My vet is having me change Joker from metformin to steglatro due to his extreme lethargy and depressed behavior. I think there were other concerns about this med. Could someone remind me what else I s

Ranger has been doing great on ertugliflozin and dry lot. Today he has escaped onto lush grass, I’m not sure how long, could be a couple of hours. Anything I can do? -- Joan Hornby UK North West Decem

Hi everyone Yesterday my miniature horse Teddy was diagnosed with laminitis. X-rays show rotation in both front hooves. He previously had laminitis at some stage but this was before I got him. I have

Hello! So my mare was first tested for Cushing's in January of this year, the same week she came down with laminitis. Her ACTH levels came back at 30 and my vet at the time decided to put her on Prasc

I think I have created & uploaded Dot’s case history correctly, and also added photos and blood work. There is so much valuable information in so many places that I want to double check some steps I h

Dot has been on BL’s Prascend for 6 years, 1mg/day, ACTH pretty steady in the low 20’s with 2 exceptions in 2.5 years. In that time I have worked with 3 vets and none of them have ever suggested an in

for a senior horse ppid,, how often are we vaccinating? My vet wanted to vaccinate at four months and I said no. FluVacInnovator on 6/28/22, if this zoetis product caused some side effects, lethargy o

-- LJ Friedman ( https://ecir.groups.io/g/Horsekeeping/profile/68647 ) Nov 1 My vet always gives ban amine alongside a vaccination. After reading the study, I’m not sure why? If there are no reactions

Apologies if this is repetitive…. I want to start adding Spirulina. I thought I saw a specific ratio in one of the files with feeding both Spirulina and Jiaogulan. Thanks -- Dawn Marie & Dalli Eliot,

Hi, For Australian testing. Vet is coming to test tomorrow. Has anyone successfully used IDEXX for endogenous ACTH and accurate insulin and glucose? Vet has glucometer but wondering if I should push t

My vet has agreed to provide a prescription for compounded pergolide through Wedgewood Pharmacy. My horse is currently taking 2.5 Prascend aday, and through this group it is my understanding that it i

Dr. Kellon, Sophie's insulin level results from Cornell came back as 37.7 after her last spike of 140 something after having been eatting non soaked hay. Not great but I am relieved it is much below 8

As this study shows https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3408407/ , samples collected into EDTA tubes (purple top) are stable for 24 hours whether they are spun or not. Insulin assays from ser

Ok, the Timothy Cube shortage has finally caught up to us. Monte eats this product soaked as the majority of his feed. I have connections on getting some but probably not for at least two weeks! The l

Hello everyone, I am trying to reach Patti Woodbury-Kuvik -- sent an email through her website and through FB but haven't heard back, so I don't know if that got to her or not. Hoping to hire her to d

Lately there was a thread on Equithrive that also discussed resveratrol. I purchased 100 grams of ProHealth Longevity from Iherb.com just to see if it would help with pain management. But Leslie who h

In my first week being part of the group I read a tremendous amount of helpful information that was totally new to me, despite the fact that my horse has been PPID and EMS for 6 years. I thought I had

Lad has gone to a new home, a small teaching stable. In the new place he is exposed to mares, and is trying to breed them He was originally a breeding stallion, then gelded at 8 years when his owner r

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I know I got meds titrated and labs done late this year, but life happened. Here are Cornell results for both horses. Diana (EMS): glucose 88 mg/dl, insulin 25.26 uiu/ml, ACTH 43 pg/ml & leptin 9.06 n