dreading cushings results :(

braveheart said:
Which joint supplement are you using? currently i am using glucosamine and msm, but I have read that glucosamine may not be the best thing to give a horse with cushings. I havent been able to find one that doesnt have any in.
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I mostly use Hilton Herbs Reflex - just a mix of herbs, devil's claw/nettles etc or if that runs out and the feed ship doesn't have it I use Devil's claw in liquid form from Naf. Both seem to work really well for her.
 
A quick way to test for EMS is to get some Metformin from your vet - if it works - i.e. if footiness stops and weight loss occurs it works and it's likely your horse has EMS. The test is to starve the horse over a period of time and then give them glucose and monitor how they metabolise it. I thought this was a bit too risky for my mare as we've had problems for years with grass so the vet gave me 2 months Metformin, her feet improved, she improved generally and she lost weight.
 
JillA said:
They aren't interchangeable - unmollassed sugar beet for fibre and some protein etc,- a balancer for the vits and minerals. The Coursera Equine Nutrition course is being run again starting in January, it's free and has a lot of information about feeding various foodstuffs, well worth doing https://www.coursera.org/course/equinenutrition
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I've just signed up, thank you for sending me the link. It looks really interesting. Plus it starts in January, which will on a personal note will give me something to occupy my mind while I'm dieting after Christmas! :)
 
Micky said:
Braveheart, you're best going onto the site i suggested and facebook page and asking Andrea as she has all the nutritional info
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I've just liked their page and am about to send a PM. Thank you for letting me know about it. I'd not heard of it before so is nice to know there are people out there that can help x
 
Micky said:
Spillers lite balancer has better levels of balanced vits and mins and lowest sugar/starch
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The information on the Spillers site is so minimal, where did you get the details on the mineral/vitamin content? I would be interested to see, as I wouldn't feed it to any horse based on what I see on their site.
 
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