Lou; I'm so glad to hear Jack is better, what a scare, huh ? Keep us posted..Claire

Hi again, I have just added several more links to the groups links page. Some are links to articles and one to Jaime Jacksons website. Hope you find them informative. Mary (Marvin's Mom)

Dear Mary: I think it is admirable that even in your grief, you are still thinking of others.....I know that I haven't been part of this list for very long, but I already feel a kinship with all these

Thanks for all the kind words from the list. My horse Jack is doing much better at the local vet school. His colic episode doesn't seem to be related to the Cushings. He is now being reintroduced t

Hi ,everyoneDo you all give your horses extra vit c and thiamine ??Vita -Flex has a B-1 product but it is blended with pure white dextrose...not good.. that would be considered a carbohydrate ? right

I am a new subscriber, my 20 y.o. mare being diagnosed with thyroid abnormalities, possibly pre-Cushings. She has been started on the Thyro-L, and we are getting ready to take a second set of blood

just finished the cushings article from Equi Life...that was really informative,although a bit on the doom and gloom side. I am very sorry about Marvin...I hope your grief eases;I read about a webs

------------------------ Hi Makyla - here is a copy of a note I posted on July 10th to the barefootedhorses folks: the list! Feeling soooo good I had to share :-): Well...Jazz (my Cushings horse who

Hi Lynne - Go to www.groups.com and then to the equine Cushings page and then to links. Mary has been great about posting web pages there that have to do with Cushings and laminitis. Several of us h

Brought Jack home from A&M hospital today. He's very alert and happy to be home. Still not passing as much feces as normal, but he is also being pickier about his alfalfa and coastal hay than usual.

Lou: I'm really glad Jack is home and all is well. Have a nice, rest of the week-end. Claire

Thanks for the reply. Joyce is a local vet to me, so I may give her a ring, depending upon how things go after this next blood test. Right now my horse has a diagnosis of "thyroid abnormalities wi

My mare and friend of 23yrs was diagnosed with Cushings in Feb. of this yr. She had already had a bad bout with founder in 1995- which required hoof wall resections of both front feet. She is now

Yes, the one article does make things sound rough, and do not kid yourself it will be. Cushings is not to be taken lightly, it is not curable at this time and it can be absolutely devastating to the h

To: dmanns@... Welcome to the list. I hope you find it as helpful as the rest of us. <How often and what test is done to determine if the cypro is working or not? > Most of the information I have

Welcome Just Joined! (Would everyone remember to put their first name at least at the bottom of their messages? It's nice to (somewhat) know each other!) I was going to monitor my horse by using th

This is in response to Linda's post about the ages of some chushingoid horses she knows- I've been reading as much info as possible on this disease and had recently read(or saw on the net) that onc

Hi Sheri: I just joined and I'm sure the cost of the meds has been discussed but initially my mare was on 31 tabs of cypro at 4mg per tab. I switched to liquid cypro and at a dose of 125mg a day,

I used to think I was just lucky to have horses with good feet, but it was dumb luck on my part that the farrier I had for 8 years believed in barefoot unless there was a real good reason to shoe, a

Wow, she was the first vet that took care of my horse after I bought her, when she was first out of school working for a group in NJ. I think out of all the advice I ever got about horses, she gave