just for a checK UP, WHICH IS BEST T3, T4. T ? USUALLY IS LOW NORMAL, NOT ON THYROID SUPPLEMENT ? THANKS, DAISY,TIKO,WHISPER -- -- Daisy, Tiko and Whisper CO, April 2019 Case History: https://ecir.gro

Hello, thank you all so much this site has been so valuable for my horse Parco and I! We were doing great and then had 2 months of no real work last summer and his weight really shot up. Been really h

Hi again. Another question.... Can the hooves get warm and get a digital pulse when its Winter laminites to? Can you say that that winter laminites is because lack of bloodcirculation in the hooves? -

Hi. My pony seem to have flareed up with laminites again. She's been fine 9 monts now. She also have PPID and is on 1/2 Pracend each day. She is usally on Jiaogulan and AAKG every day.And this really

Hi, Does anyone have numeric results they could share of insulin reduction after introducing consistent exercise (without any pharmaceutical drugs)? Diet and trim and PPID are under control. I am hopi

Hello! My mare and I have been battling laminitis flareups each winter, and we're currently using the emergency eliminating diet, so to speak. Question...she's been on Animed Remission, which seems to

New member here! My mare and I have been battling her seasonal IR flareups, and trying new things. I've just picked up some InsulinWise to try. I've been giving Remission which seems to help? Question

My 22 yr old PPID (not IR) gelding lost a great deal of weight in late Fall. The barn manager increased his hay, added alfalfa and started him on rice bran. He currently gets 1 lb rice bran twice a da

I understand I should feed psyllium husk fiber separately from feeding minerals. Is there a recommended wait period between the two? -- Lasell (luh-SELL) ~ Virginia USA ~ September 2022 Fairlane Rusty

My Gypsy Vanner Icelandic cross has been diagnosed with a metabolic condition. She recently had her first laminitis episode. Her diet is 13 pounds daily of soaked grass hay and soaked Teff. She gets 3

I have an unopened bag of pea protein isolate that I will give to anyone who could use it. Please email me. -- Patti SoCal 2020 Sunny (IR/PPID) CH and Photo Album: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory

Dear ECIR Group Members ~ I am beyond happy to announce that the ECIR Group will open the new ecirhorse Case History site to all ECIR Group Members, this Wednesday, March 1, 2023. This chapter has bee

Quest has been on box rest with carefully managed diet since 12th December, and has been on ertugliflozin about 7 weeks. Her insulin levels have decreased again slightly (to 23.7 from 25 last test) bu

My experience of making hay in the East of England in the last 4 years with a mixed field of fescue, Timothy, cocksfoot and limited amount of rye is that although sugar levels are well within safe lev

Dr. Kellon posted a blog about Iron, insulin and Laminitis this week. https://drkhorsesense.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/iron-insulin-and-laminitis/ Not unexpectedly, there was some pushback but not direc

A new poll has been created: This poll is for horses that are currently on pergolide or horses that died/were euthanized for reasons unrelated to PPID. I know many people have had more than one horse

I have not posted much since joining this group, but I found the information here outstanding and it help my mare tremendously. Unfortunately, she had to be euthanized due to severe colic on 2/28/23.

I'm sorry, I couldn't find this information in the files. I did read Vitamin A needs to be added to the diet if a horse is older than 6 months. How much? In what form? Thank you! -- Sandy March 2017,

for tiko, plan to do insulin, glucose. mag, vit e, should i do T3 OR T4 OR JUST A TOTAL ? WILL DO AGAIN INSULIN, GLUCOSE, ACTH IN JUNE OR JULY ? THANKS, DAISY,TIKO,WHISPER -- -- Daisy, Tiko and Whispe

Sad to say that Jack crossed over this morning. Colic, vet says probably a lipoma. He was happy and having no problem with the Prascend. I appreciate all the help over the years from Dr Kellon and all