I haven't change anything in her diet, I have the same hay. For the Insulin resistant condition, she is doing great, she lost a lot of weight, we can start to see slightly her ribs, she is not lame, n

Hi, My IR mare is in extreme diarrhea since sunday. She was only eating hay and balance minerals and vitamins with DEHY cubes to carry minerals and is doing very well and her insulin in controlled. Th

Hi Eva, Thanks for your imput. I understand about different testing (NIR versus Wet Chemistry). But the same hay was tested at A&L back in october and the total ESC 6.5. Now A&L was ESC 8.4 and Equi-A

Hi all, Just wanted to let you know that A&L Laboratories in Ontario Canada now divide the starch and sugar. You have to mention it on your request form to make sure its done. They charge 50$ + taxe f

Hi to all, I have one mare Haflinger who is IR and my other mare Warmblood who is not IR but easy keeper and while I was waiting for my hay testing/balance minerals I put both horses on the Emergency

Hi Christian, Your vet needs to relax a bite...My mare has a 10 and 11 degree rotation and when it all started back in may 2012 my vet too wanted to put shoes on Cashmere but I refused and instead the

Hi, My vet sent me a study : "Coronary band not a great predictor of laminitis". It is interesting and I was wondering if I can share this with the group. If yes, can you let me know how to proceed. C

Thanks Chanda, i will try them when i am finish with my bag of BP. Marie Josee, Cashmere and Misty M-H Canada Sept. 2012

Hi, As a vitamin-mineral carrier, is one better than the other between the beet pulp without molasses and ODTC cubes? I've look in the files but could not find the answer. My 2 mares are not very fuss

Hi Karen, My friend has a 32 years old arabian mare that has PPID. She was diagnost 5 years ago but for sure had PPID way before that. She is great, treated with pergolide and she is still trotting ar

Dear Melanie, I am so sorry for your loss. I can feel your pain as I lost my horse that was with me for 20 years...When we burried him we layed him facing the house and I kept a clipping of his mane t

Hi, I just posted in ECH6 my hay analysis. Do I contact in a private message one of the lady's in the list for help balancing the minerals/vitamins. Thank you for letting me know how to proceed Marie

Hi. My yahoo email account was hacked this morning sending email to all my contact. I did change my password this morning... Marie Josee M-H / Canada Sept 2012

My sweet old man Gabrial was very flatulent. Really gassy. He was not IR but in the end was Cushing's. The flatulence resolved long before he tested positive for Cushing's through addressing the diet

Yes I am waiting for the result from Equi-Analytical, they told me the result maybe tomorrow or by the end of this week. No there is no alfafa in my hay Would that be a symptom of IR? From the reading

Hi, For the last 3 years that I owned my mare, she has been very gassy to the point of disconfort, she will kick her belly until she passes gas. I have tried many Pre and probiotic and none of these p

I'd like to hear the opinion of others who've used these boots. Hi Lori, I love the Soft Ride Boots. I think there the best boots for providing confort for sore feet. I had mine since May last year an

Wow is that amazing, just after one week... I am so grateful for this group and pray too god that Cashmere continues to get better :) Thank You Marie Josee Morin-Heights / Canada Sept.2012

Hi to all, My mare has been on the Emergency Diet for 1 week (waiting for hay analysis from Equi-Analytical). Before we started the Emergency Diet she was doing ok except at night she would have sligh

Hi Kelsey, My mare foundered in april 2012, severe rotation, could not walk. I ordered the Soft Ride Boots and it gave her instant relief and she could walk again. I love those boots and to this day s