I’ve been asked to put Inky on Equioxx, which I started ~ 9/21/22.   He became lame in August after an incident where his RF hoof crumbled at the toe with the stomping from flies.  Xrays of his RF didn’t really show a clear cause for the lameness other than possibly arthritis.  He also has a club foot and ring bone in that RF.  So he’s been resting for 6 weeks, and has shown improvement and we are to progress to ride/walk 3x/week 15-20 min/session. 

I’d prefer he not take the Equioxx for an extended period of time, yet the vet is recommending he stay on it through the winter.   I also planned to re-test his ACTH, glucose and insulin, since his Pergolide dose was changed, and the vet insisted that, because of the seasonal rise, it would not be useful unless a TRH stim. test was done.   Please let me know what your opinion is about this.