OK thanks

My 19 year old IR horse started acting strangely yesterday. He has was diagnosed with controlled IR. He's on a mineral balanced diet and chasteberry. No medication. He's not foot sore. He lives on a t

I forgot to say that my older IR horse also needs a tighter Fe:Cu:Zn:Mn ratio than my young healthy horse. If you have to add more Cu, Zn and Mn to bring the Fe ratio down it will increase the cost of

Hi Allison, I took Dr. Kellon's NRC Plus course in the summer. Since then I've been balancing my own minerals. My current cost per horse to balance minerals to their hay is 0.20 (Can) per day per hors

Can someone remind me why soyabean meal is bad? According to this: https://www.feedipedia.org/node/674 it's a bit high in sugar, but if you're feeding a small amount (say 100g) as carrier would the am

My horse just got approved for this test. He tested negative in the spring, but has a lot of symptoms. Does anyone, who's had their horse tested with this offer, know if it includes ACTH, glucose and

As someone who has fed Hoffmans Minerals in the past, I'd carefully check the amount of iron in their mineral. It's at an extremely high 1250 ppm. I definitely wouldn't feed it free choice, like they

Ok - thanks for the tip.

They included a small scoop that holds 1 gram - according to their measurements. By eye - I divide the total amount of the scoop in half. So I'm feeding at the high end. I have ordered a milligram sca

I just purchased some from them. I don't know how they concentrate it, but the instructions say to feed 0.2 grams to 0.5 grams twice a day, if that helps. I believe that is a significantly lower dose

Does anyone know what the concentration is of their Chasteberry? I haven't received a reply from them. Would I feed it at the rate suggested by Dr Kellon - ie 2 oz/day - the same as the freshly ground

OK - good to know. Thanks for your reply.

Hi, My 18 year old gelding is not shedding out again this spring. Not to say that he isn't losing hair, in fact lots comes out, he just seems to have the same amount as when he started shedding. Last

Hi, I just read in one of the messages that the blood draws for ACTH should not be done with sedation. My horse is really reactive with injections so he was given an oral sedative. Can someone tell me

Thank you for this wealth of information. I'll get started on his case history and educating myself. I'll also get my vet out to take some blood for his ACTH. I do have hoof pictures from the last cou

Hi, I'm new to this group. I suspect one of my horses is in the early stages of Cushings. Last spring I noticed that he didn't shed out as fast has he normally would. In late spring he got laminitic a