This is the story of his life. I introduce something safe for Magic from my hand and he eats it. Then when we start giving it to him as part of his meal, he shows no interest. This has happened again

Thanks Lorna. No the tooth problem is that there is an area of wear in the very back where chewed hay kind of wads up because of space. His front teeth for picking feed/hay up are fine. He chews most

Well maybe it just took a little tough love. He is eating some after all. She was putting more in the bucket than I realized. I just saw about 2 lbs in there but he is eating 3 lbs a day and that is w

Hi Kayla, Good to see you have joined the group! You will get such good help here. And good job starting off posting your history. Have you been able to start reading those start up files? Have you be

Sue, That is good news! When I last spoke with Robin over a month ago those were the new values she had but they were still getting the data in from all their mills and had asked me to wait to announc

Robin, I've used a product called Hyalun 90. It is a liquid form and only ingredients are 5 mg Hyaluronic Acid plus normal saline per 2 mls dose. No sugar or anything bad. I paid $70 for a 90 day supp

Karen, I had mentioned on Friday in my reply to "Need help with joint supplements" that I have used Legend injections in the past on my C's/IR horse Magic. When we were doing those I found that they l

I have been in communication with the TC nutritionist Robin Staloch. End of May she had confirmed the figures were the final ones and I replied to her that before we posted it in our files, did she ha

I remember from past experience that taking blood for the ACTH in the middle of an illness or stress can give artificially high results. Magic was sick last week of what we think was a colic. After mu

Thank you Eleanor! We kind of wondered about the dehydration theory at first. Then it faded from our minds as he neared a week after. This tells me I definitely need to do another ACTH. Some of the sy

Diane, I just did the same thing. Ordered the powder from Ian and got it in the mail Monday. www.ThrivingPets.com (303) 320-6034 fax # for your vet - (303) 379-6390 Joan, glad to hear it worked for Da

Diane & anyone else wondering if their horse may have ulcers, My barn owner/trainer also gets her ulcer meds from ponymeds.com like Bev mentioned. Even though they say not to cut or crush, she cutes t

Amberlee, Do you know if there is any way to tell if your bag is from one of those batches without opening it? Some kind of number or something on the tag? I just picked up 4 bags yesterday. And Magic

Along with what Joan said, my vet prescribed 1800 mg of this powder I got from Vet Pet Solutions/Thriving Pets. If I was to use the human form from Wal-mart, and they are 25 mg each, we would need to

I must have missed something. And I did a search and couldn't find my answer. So I went to amazon.com and searched Dr. Kellon and it only came up with her First Aid book from way back. Can someone tel

Well of course I'm out of town for 10 days and trying to work with the barn owner and vet long distance on a worsening of our situation. I'm off email but am able to go online to post a question and w

Many of you who have been following our journey with Cushing's and Insulin Resistance. Magic was diagnosed back in January 2005. I joined this group at that time which started a new chapter of my life

Everyone, Thank you so very much for all the kind words and comfort you all have sent my way!! Each email has been so special. What a wonderful community of horse people this is. I have saved all of t

Julia, May I add this to Carol's comment about the Skode's cookies. You can also buy it as a mix and bake them into any size you want. Or as a sheet and break into pieces. Plus you can make them crunc

Sandy Su, Are your capsules from Pet Health Pharmacy or Vet Pet Solutions (Ian)? My dear Magic also was very picky about powders and fine textured supplements in his feed but actually sought out the c