I need advice on how to handle my horse's knuckling. I have not updated his case history in awhile and assume that will be the first thing I am told to do. Do I simply erase what was there and enter n

Nemo is actually recovering from his severe laminitis better than expected. By following the advice given here, we have blood flow in both feet. Still a long road ahead but progress with the hooves is

The vet's plan (i now clarified with a clear mind) is to take Nemo in clinic and run oxytetracycline for 3-5 days to treat any infection that may be there and help create elasticity in the tendon. Aft

Thanks to Sherry, the case history is now in the right place. We are stretching his leg and to try and help with the tendon. What about an antibiotic injection into the bone?

Our vet was at our barn to take a quick look at Nemo. We thought he had an infection in his left fore foot. I am out of state. Vet took x-rays and called to tell me I need to have him inpatient at the

I will update his case history. I observed him eating his grain and he is not losing much. He is on Prascend. We will worm him. I called the vet to come look at him as I think his foot is infected. We

We are still battling the laminitis but am confident we have the right farrier to do it. Our other battle is his weight. Last year, the challenge was to lose it. Now it is to GAIN it before winter. We

I am feeding the hay that the analysis was done on. It is from our field and a neighbor's field. He is getting about 10 pounds of hay morning and night. His complete diet is as follows: AM: Hay - 10 p

Our rectangle bales are between 34 and 40 pounds each. He eats about a bale a day.

1/2 bale in morning. 1/2 at night. Also 2 cups Stabul 1 plus his vitamins and minerals 2x per day. He quit eating the Stabul. I tried our other horse’s low sugar grain and he gobbled it up. So it’s th

We are still addressing his feet and doing well with the aid of the remarkable Kim Powers as his farrier. We are not doing so well with nutrition. He hates the Stabl feed. He’s eats his hay but is los

As suggested, I had a new insulin test done for Nemo. After balancing his hay, we made the feed adjustments recommended by Dr. K. Our local vet said if his test came back normal, we could give him all

I have had our hay balanced now. I am wondering, however, how much unsoaked hay I should feed now? We are not soaking because we still expect freezing temps yet and he will not eat it if it is even da

It is definitely hard to see him stuck inside. My hope is that we can create a nice sized dry lot for him. It did not work last year as I was afraid to let him travel the hill required to get to the p

No we aren’t soaking it as it’s been too cold.

Thank you Bonnie! We drove to Jackson to borrow one. We grow our own hay but have it baled. The comes off his pasture so he would be eating this if in the pasture also. How do I request the hay to be

We finally got our hay analysis back. I have no idea what to look at. We have made so much progress with Nemo by following the information this group has provided. I want to continue. We are still on

I just called our vet. They are quick to have me put him back on Rx. Suggested Isoxoprine daily plus icing feet. for an hour a day for two weeks. Mineral oil as well. Unless someone tells me not to, I

So our PPID laminitic horse that has been doing amazingly well, got out of his indoor pen for about an hour before we saw it on camera. He got into a grain barrel with oats and corn. I rushed out ther