My amazing therapy pony Cadbury was diagnosed with PPID at 22. She died last winter just a month shy of her thirty sixth birthday. We put her down due to an eye injury that left her completely blind i

Hi Allison, I haven’t had to deal with penile SCC but my 27 year old paint (Benjamin) had SCC diagnosed on his eyelid a year after he was donated to our program. He was 14 at the time. There are many

One of my ponies will eat in her hay soup. The other two are super picky eaters and we syringe it into them with coco soya oil. That is the easiest way I’ve found to administer it. I split my pills in

Thanks Dr. Kellon, We have already ruled out CKD and everything else anyone has suggested. I think we most likely are dealing with some form of cancer. In some ways it’s comforting to know what it mos

Just the one a few weeks ago. That was following a course of antibiotics.

Thank you Dr Kellon. I’ll work on those diet changes that we haven’t yet tried. Is there something that would show up in her bloodwork if it is cancer? I just feel like it might make a difference in h

Hi Dr. Kellon, I just uploaded Teeny's thyroid panel to my case history. I'd like your feedback when you have time. I did have her mouth checked for ulcers and had her teeth checked. There were no pro

Hi Jennifer, I’m so happy. Without this success I don’t think he would have been around much longer. He was not enjoying life for many months. We will retest this week. The only side effect I’ve seen

Hello, I wanted to share some good news. Finn has been on Invokana for 8 days now. Prior to starting he had to wear his cloud boots all day and all night. He was short striding and very tender. He had

Ann’s post made me think about how hard we all work to keep our four legged kids healthy. It really does take a lot of attention to detail. We have been posting our available pasture space for any eva

My vet wants to do Cornell’s thyroid panel instead of Michigan State. Can you tell me what I need to say to justify using a Michigan State? Also, I’m wondering if her metformin dose may be contributin

Dr. Kellon, Teeny’s pulse was 36 beats per minute.

Thanks Martha, I’m willing to grasp at all straws for Miss Teeny. Yes, we’ve tried all different combinations and just plain Timothy cubes. I even put separate buckets of Timothy balance cubes and bee

I forgot to ask about Teeny’s Metformin dose. My vet mentioned something about it affecting her appetite and I found some posts about that in the files. Her decreased appetite did not occur when we pu

Thank you Dr. Kellon, I’ve been trying to up Teeny’s beet pulp to increase her fiber intake. But with her only eating about half of her overnight food I don’t think I’m getting enough food or fiber in

Hello All, Teeny has completed her course of antibiotics and seems to be in better spirits. However, she continues eating only part of her ration and she is getting skinnier by the day. My vet is stum

Thanks for the info Dr Kellon.

Hi Jennifer, I have 3 ponies on metformin. Finnegan has maxed out on metformin and is being dosed 3 times a day. His insulin is finally under 200 but at 152 he’s still too high. My vet is new to all o

I am awaiting Invokana for Finn. How do I transition from metformin? Do I stop the metformin prior to starting Invokana? Thanks