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Re: [RC] RE; Underweight Horse - Barbara Moultonone of the many vets who saw Joy about her founder/laminitis/insulin resistance what-ever it was that kept getting her frequently lame THOUGHT she had Cushings. ( I never did think that as she didn't have the hair growth or any other other sign except very often ouchy feet) when we finally ran the blood test ( very long story why it didn't happen sooner and not my or Joy's fault) it turned out her thyroid wasn't low.. it was high! Probably as a result of coping with being fed like an insulin resistant pre-cushings horse when she wasn't. The vet ( no actually the blood testing lab )prescribed Metaboleeze a supliment very high in B vitamins and probiotic yeast and before the first 3 lb bucket was done (60 days)I saw a huge difference. The vet who couldn't be bothered to discuss the case much didn't share any ideas but I think it was the constant pain from the various abscesses plus very low calorie feeding that kept her cortisol so high it burned up all her B reserves putting her into a constant state of depletion. Sounds like just the kind of hell rescue horses live through. There is very little I found on the net about high thyroid in horses just that signs are hard keeper, anxiety and aggitation along with poor body condition not corrected by worming or dental care and not caused by any lack of feed consumed. Joy was losing weight because we thought when she went off she needed feeding reduction ( POOR BABY)because the hoof pain was probably more laminitis related to diet. she was so HAPPY to finally get the blood work done and get reintroduced to her best friend pasture grass. Now she is on dry pasture ( mostly deep mud at the moment) and as the fields green up she will be aclimated to more grazing. No grass founder at all and she was on up to 12 hours a day before everything died for winter. I don't know if that helps any- the first vet who saw Joy in 2004 began the whole reduce the calories theory and I couldn't get any of the 5 next vets to consider anything else- it's as bad as a wrong diagnosis from a people doc, been there, done that, got the T shirt. Blood work is critical- don't let vets who play god and can't be bothered talk you out of it. Barbara ( I wasn't depressed doc I had CANCER) and Joy ( I told you to feed me more..lazy mustang bigot vets are evil) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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