Many of Jesses symptoms have improved.. ie frequent thirst/urination. sweating etc.. But the eyes remain goopy. Does a goopy eye tell us we arent tight enough with regard to acth level and meds/ diet

I see that many on the group use Horsetech after their hay is analyzed and balanced. Others use Uckele. Do both companies make the same type of product or are there pluses/minuses for them? thanks.. l

With summer season approaching.. I'm thinking its time for a full body clip. I gave Jesse a trace clip in January as he was sweating under his mane. Now. that his cushings is better controlled. I see

Any association with Cushings/IR and dandruff in the tail.. The dandruff is in the ball of the tail and cant be combed out,. The bo asked me to get her tea tree oil shampoo and she has mineral oil or

So. I need to get new hoof pix posted.. Jesse has a trim last week and I told the farrier to be super conservative because his last trim caused soreness. Farrier agreed and said " so you are ok withou

Question about the easy keepers. Isnt it correct that when a horse is on a well controlled diet, with correct meds and trim and his appetite control hormones might improve, hence he wont be eating eve

I do Jesses bp everyday.. r/s/r bp. The BO is a husband/wife team.. very fine.. If for some reason the bp isnt r/s/r'd but just soaked then drained, how much of a catastrophe is this? thanks.. lj frie

Makes sense,, I will order acth, insulin and glucose,. thanks lj friedman san diego nov 2014

Jesse started prascend Jan 2015,. On 3/02 and 5/04 I did full Cornell labs: acth, insulin, glucose,leptin and full thyroid. On 5/10 I increased his prascend to 1.5 mg because his ACTH was not yet in l

Thanks for the tumeric post.. It might be a good idea,, but after reading Dr. Kellon's post, too much would have to be added.. thanks. again.. lj friedman san diego nov 2014

Chiro came out for Jesse today.. I mentioned the IR treats I bake for him.. ( ground flax,cinammon, unsweetened apple sauce, water..) She suggested adding tumeric as it has anti inflammatory propertie

How/why did you decide to bump up peroglide despite normal acth levels? lj friedman san diego nov 2014

Why not consider mtn sunrise timothy pellets? I have an analysis pending. Lj friedman san diego nov2014 Sent from my iPhone

Jesse will get a prascend increase from 1.0 mg to 1.5 mg starting tomorrow. I will retest august. Can i get a best time in august? The 1st? The 15th? Any reason i need to also do insulin glucose lepti

This is how I"assist" the farrier. I send her Lavinias mark ups and her comments on what to do at least one week before appointment time . I let farrier know that this is what works for over 12,000 ho

Just a quick note.. I read an article from Kenneth Marcella DVM the myth of equine hypothyroidism at veterinarynews.dvm.360.com where Nicholas Frank DVM, says that " it becomes clear that true hypothy

Seems like the hardest part of the DDT is the trim. It seems even a fine farrier can make an error and our horses can suffer.. lj friedman san diego nov 2014 ECHistory8 ECHistory8 This is ECHistory8,

Jesse had his first set of labs on March 02, 2015 and now on 5/04/15. He has been on 1.0 mg prascend since Jan 2015. My plan, from the group, was to increase prascend to 1.5 mg if the acth was not in

thanks for the reply.. I was hoping that because prevacox is a cox-2. that it might be ok to give with j-herb. lj friedman san diego nov 2014.. I know that some people give them both.. , but seems tha

Jesse had a vet exam and blood pulled for Cornell and the wnv vax from Merial that Dr.Kellon suggests.. Vet impressed with Jesse.. He moved well and his body score is 4 plus., which is an improvement.