I took a new photo today. It’s been just over one year since the diet overhaul. I think Fergus looks great. No ribs yet but maybe some day. We have stayed committed to the diet and Fergus continues to

I had him without shoes for the first couple of years I had him, but he seems to prefer shoes. He also wears his front feet down unevenly between trims and he self trims a lot of front hoof off. Back

Generally Fergus doesn’t love hard ground year round, but he’s particularly sensitive when the ground freezes and is being ridden. We don’t have access to an indoor, so winter kind of puts a damper on

It is hard to decide for sure. I’ve never seen Fergus shiver, but my last horse would occasionally. Fergus seems to be of hardier breeding although, what he is exactly, is anyones guess. Conversely, I

Fergus lives out 24/7 but he does have access to a 3 sided shed. He’s on a diet (for life it seems), so he doesn’t have access to free forage or he’d likely be bigger than a house :). He also LOATHES

I actually saw the fluffy dapples today on Fergus after his morning workout, so I took a photo. https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/photo/266236/3345812?p=pcreated%2C%2C%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C0

The texture of the fur around my boys dapples is a little different too. When he’s all fluffed out you can’t really see it as well, but after I ride him, the dapple part actually sticks out more than

Karen is the texture of the turtle mountain flax more like manna pro simply flax? I feel like my boy liked simply flax better than TC golden flax because the golden flax seems to get more mushy when I

You can order it online from Tractor supply. The shipping is kind of high, but if you got a couple of bags of it, maybe it would be worth it. I also found it in the actual TSC store recently too; so m

Can I be excited about these results? Insulin dropped from 129 in the spring to 40 (yay!!). I did ask for glucose too, but for some reason she didn’t run it. Obviously this soaked hay and diet are a p

It could be the salt. I could mix some up without it as a test. I’ll do that take afternoon. He’s not on any medication and he does get flax and fenugreek powder. His bucket is scrubbed after every me

So just like that after I said Fergus loved his food, tonight he decided he want going to touch it. He was still very interested in his hay. Of course this after I just mixed up 15 days of his custom

I get fenugreek powder from here https://www.herbalcom.com/ my boy also likes the Stabul 1 fenugreek pellets :)

The tricky part about him living outside is that injuries are hard to deal with. He stayed in last night but went out today and they just made sure he stayed quiet, so he’s been moving around walking,

Thanks Dawn. I will start looking at all of these great ideas and go look at the Hay Chix site. He’s generally pretty self preserving so I’m not sure how he got himself into this situation.

Im interested in any and all hay bag suggestions. I did buy some ground feeder type tubs for now. It’s not a slow feed option, but it’s at least safe. I had read that it wasn’t healthy to put the hay

I just found my boy with his leg caught in the hay bag. Can he have bute? I feel so bad. Cold hosing now. I don’t want to use hay bags anymore

Hi Dr. Kellon, Out of curiosity is it OK if I ride him before bloodwork or should he not have exercise beforehand? Thanks

I decided to hand bloodwork run this fall and then again in the spring to see how he goes into and comes out of winter. He gets tested on 11/2. Hopefully his insulin levels have dropped. In the past t

Thanks Martha! He’s just got a lot of go, but I’m accustomed to his “zippy” personality, so I’ll just leave things as is. Bonus is he works harder, so more calories out. Also he does seem to like the