Thank you, Dr Kellon. I thought their observations about triglycerides were interesting and am looking forward to reading yours and Dr Gustafson’s paper. A few vets here are starting to prescribe ertu

Dr Kellon, any thoughts on the recent preliminary study in Western Australia? Preliminary observations on the use of ertugliflozin in the management of hyperinsulinaemia and laminitis in 51 horses: A

Kandace, you would ned to ask the organisation conducting the rides (AERC?) about their rules as it may not be the same as FEI. Over here, pergolide is not banned, just notifiable to the head vet at l

Amy, it would be helpful if you could take some recent photos of his feet and upload them to your photo album. Otherwise we are speculating in the dark. Once you’ve uploaded the photos, please refresh

Nikkibob, you would normally not reduce the metformin. At doses under the recommended 30mg/kg of bodyweight twice daily, it may not be effective.

Hi Julie Did he have hay only for breakfast and how soon after breakfast was the test? There is a rise in blood glucose after the horse eats the first meal of the day, followed by an insulin spike. Th

Hi Julie Your case history form doesn’t show recent insulin test results, but I noticed you mentioned “low normal”. Just a reminder that if you are thinking of the lab ranges as “normal”, that’s not t

Hi Lydia Here's the link to the subgroup pages in case you're on your phone and it hides the menu like mine does. https://ecir.groups.io/g/main/subgroups

Hi Meighen Welcome to the group. As this is your first message to the forum, I'm sending you our long and important welcome message for new members. It contains a lot of information on how the group w

Gisele, you can combine compounded with Prascend. I do it every day. Just remember that most compounded is less 'potent' than Prascend. One Prascend (1mg) is equivalent to 1.3mg of compounded. Or you

Hi Debbie and welcome to the group It sounds like you have made a good start in managing Bonnie so that she has no more laminitis episodes. We can certainly assist you in fine-tuning her management. Y

I have to say, I’m a total walking-with-horse addict. Indy has had a lot of issues over the years that meant she couldn’t be ridden or worked hard, so we got in the habit of walking. Up and down hills

Ed, thanks for posting your thoughtful question. I was pondering this, and Dr Kellon’s answer about tying quality of life with grass access. There’s no doubt that grazing in company is a huge part of

Hi Nancy I have found that measuring girth plus length and calculating gives me the best results, as confirmed on weighing machine. However, you need to measure at least three times to make sure you’r

Hi Lasell We don't have APF so I'm happy to be corrected if wrong, but I believe it's the original formula. Great that your vet recognises the need to titrate up the dose--that vet sounds like a keepe

Hi Lasell Welcome to the group and glad you are finding all the information here helpful. This message is to provide you with the usual welcome message for new members. You may have read through it be

Hi Rebecca You should get a more detailed reply from one of our experienced mods and I’m happy to be corrected if I’m wrong, but if Dutch were my horse and had these symptoms, I would first get a gene

Sorry to be flippant, Bonnie, but I had the image of middle-aged gents suddenly buying a Harley and zooming off into the sunset...

Bonnie, I had a similar thing happen with my gelding when I moved him from living in a yard by himself at his former riding school home to a large group paddock with mixed mares and geldings. If a mar

I’m weeping more—Maxisoy soyhull pellets are around $50 for a 20kg bag here. Speedibeet just rose to $66 for a 20kg bag. Thank goodness I’m not feeding big horses!