Phew! Ok I hope I have done everything correctly. My horse is not currently critical, but has slight digital pulses since this spring. If someone can help me balance his hay correctly with the supplem

Thank you for your quick response. I will look at the section on hay balancers. And yes, I am aware he is eating more than he needs - my concern has been with his history of impaction colics, which he

Thank you Laura & Ferne for sharing your experiences & thoughts. I hope your horses continue to do well! I do usually soak Sunday's hay for an hour or so during warmer months (when freezing & ice don'

Yes Laura - an impaction. I have friends whose horses have had entrapments. Kinda think that's worse - less you can do to prevent a recurrence, right? But all colics are scary.

I have had Sunday's hay balanced by Kathleen & the minerals are ordered & on their way! With them I will give 4 grams vitamin C (I have been giving ascorbic acid + bioflavonoids + rutin – human capsul

Thanks Nancy - Yes, Kathleen said the minerals in the Vetra Calm weren't enough to throw off his ratios. I was more concerned that none of the herbs would be contraindicated in a horse with IR. The mu

What temperature is cold enough to affect blood work results - I gather specifically insulin? My horse is not under duress - this will be his first blood work, as it has taken me a bit of patience to

Thank you Nancy! That is just the advice I needed, since I don't want to freak myself out! And cold is pretty relative - we have had a cold snap of below 0* F for lows for a few days now, so 29* today

Hi Dawn - we vaccinated Sunday with that vaccine this spring. Last year he only got the 3 way, because we were planning on splitting the vaccines & doing the WNV & rabies after a few weeks. He had a s

I don't know if other use them, but Sunday finds relief from Back on Track products - he has a sheet & hock boots which I often use for several hours before riding. When he was boarded & stalled I als

I have updated Sunday's case history. Over the past year he has done well, slowly losing weight & less cresty neck, sheath no longer fatty. Fat pads behind shoulder less, fat pads in front of tail les

Thank you for the response Sherry. I know that is the best advice given by the group, which I do appreciate. I guess I was wondering if it was reasonable to assume if his glucose/insulin go down, his

Hi all - I have two of the hay balls for Sunday. Not sure if it is exactly the same size or not. Looks like it. The holes are about 3 inches in diameter. I typically fit about 2.5 lbs of hay into each

Hi - my vet & I are planning are rechecking Sunday's bloodwork (ACTH, insulin & glucose) at the appt when he also gets his vaccines. I want to pretreat him with Benadryl the night before & in the morn

I have updated Sunday's Case History & added radiographs of his right front fetlock/pastern to his photo album. I have added this to his history, but briefly (ended up not so brief!) I really thought

Thank you so much Dr Kellon - that does look similar. I have forwarded this to my vet. I really appreciate your knowledge & experience!

Dr Kellon, what signs would you expect to see if CBD was causing a problem? My horse has melanomas for which I have been brewing my own cannabis oil - I have not tested it so I don't really know the l

Hello friends - I have updated Sunday's case history & labs. Like many here, he has more than one challenge (PPID, IR, melanomas, arthritis). After one year on Prascend his labs looked good last April

Thank you Dr Kellon - what amount increase do you recommend? 1/2 tab? 1 whole tab?

Hello - ACTH 30.3 insulin 33.4 We just received Sunday's ACTH & insulin results drawn July 1. While both are down from results at the end of May, ACTH is still too high, & while I am relieved insulin