Dr Kellon I will get hay tested - finding an extension that I can borrow a hay borer so I can get the proper samples of our hay You mentioned on my other horse Oliver (see link below ) that he should

Dr Kellon , I’ve owned mya for 8 years - she never had an episode of founder in that time - she was always “club footed funny” on her right front though ….. but a year an half ago in late august I gav

Yes if I let her know that you are recommending it she will follow your guideline I'm pretty sure - start both mya & Oliver at 1 pill prescend a day ? If there is a more economical option (compound co

Thank you so much - I will start with that & go slow . Lori

Hi - mya finally gets get trims this Friday - farrier had to cancel due to being sick earlier I feel I should give her a tetnus booster just in case he hits blood . Would this be safe ? The reason I’m

Ok - I will err on the side of caution & not give it - we’ve come too far to have anything happen at this point . Thank you

Hello Lavinia could you please review these new pics of mya . The farrier trimmed her on august 5th according to your last markups . She seemed a bit better at first & now is struggling again especial

Yes - we are almost weaned off of bute - we are close now to removing it completely

Farrier will be at my Farm later today after 1 pm central (Mon 22) to Update trim if you have a chance to look at the files - thx you lori

Thank you I did get her trimmed & we found an active absess at the toe on her right front which we could open by squaring the front of her hoof . It surprises me she stands more on her right than her

Hello - I’m sorry about the reply messages - I’m not sure how to delete the message I’m replying to? im not a good computer friendly person - difficult for me to understand, unfortunately. as to the m

Could we use liquid pure stevia as a Sweetener for an IR mare ? She is hating her diet - could I sweeten her cubes or meds a bit with this ? Or is there another sweetner that is IR SAFE ? Thank you …

Oh THANK GOODNESS !!!!!! Yeah !!!!

What a wonderful hint !!!! Thank you!

I’m sure this is a stupid question but I don’t know how to do this - or exactly what is meant ? my IR horse is 900 lbs & is actually a little thin - if I do 2% hay that’s 18lbs hay a day - how do I ad

Hi - I private messaged Lavinia - or at least I thought I did earlier in week - but if someone sees and can help - this is mya’s 3rd trim - tomorrow sept 22 @ 11 central - I wanted to see if I could g

For sure deserved!! ❤️ Yes if anyone could give some opinion/insights I’d appreciate it - I want her going down the correct path! Thx u!

I can’t even begin to describe what I feel like inside tonight - I wrote about 5 months ago to all of you thinking I was putting my mare down - that there was no hope - nothing more that could be done

Lavinia- A very special THANK YOU to you - you were enough of a driving force of what “could be” to make my farrier take the steps needed to correct Mya - your knowledge is outstanding & thank you for

hi I uploaded to myas folder the hay analysis- we are currently soaking hay & TS beet pulp - could someone look over hay analysis to let me know if we should still soak hay or if it’s ok to feed witho