Hiher I was just reviewing the diet recommendations for IR and Cushings horses. I seem to have missed the "Vitamin E" piece of it. I am giving salt and flax and vitamins/minerals and the addition of t

I am curious to your new vitamin mineral supplement. Where are you getting it from and a contact/ website please.I too have been giving Dr Reeds only formula two as it is much lower in iron and althou

i have been feeding hay in three small meals daily..7 12 and 6., often spread through out her paddock in small piles to encourage movement or in a one inch hole haynet if weather torrentially raining.

can someone please provide me a link for X-ray technique.? And hoof/film positions for same. Will have Jewel re xrayed late March looking for techniques to identify correlation of p3 to sole, depth of

An absolute variable here regarding the alfalfa I agree!I had to scramble to get a supply of low sugar low starch hay this last year when my horse was diagnosed with IR and Cushings. Although the prot

--Oops apologies.Please ignore my last comment. I need to read the questions more thoroughly. I was obviously under feeding my horse on the analysed hay hence the weight loss. Ideal weight 800 lb by t

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Jewel was never overweight but once I obtained analysed hay, I was feeding at 1.5 percent of her body weight. She lost a lot of weight. I increased to 2 per cent and had to increase again to have her

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Farrier/trimmer out next week. Will post new pics

Jewel has been recovering very well since her lamanitic episodes in June then again in October. Her hoof capsules have grown out approximately 75 percent and most of her laminar wedge is gone. She is

We use field dressing. It’s a sand....not too fine doesn’t pack nor wash away easily with rain....my laminitic horse loves it!

Many difference girl of opinions. Adding salt to diet, is iodized table salt ok ? Jewel gets 1 tbsp a day.

Good morning: As per Jewels history, her initial ACTH arrived thawed at the lab and her numbers were "just a bit above normal" at that time (Sept 2018) As she had another onset of laminitis in October

I have successfully downloaded Jewels baseline x-rays and trims x2. Please critique/suggest for further trims. She is being rasped every 7-10 days by me and then monthly by my barefoot trimmer

Hi I have just added an updated case history, apologize in advance, probably not 100 percent correct for the group rules. I am not very computer literate. She is doing well on all accounts. I have not

We are still struggling with an accurate diagnosis on Jewel. iR or Cushings or both. She is on pergolide month two now 1 mg and I would like to retest in a couple more months. When is the most accurat

Hi I am overwhelmed with information regarding the above. I currently use Dr. Reeds pelleted vitamin/mineral supplement and have for years. My mare is currently on half a cup a day. I am considering a

Sorry need to read the pergolide suggestion in the response too quick to respond. I hav a trimmer coming out nov 14 or 15 and will acquire hoof pics with a high grade camera at that time for posting a

Just one correction her hay IS tested and less than 10% ESC actually 7.1 and starch is 1.2 %. Sorry if I wasn’t clear on that. The prascend dose? Thoughts should it stay at 0.5 or should I try again t

-- intermittent improvement noted these days. 4 good this week of note. . A question re pergolide...she is 800 lb started on 0.5 mg for 6 days. No evidence of a pergolide veil. Increased to 1 mg and i

i am desperately trying to down load my information and profile but struggle with technology. In the interim my mare suffered a laminitis episode inJune recovered somewhat for a couple months. For the