The boarding barn where I keep Scooter(PPID and EMS/IR) has another PPID horse just diagnosed recently(This owner did listen to me when I suggested testing for PPID). There is also another horse who w

I had Scooter tested in November 11,2021 and his insulin level was sky high(1435). Back up to earlier in the late summer he was on a mixture of straw and grass hay. My vet had recommended this and it

You can try www.hoofhelpcanada.ca This is where I found Hoof Scoots to help my Scooter but they have other brands as well.

https://www.horseherbs.com/search?type=everything&q=Devils%20claw* Herbs for Horses in Guelph carries Devils claw

I clicked around to find a Canadian source but no luck. Ukele is shipping me a bag! He has always been an outside horse except for the latest heat wave. The bedding is peat moss.Hay is stored in anoth

I thought the front hoof abcesses that were troubling might be caused by the seasonal rise so on your advice from this wonderful group I tritrated up to 1.5 mg of Prascend and this definitely seems to

Scooter has done a good job with educating this one vet. She doesn't believe how well he has done! After 45 years working horses I don't believe it either. Sometimes we are given horses in life who te

I am aware of the dates already.I had a big battle with the boss vet about emailing the results to me ASAP when I first started with them. I am going to have a discussion with one vet who is coming on

Thanks for your help. I do not use this site often enough to understand it so any help is most welcome!

Titrating up, what exactly does this mean and how much do I increase his Prascend dose? Currently he receives 1 mg/day (1 whole pill). Scooter has been on 1 mg Prascend since late April 2020. Until th

Before I found ECIR, in July 2019, my vet sent blood work for ACTH to Idexx and the reading was 8. Based on this my vet did nothing. From what I know now, I would have started him on Prascend low dose

I have two choices for labs. Idexx or University of Guelph Animal Lab. I know Dr. Kellon prefers the University of Guelph lab so that is where I have been sending it but it is very slow and I have fou

For some reason the April 19, 2021 results do not show up as everyone tells me this but they are in the case history. There are actual physical indications of hoof abscesses. Changes in medial and lat

I have the vet coming Friday to take blood samples for metabolic testing and x-rays of his front feet. Scooter has been in this same large (33 horse)boarding barn for many years. The hay changes frequ

That is why I am switching to Idexx lab to get faster results so a quicker solution for Scooter can be found. The recent past there may be a relationship for Scooter with abscesses and PPID or there m

I have been using University of Guelph animal lab but I think from now on I will switch to Idexx. I actually found their phone number and talked with a technician. Their method is to save up the metab

The hoof abscesses started in July 2019 while he was at a show competing. Took him home and called my vet. I had her do a metabolic panel. Results were all in the normal range. The hoof abscesses cont

The farrier gave him his usual trim July 29. I had chatted with him and asked him to let me know if he found anything of note in his feet. Nothing was found. Abscesses do not show up on x-rays. Howeve

Scooter is receiving 1 cup(2 scoops) of AminoTrace + which is the listed dose for a 500KG horse which he is (1193 lbs according to my weight tape measure.) I am not worried about his current weight..