Hi all The newbie vet who is "caring for" my 30 yr old PPID mare, not IR, won't prescribe more than my mare's current dose of 3.5 mg compounded pergolide even though her ACTH is 41 and her appetite fo

Wally had his first urine dipstick test after starting on Ertugliflozin on 16/6/2022 yesterday has come back with inflammatory cells,some blood,inflammation and glucose being excreted,His vet is sayin

Hello All, Thank you to everyone who responded this spring when I posted questions about Bullitt and Kate. I am back with a few more questions before we head into the fall rise. Bullitt's ACTH was not

My ~1,200 lb 13 yo TB Charlie was diagnosed with laminitis/founder on Tue June 7. No history of founder though there is some in his lineage; he has other racing related damage to his legs and thin sol

Hello, I am very happy to report that both of my horses are doing well, aside from two (Ruger) and one (Cadet) abscesses, which I am told are very common here in wet western Washington. Cadet has lost

Max was just diagnosed with heaves. This happened right after our idiot neighbor tied a large plastic bag to their two year old's halter. The horse freaked out (naturally), got away from her and ran u

I need to update my file - I spent a long time doing it a few months ago but I couldn't save/upload it. In the meantime I just wanted reassurance that ertugliflozin is safe. I've asked my vet for it d

On 6/13 I drew labs from Flame. These are 2 months post starting Invokana. Labs were sent to Cornell because it was actually more cost efficient than having them run at the local lab. I drew labs at 8

Although Apollo's lab values improved from those done in April, was disappointing they weren't better as he's still very insulin resistant. Blood samples were drawn 5 hours after first morning feeding

Hi Dr Kellon, Scouts latest ACTH is still way too high. I can no longer afford prascend and would like to switch to compounded pergolide. His case history is up to date. Can you take a look and tell m

Dr Kellon Per my vets advice - I have been giving Vandy 1/2 tab Prascend since June 18. She has also been on a Bute trial since then - starting with 2g twice/day & now down to 1g at nite only. She res

Hogan's Insulin is down to 24.32 (baseline) in a 10-40 reference interval. This is a HUGE improvement! Just a week prior it was 73.51 and in January it exceeded 200! And his lower insulin directly cor

I know the study you are conducting will provide useful information. My question is, when did the TRH stim test first get introduced? And a time of introduction was it always known that some, most, ma

Hello Colleen, Although you were replying to Alice regarding Peanut, it appears that this is your first time posting so that triggers your welcome message! So, we want to officially welcome you to the

Hi group, The vet came out on 06/23/22 to test Willie's ACTH once more before the rise is in full force. I've uploaded the results & updated his case history, but just wanted to see what the experts t

what numbers do you look at to get the sugar content in the hay. also is anyone able to understand what hay is lacking in? Thank you -- Yvonne Rego Terrace BC 2022

does not appear to be thrush no odor no discharge. hay is balanced, dr kellon said supplements are fine. splits started late 2021 or winter of 2022 just getting worse, one about 1 inch from coronary b

Dr. Kellon and group; Flyte's latest labs are not bad. Insulin is higher than Jan. but triglycerides have dropped somewhat. This blood draw was done June 9th and vet arrived earlier than anticipated s

Recently I watched videos presented by Life Data Labs about IR and laminitis. They promote their products for each problem. What are the thoughts on their products and their claims of them helping gro

Hi, I am new to owning a horse and need some advice. I have a 14 year old Friesian/Welsh with Cushings named Bailey. As soon as we got her we had the vet out and they confirmed that she had Cushings a