Dr. Kellon, Here are Zip's x-rays with the question about puzzling bloodwork to diagnose compensated IR. Thanks for taking a look. I'm not sure what you wanted to see so I'm eager to find out. The sig

Made the decision to let my Rosie go today. Hope she can eat all the grass she wants now and run on hooves that are pain free. Thank you to this group for your support over my 10 year battle with IR a

Lavinia! Vet took radiographs today. Unfortunately she ignored requests to properly mark hoof walls & frog.. She nerve blocked Lily & slightly sedated her. Nonetheless she took x-rays wwith Lily NOT b

I cut to size a few pieces of Mylar, which is used in those shiny metallic survival blankets, and wrapped my mare’s hooves with before putting hoof boots on. While it tears easily, it’s cheap and won’

Thank you for accepting me into this group, which I joined recently. I have 4 horses and 2 minis at home. One horse and 1 mini is IR and all of the other 3 horses have had hind but problems. All are b

I have some questions about oil to help put weight on. I'm currently adding pure flax oil for over a year and also cocosoya as a taste tempter for a couple of months with very little success. When I s

https://socksforhorses.com/ Check these out! I have used all of them & they work great! The new winter snap Wellie’s are wonderful & so easy to use!

-- Kelly & Micah, Clayton NC April 2016 Case History: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Kelly%20and%20%20Micah Photos: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=1829 .

My 3 .1/2 year old paint horse, Zipporah, developed laminitis this summer. The diagnosis was that it was due to all the lush grass from an overabundance of rain. Because I had had an IR horse in the p

I have worked with a mustang colt for the last couple of years who has appeared very sound but had flaring in all 4 feet. The last several weeks he has shown intermittent lameness , developed a cresty

Lavinia and all, Skyler had a severe dexamethasone induced founder. My understanding is that steroid induced founders are more severe and the prognosis is guarded. He is fairly comfortable now but has

Is the cause of bone loss lack of blood flow to the bone? Provided diet/trim are correct, is exercise the only strategy to prevent bone loss? Assuming the diet is tightly balanced, is there anything e

-- im trying to uploud hay and blood work into case history ,keeps saying password needs at least 6 chara. I do that and then it takes my password out and askes again . help please Tara and Gavilon Ma

I have seen several posts discussing the benefit of doing some minor hoof maintenance between regular trims for laminitis recovery. But what exactly is that? I have ordered a rasp, but what is it that

Maybe because I am from California, but I cannot imagine dealing with PPID or IR or both and dealing with the recent fires. I worried a lot about the members in Shasta and Butte county is so much wors

I have just started my photo album and have included Alley's X-rays. These were taken on Oct 1 when she first went lame. A second X-ray of the right foot - the most tender - was taken two weeks later

This post by David Marlin says glucosamine is safe for any horse, even metabolic, and even laminitic... Is this safe information? https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=941533236050898&id=23342

Hi all, Please can someone offer me advice on Bonnie's hooves. I think the trimmer is doing a good job - but I am trying to be more involved and I am currently doing a maintenance trim - but it also m

By ECIR Group - Equine Cushings and Insulin Resistance Watch both ECIR short films here: https://bit.ly/2LqGEjO ( https://www.facebook.com/ECIRGroup/photos/a.346892182025394/1845094928871771/?type=3 )

Until all the changes are made to Kiley's diet and supplements that should help with her coughing/breathing, I'm looking for ways to keep her exercising comfortably. She's off her antihistamine but ha