go here https://ecir.groups

Hi Corina. The third test result, sample no: 29051220- has a comment of "sample soaked prior to so...." Was this soaked or not soaked? Hard to tell by the description... When sampling hay you want to

Hi Anna. I would not use the Purina Outlast- because there are other things on the market that are safe for IR horses. Such as the Uckele GUT product. I would go with the 2 cups of stabul 1 as the car

Oh Cathie. I am so sorry. I will be thinking of you and Chief today.

Hi Connie. I went through your case history and I don't see any updates for 2022...I see you added some info to your question....I don't see the metformin dosing on your case history...do you have tha

Hi Tina. Here is the list of safe balancers. https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/files/5%20Core%20Diet/Acceptable%20Ration%20Balancers.pdf When I looked at the Triple Crown low starch--- It had 6% fat as a

Hi LJ. Uckele GUT is safe for PPID/IR horses.

hi CTaylor. You can still soak your hay and allow it to dry and then feed it to your horse. Soak the hay in cold water for one hour, rinse it and then you can spread it out on a table...if you can fin

Hi Lasell. As far as the timing of the blood draw to the feeding....I give extra hay through the night and then get up at 5am and keep hay in front of the horses until the blood draw....usually we dra

Hi Cheryl. Here is some information for you regarding psyllium feeding.... https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/files/Diarrhoea/Diarrhoea.pdf -- When was Jewel's last deworming and what did you use to deworm

Hi Tina. Your first post triggers a welcome letter for you that is loaded with information about the cornerstones of the protocol. Specifically, the welcome letter reviews the diagnosis, diet, trim an

Hi Brynn. I'm sorry you have had to find your way here. Your first post triggers our welcome letter which will give you the cornerstones of our protocol. First, there is alot of information here on th