Repost: advice on Mill's skin condition
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millionairess1989
Hi Nancy C,
I noticed the skin problem on 4-26 and started the antibiotics on 4-28. It will be interesting to see how things look after the antibiotics are done. Fortunately the weather is warm so bathing frequently is not a problem. Thank goodness this didn't happen in the winter. Mill was getting 2/3 c of Omega Max through the winter when she was eating soaked ODTBC and more bp. Since feeding her Stabul 1, it has been harder to get the flax in. Wet and she won't finish it and dry it falls to the bottom of the bucket. I wish she would just eat what I put in front of her because I know best:) I looked at the L-glutamine and that looks like it is worth a try. Thanks for the suggestions. Jennifer & Mill in TN Jan 2011 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/echistory8/files/Millionairess/
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Hi Jenni fer
I'm sorry Mil is having this problem. I cant help but wonder about the sulfa antibiotic starting and the skin issues at almost the same time. Sulfa *may* interfere with copper and zinc, which are huge for skin. Hoping things will calm down once that dose is over. In the meanwhile I think you can up your flax amount. Three to Four ounces is 1 full cup. Some members, myself included have been recommended to give even more. You could also look at L-glutamine. Here's a message mostly about bugs but relates to skin. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EquineCushings/conversations/messages/127811
HTH Nancy C in NH ECIR Moderator 2003 Learn the facts about IR, PPID, equine nutrition, exercise and the foot. www.ECIRhorse.org Check out the FACTS on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ECIRGroup Support the ECIR Group Inc., the nonprofit arm of the ECIR Group http://ecirhorse.org/index.php/equine-cushing-s-and-insulin-resistance-group-inc ---In EquineCushings@..., <millionairess1989@...> wrote :
Are there any suggestions on what else I can try or any feed and/or supplement changes/additions that may be beneficial? I have uploaded two photos of the problem.
Jennifer & Mill in TN Jan 2011 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/echistory8/files/Millionairess/
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millionairess1989
Advice is needed regarding Mill’s current skin condition. She is my pacemaker dependent PPID/IR 25 year old Arabian mare. I noticed Saturday that she was losing hair in front of her hip and beside her tail on one side. This is not a typical shedding pattern for her.
Now it has spread from her withers and down her spine with some flaking in her mane. The hair comes out with skin attached but the remaining skin looks fine. There is no crusting, oozing or anything like that. Mill is usually in the barn when the weather is inclement so I don’t think that it’s rainrot. She had her first spring bath the week before and I don’t know if that stirred things up.
My vet was out Wed for floating, vaccs and blood work. The cbc/chemistry was normal except: Wbc low 5.2 (5.5-12.5) Lymphocytes low 884 (1500-7700) Fibrinogen high 297 (76-230)
Cornell labs from April 6th were: Acth 19.6 (9-35) on 8 mg Pergolide Insulin 17.45 (10-40) Glucose 86 (71-113)
She was already on Trimethoprim/Sulfa antibiotics for the floating due to her pacemaker. The vet wants me to continue that for another week. His other recommendations were to bathe every other day in chlorhexadine shampoo and to deworm again. I gave ivermectin in February.
Mill is being fed timothy/orchard grass hay, 2.5 lbs Stabul 1, 3 cups r/s/r beet pulp with the following supplements: 2 T salt 1/2 T Move-ease 1/2 T chondroitin 1 T lysine 1 1/2 scoop GI Conditioner 2400 Vit E 400iu 1/3 c omega max
Are there any suggestions on what else I can try or any feed and/or supplement changes/additions that may be beneficial? I have uploaded two photos of the problem.
Jennifer & Mill in TN Jan 2011 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/echistory8/files/Millionairess/
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