Hello All, My name is Tara and I am new to the group and, of course, need some help with a pony. Please advise....the amount of material is quite intimidating. I read the Start Here file...so need to

Hi Lavinia, And thanks for the quick response. I uploaded Elf's history. You will see in the notes that I just realized a blood test done 7 yrs ago showed he was already IR. My vet totally blew over i

Thanks Lavinia and Eva. Elf is doing much better. I started stalling him at night and only feeding a first cut grass hay. I have no way of regulating his intake, right now, when he is out with the oth

Hi Pam, Fahgetta bout it! LOL! Tara

Hi. I would like to join in the other group for horses without IR or Cushings. Can't remember exactly the name...but could someone send me an invite?? Thank you. Tara 2015

Hi, Just trying to update Elf's ch. Yahoo won't let me delete the file and upload the revised. So please help. BTW-Elf is doing great. I have to get some major weight off of him. With the management c

Hi Nancy, I don't understand what the problem is. Yahoo just won't let me delete or save the edit to that file. I have the updated version on my computer. All I want to do is keep up with this and hav

Hello. Looking for some help now that my suspicions have been validated. My 21 yr old TB mare is indeed PPID positive and appears to also be severely IR. She has had no issues other than just looking

Thank you so much for the quick response. I ordered APF and am waiting for my Vet to prescribe the prascend. My mare is, and has been, just fine....she just looks old beyond her years. It would be gre

Great advice. Thank you again. And thank you, Kerry, for the encouraging words and thoughts. It would be great to have my ole mare back...problem is....I am so busy with the boy...ain't got time to ev

Hi Kerry, The soil in our region of NY is usually quite acidic and always in need of lime/calcium amendment. Some areas also don't have much top soil and organic matter tends to be low as well. These

What about adding whey protein isolate?? It is simply a powder so will add no bulk and you get the benefit of all the essential amino acids. Tara from NY

Hi Kerry....COME ON GIRL! Liberate yourself and do your horse a huge favor....pull those shoes! I know you really are a proponent of barefoot..... when possible....But you don't think that for Tofurky

Hi Kerry, My gut feeling is that the hay will not be good for feeding. Hay rained on a couple of times...especially with the scattered torrential downpours we have been experiencing and then the not g

Hi Everyone! Sorry for the interruption! Tara Sullivan here just trying to connect with Kerry....lost your number! Just looking to talk eventing! Thanks!

Hello there fellow Caretakers of the Compromised. I have been quietly and as persistently as possible trying to manage my older tb mare. She is ppid and I think very compromised with chronic lymes dis

Thanks for the link. I tried! Very interested in having you review Divina's CH and tell me what you think. I know we need to sign...I cant remember when I joined....2014? 2013? Tara and Divina NY 2014

Ian chime in here please. Ok. Please confirm this for me as I do get my mare's meds from Thriving Pets. I order the 1.5mg capsule dose...which to me would be like giving her 1.149 tablets of prascend.

#pergolidestrength

Hi, I put this out on the other mesylate thread but no one responded. I was specifically asking for Ian from Thriving Pets because I think that I got this info from him when deciding what dose for my

Hi Lorna. It is described as 1.5mg pergolide mesylate. Tara and Divina 2014 NY