Hi Jane, Sorry I’m coming in late to this conversation. I’m not sure on where about you are in W.A, but if your vet deals with Murdoch University then it may be worth asking if they could speak to the

Hi hdavis Welcome to the group and sorry to hear that you are having problems with your mare. The ECIR provides the best, most up to date information on Cushing's (PPID) and Insulin Resistance (IR). P

Francis, You are correct regarding the linseed. My apologies for any confusion, I must have copied and pasted a little too far. It is fine to use linseed/flax seed. Re the alfa beet. It may be ok to u

Hi Clare and welcome to the list, Sounds like you have your hands full with your two. The best way for us to help you is for you to fill out a case history for each of them. If you have any trouble, j

Hi Francis Welcome to the group, sorry you have to be here. I had never heard of a Hucul x Konik before either as a cross or individual breed- so had to Google it to get an idea of what you were talki

Hi Lisanne, Welcome back to the group- sorry you have to be here again. I won’t go through the usual intro message, as I know you’ve been through this before. If you feel you need a refresher, it may

Hi Lisa, Welcome to the group. Sorry that you need to be here but glad you have found us. To get the very best answers to your questions we ask that all members fill out a case history. To do that you

Hi Abigail, Welcome to the group! Wonderful that you have read about the emergency diet, you are already once step ahead. To enable us to help you help your mare on the right track we ask all new memb

Great idea Maxine. I'll get it started. Will contact you and the others soon.

Hi Anna, Great that you can do your own blood draws- will certainly save you some time and money. Leptin can be done – it is tested in Vic by Gribbles, but it will take some ringing around with the la

Hi Jade, I’m sorry to say that both the feeds you have mentioned are totally unsuitable for a PPID horses .The fat content alone is enough to create issues. We aim for 4% or under for fat and the KER

Hi Anna, I see that Maggie has given you a great welcome and gone through the DDTE with you, plus a few others have also responded with some sound advice. All great information. I too, just wanted to

Hi Barndame, Welcome to the group.. Sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with your guy. For us to be able to help you bette , we ask all members to fill out a case history on their horse. In your

Brought a smile to my night LJ. Well done to you both.

Hi Debra Welcome to the group! Sorry to hear that you are having trouble with Milly. Thank you so much for filling in the case history for her and providing a link. Could you please clarify Milly’s ag

Hi Sandra, Welcome to the group! Sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your horse. I appreciate that filling in the case history can be a bit daunting. Have you read the detailed instructions

Hi Jade, There is no harm in treating Hank as if he were IR- so the same diet as Cookie but in different quantities obviously. Has the hay been tested? This really is the only way to determine what is

Hi Nerelie, I see Jaini answered your question regarding the Prascend, thanks Jaini J However, I just want to follow up on a few other things. Great that you are treating him like an IR horse- it can

Hi Dianne, Welcome to the list. Sorry you have to be here. I see that Lavinia has given you a great response to your post. I just want to second her sentiments. Please don’t feel like you have failed

Hi Nerelie, Sorry that this got overlooked & thanks so much for keeping your case history up to date. Glad to hear that Acorn is looking better. I have a few questions. Did you get his Insulin and Glu