To be an educated owner, first you must know what diseases your region of the US is more prone to. Here in southern NY we have endemic pockets of Potomac Horse Fever. Strangles always crops up in a fe

I mustve missed the TicTac thread. I desperately need a safe treat for my newly diagnosed IR gelding. He's a rescue with major mental baggage so positive reinforcement w treats has been crucial for tr

No doubt this has been covered but I'm unable to search thru archives :( My mare, always suspicious of food, now refuses everything except hay b/c of the 'poisonous' Prascend she keeps 'finding' in wh

Hi friends, im looking for alternatives to the Vit E gel caps for my IRs -- ideally something non-liquid that won't freeze. Any recommendations? One of my IRs is getting some E in the 10#/day ODTB cub

Im curious about the younger cases of PPID, as Im currently working up my 7yo gelding's unexpectedly severe IR & EMS bloodwork (insulin 47, leptin 8.3; I have an ACTH pending) What symptoms were the "

Fascinating! Thanks so much for the explanation. Ill def look into the archives et al. And ill pull my mares bloodwork to see if there was a bump in the insulin last Feb. Very interesting.... Thanks s

Wait a sec....there's a Spring rise i have to worry about too? I just finally got to exhale after getting thru the Fall one!! Are there two seasonal rises to worry about with PPID per year? I'm a PPID

....so very impressive! Congrats to ECIR on your imminent milestone (12,000th) Maybe its the holiday spirit, or facing my own stark mortality (i was reminded that my 40th birthday is next week and do

Thank you so much, ladies, for your swift assurances that my gelding is indeed not the outlier of leptin resistance that I fretted over. He is, in fact, in good company it seems! :) I find it very int

So my gelding's leptin came back 8.32 ng/mL (norm 1-4). He's the 7yo Saddlebred with inexplicable nervous behavior that has been on gabapentin since April, 2014. He recently came up with two high insu

Hi Lavinia, Thx for so much great info! I got my "mods" mixed up & for some reason thought you were way up in Canada--hence my detailed descrips abt New Holland, the Northeast, etc. (though NHolland i

Hi Lavinia! Thanks for your reply. All excellent info. I have asked Dr. Kellon to consult privately about my gelding's case but I have a few specific questions for you, too, to further my education. I

Hi group, I joined in Sept 2014 with a severe IR mare who responded very well to pergolide, thanks to Dr. Kellon's advice. I'm very happy to report that she is now stable on 1.5mg/day, eating unsoaked

Hello group, Doubtless this product has been discussed but I'm unable to search for history or find anything in the 'files' sections. Can anyone give me a quick thumbs up or down? I'm looking for a bi

I used Wedgewood for doxy last fall & they told me the flavoring was safe for IR. Unfortunately I cant remember what flavoring i selected but my point is that Wedgewood has great customer service for

Thank you Dr. Kellon, all very interesting stuff. FWIW, here's what has happened with my mare since I last posted: Sat 10/25--on 1mgPrascend x7d--feels fantastic!--blood drawn for ACTH/Insulin/Lyme--a

Anecdotally, does PPID and/or pergolide seem to exacerbate vaccine reactions? My 20yo mare responded very well to recent initiation of pergolide 1mg -- within days she felt tremendously improved under

Drs. Little & Gockowski-- Thanks for the levity afforded by your ivory tower espousals--it sure breaks the tedium of dealing with actual problems like laminitis, euthanasia, and heartbreak. A good chu

Cyproheptadine is used as an appetite stimulant in small animal medicine (particularly cats). That might be where the thought process is coming from... Kerry in NY Sept 2014

Sue, thanks for the very helpful response. Withdrawing meds for only one day would have to be much less taxing on a horse than being on & off its pergolide for weeks at a time like the show ponies my