Hi Tracy, I live in SE Tennessee (between Chattanooga and McMinnville) and the recent heat and dryness has had a significant effect on the horses here, too. Two thoroughbreds that board with me are st

This is interesting. Have you looked at the VA Tech pony proxy study? I think that might contain the most data available for you to look at.

one more thing . . . Because Princess seemed to feel better after moving around, Dr. K recommended I put her on jiaogulan and leave her out in a small enclosure full-time (to allow her to move and enc

Hi Tracy, The neurologic part of your post caught my attention. When Princess had her acute laminitis episode last October, we found her down in the pasture and once we got her up she was staggering a

Hi Roger, I'm so glad my experience has motivated you! I know the pain issue is so tough to watch, but in my experience, Flirt's high insulin and need of a thoughtful trim are driving the pain right n

Hi Roger, One thing I noticed is that I believe you said you were soaking his affected hoof every day. I would worry about the sole (and the whole hoof) softening up too much with that much soaking ov

I just checked--blood was pulled May 12 (ok, more than a couple weeks ago-lol) and I got the results 2 weeks after that around the 27th or 28th.

I did ACTH a couple weeks ago and I noticed that Cornell took a few days longer than usual. I usually get them back within 3 or 4 days and it was 2 weeks this time. They may be crawling along at times

The 10 - 40 uIU/mL on the Cornell lab report got me too. Ive been doing a lot of reading in the files and here is what ive gathered so far: turns out tge Cornell range (reference interval) is a refere

Hi Irene, The only thing I would add (besides I'm kind of surprised his insulin has been as close as it has to normal (keeping in mind that 10-11 is the target max) in the past with his ACTH numbers--

Thanks for the input everyone! Lavinia, she was not in shoes before this and did great barefoot--could ride over gravel, cross very rocky streams, etc. without any hesitation. As to why she's still in

Thanks, Lavinia! I'll get some more photos of her feet when I'm off on Wednesday. She is still in reverse shoes, she is off Thryo-L, bloodwork is back and vet called, but I need to call them and get t

As review, Princess was down in the pasture with laminitis 10-2-2019. Vet came right away, diagnosed laminitis, blamed high insulin told me to soak hay, and I joined the group on Oct. 4. Got great adv

Cass, I can feel your pain, figuring out the array of invasive plants is a full-time job around here. I've been battling Johnsongrass at my farm for nearly 20 years now--this stuff haunts my nightmare

Gosh, it really sounds like an abscess. I've had them get really swollen from coronary band up to the fetock when an abscess is working its way up towards the coronary band. Then once it's drained, th

Hi Cass, we have tons of Johnsongrass here and the seed pods are much more branched than your photo. Also, Johnsongrass looses it's green color very fast once it's cut in hay, so it'll look more like

Hi Deirdre, My attempt with the Cough and Allergy came before I was familiar with this forum, and, FWIW, when Princess was going through severe laminitis, Dr. K and the group gave me very specific ins

Thanks for the link, Dawn. I have been a real skeptic about this stuff, but tried this out of desperation. Not to worry, I always call my vet right away about anything that seems remotely urgent. And,

I started using this product a little over a year ago when a TWH I acquired in his early 20's developed heaves October 2018. Nothing seemed to work, the vet tried several days of dex injections, we tr