Hi, Can I please check my diet for Quest? She started ertugliflozin last night. I know the advice is to stop soaking hay, but I'm nervous about this as she is so fat - I'm sure she's got fatter on box

After last winters spell of bitter cold days, my mare (PPID and IR) was sensitive on her fronts and may have developed an abcess (per the vet, never saw it draining) and a hoof crack that since has gr

I searched for the answer to this question but there were 10K posts with the word “iron” in it. I read about 50 of them before giving up so I apologize if this question has been answered a bazillion t

Hi Carolyn, If the thrush is deep enough that you can use a half a syringe at a time you should IMO be treating daily until that crack has healed up or at the very least has dried out. Thanks, Sherry

Hello! I’ve joined this group to become more educated on how to better manage two horses in my herd of seven that are IR. I’ve never had them officially diagnosed by a vet but both have or have had cr

I’m looking for help with determining Inky’s protein needs. I have made some comments in a different thread, but feel it would be better to summarize my questions and start a new topic. Inky’s grass h

Quick question. I was going to give Rio a daily dose of l-glutamine for her stomach health and wondered if any issues with doing so and giving her her Invokana and pergolide at the same time. Thoughts

Hello Lavinia, I think I got all of the pictures needed this time! Buddy has been feeling much better and was a lot more cooperative today. If I could please get your advice to show my farrier, that w

-- at age 31 the cold wet weather PPID and the DSLD finally took its toll on my old guy. Putting him down on Thursday.😢❤️ Cathie February 2018 Whidbey Island in WA https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory

Commercial Feed Analysis Library When: Sunday, January 8, 2023 View Event Description: Commercial Feed Analysis Library Over the years individual ECIR Group members have sent various commercial feeds

Hello all - I am wondering if any studies have been done to determine what insulin values a controlled IR horse would expect to have in colder temperatures? Like at 40F or below freezing, or near 0F?

Hi Everyone, Facts: I have a 26 year old Paso Fino mule with a diagnosis of PPID named January aka Jan. We've been working through the veil for 8 months. She has the common symptoms of depression and

When I began following the ECIR advice in October I had already been giving Dot Uckele’s E-5000 for years and had just replenished my inventory. Knowing that adding oil or using capsules would be an i

Hi all Which form of vitamin E is suggested as supplement? ( put vitamin E in search but nothing found) I found multiple "variations" in the Natural and synthetic category in pill and liquid form...to

Hello, With everything going on with my mini and my discovery that my off the track quarter horse has a familial issue of laminitis. His sire died at 11 from laminitis, his grand sire died at 25 years

My vet just emailed me my horses x rays but didn't mention if there was any rotation seen, is it possible to analyze these to see if there is rotation or does a specific kind of software need to be us

I'm still tapering Quest's bute and she's on 1/2 a sachet 2 times a day. I've started jiaogulan. But she's getting worse and worse. She can barely move around her stable and it's distressing her. She

Hi, Scooter began his Invokana 12/23. He has shown signs the last 2 or 3 days of being more comfortable. We will not pull blood work for a few more weeks but since it is about 30-40 degrees warmer tha

Hi all, Ginger is an 18 yo MFT mare whose last two draws showed abnormal (low 20s in May, low 40s late Sept) but not highly dangerous Insulin indicating IR and possibly early PPID. She has not been of

Hi All, I decided to test Falki's insulin because after an extended cold period for over a week with daytime highs not getting above -20C and cold winds, I could see he wasn't walking around as much.