What are your thoughts on these supplements..Below is from the nutritionist. We recommend CFS Elevate and BMZ for Limonitic horses. Ideally though, I would look at CFS Select. Select is higher in prot

Bugsy continues to do very well. We have switched to this year's new hay (no more soaking!) and new custom mineral blend. I have uploaded Bugsy's pre-trim pictures and am hoping Lavinia has a chance t

Dr. Kellon recently posted a blog on Hay Belly - possible causes in older horses could be "weak muscles in the abdominal wall from uncontrolled PPID or poor fermentation." Checklist for avoiding/deali

I apologize if this is redundant. I searched and couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for. I am having my Welsh pony and two Cobs tested again in 2 weeks. The pony has tested very high insulin in th

I found Uckele's Absorb All finally did the trick for my mare. We tried two other products previously with no change. My question is once this situation is gone, do we still supplement for it or is th

The 2020 - 2021 2 for 1 course sale is on at www.drkellon.com. My web manager is not available right now to change the dates on the sale but they are the same as last year. Course dates for NRC Plus,

Hi again, Thanks to all of you volunteering to share your experience and education. I am understanding how each situation and horse is unique and how hard that makes all of this caregiving! It sure he

i am hoping someone could please take a look at the hoof pics in my album and provide any suggestions for my farrier who is coming again on Monday. This will be her third trim since laminitis set in o

So, I think I have identified a couple feed mills for sourcing wheat bran for Audi’s new diet. But that got me thinking— If I need to start shopping the mills, why not just source various ingredients

Hello, His front hooves fit the bill for founder, but he doesn't appear lame and his toe isn't separated. We've controlled his diet and put him on pergolide (recently increased to 2mg, but don't know

My gelding Audi really struggles with his weight despite never having super high ACTH levels. I thought we had him on a really good diet, but Dr. Kellon commented on my previous thread that his diet i

Dr. Kellon, Crackers’ most recent October blood tests show a great improvement in insulin. Insulin dropped from 44 uIU/mL to 27.72. The insulin in two tests last September and November were both over

Hoping Dr K sees this - on the post about Relevante's possible hay belly Ashwangandha came up and you mentioned it's unique - having an ability to calm. I am getting Salsa back out on the trails and h

My mare foaled down 8th November and was misdiagnosed as having biliary. Only 48 hours later was the retained placenta removed. She now has full blown laminitis in.all 4 her feet. She received Finadyn

Hello Dr. Kellon... I am thankful to report that Tabby's manure has become more formed since I increased the Psyllium to give it to her as you recommended twice per day. A few of my horse friends and

Hi I uploaded Magic’s case history, test results and pictures as requested, I hope... So much details. I have been reading for 2 months here and loosing it. He is IR and his ACTH is under control, but

During necropsy , ruptured adenomas were found in a friend's horse that was euthanized, due to infection that originated with a wound in her mouth. She had cushings ; I know that her ACTH had never te

Thanks to Cass's suggestion some long while ago, I have put all three horses on rhodiola. Insulin came down, more likely due to weight loss, but I'm superstitious and would like to continue it since I

I have a ~20yr 42" pony that just tested with very high insulin levels (350 uU/ml with glucose 77mg/dL at blood draw 11/9/20). The only clinical indications of a problem were lethargy and then muscle

I pulled blood on Erin about a week ago and was a little disappointing her insulin came back up. It’s not horrible compared to where we started in July but still not the direction I was hoping for. On