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[RC] Toxic iron levels - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Kathleen Ferguson kathleenmarie@xxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== My new mare tied up last month. She is 5 1/2 and in arena training with light trail riding on the weekends. When she tied up she was being lunged to warm her up for her daily lesson. She got a bit silly on the lunge line and "blew" and galloped a bit but not unlike anything she had done in the past. We had the vet pull blood before she was treated for the tie up (she recovered fine and is back in training). When her blood work came back everything was normal except her iron levels which were sky high (normal .7 to 1.4 and she was 2.6) My vet is scratching her head trying to figure out why her iron is so high and how this is related to the tie up. Her feed was 1 lb oats/1lb rice bran/Northwest Supplement/Cool Calories and grass hay. I have since pulled her off the rice bran and Northwest supplement because they both contain iron. We also pulled the Cool Calories (fat) because the label didn't have enough information on it. I put her on DVM for her minerals and vitamins because it has the "northwest" levels without any iron. Anyone have any information on toxic iron levels? Any feed suggestions? I have been endurancing off and on for 20 years but have never had to deal with a tie up. I am pretty concerned since it happened without even going to a ride. I really really like this mare and was planning to start her on easy 50's this spring...not sure now. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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