Mary, When we first got our diagnosis for EC, I tried the Chasteberry powder. One source said 2 tsps/day & another source said it needed to be 2 ounces/day to be effective. That was 5 years ago so I c

Shannon, that is great news!! I may just change my opinion of Nutrena if they are distributors for TC feeds & the ODTB cubes. And great news for everyone around our state since there are a lot of Nutr

I checked out Katy's letter on getting the proposed new labeling accepted from this that was posted back on Friday. http://www.safergrass.org/pdf/CarbLabels.pdf On page 4 she lists the state feed regu

Pat, You can try going to the source. Robin Staloch with Triple Crown Feed can tell you who distributes in your area. The second person below, Jerral Seale, was the area person for N TX (at least a fe

Wanda, I have heard very good things about a boot called B4's. Bonnie who is an endurance rider was tired of losing boots, losing them, having them rub or wear out so she developed these herself. So t

Kristin, I've been off email for a week so just now catching up, sort of. I hope the shredding works out for you with the hay. If you end up needing to find beet pulp without molasses, I wanted to pas

Carol, Getting that hair off your mare will help a lot. It's a lot of hair to remove and I would suggest the clippers called Clipmaster. They have a wider blade and motor that can handle the multiple

Meg, here we cross paths again! I am so sorry to hear about your Icey but so glad you found this group. I know 5 years ago this whole experience with IR (& Cushing's in our case) changed how I looked

Thanks Nancy. It'll probalby be in a month, for spring shots. I had heard they were suggesting a Cushing's test for one of the older horses here but some "terms" weren't quite right. So I wanted to ha

I was checking out the brochure that is under the "6 EC Education" file "Recognizing & Treating Equine Cushing's" that we can print and give to people and couldn't find that the new website www.ecirho

Sarah, These boots come highly recommended although I have no personal experience with them. Developed by an endurance rider who was tired of boots coming off, wearing out quickly or rubbing. Click on

I have a bag of Horse Tech's Nutra Flax right next to me here. All they have added to fresh milled flax is calcium carbonate. And what they say is that they have added Ca to balance the Calcium to Pho

Carol, So sorry for your loss. Your Mac brought back many similar memories of my Magic I lost a year and a half ago. Big black 16 H walker with white star and snip too. Little girls fall in love with

Yes Martha, you can get Omeprazole from pharmacies like Thriving Pets/Ian Hudgings. phone # is(303) 333-1899 And email is ian@... I got mine from him a couple years ago. It comes in a pow

Jennifer, Hi from a fellow Texan in the DFW area. Ditto to Susan's response. Check out the 3a Safe Feeds file & look under TX. The ODTB cubes are your easiest route. To find a Triple Crown dealer, if

I wanted to also say thank you to all of you that put this wonderful website together. This will make a huge difference in people's (& their horses') lives. I have referred so many people to our Yahoo

My trainer was told by her vet today that horses as young as 3 years old have been diagnosed with Cushing's. That there is some new research on this. She also said they do NOT do the Dex Suppression t

Shannon, Before you go running all over the place looking for the balanced timothy hay cubes, go to our files. I know you don't need to go from feedstore to feedstore and get frustrated so check this

Hi Ginger! I know you from one of our other groups as well. Remember me. Although I lost Magic over a year ago I still try to read the EC group digests and saw you on here. I know that getting plain b

Mariya, This was brought up last week on our EC Photos off topic group and I have pasted my response below. I had done like Lorna had suggested for you so some message post #'s are below that I found