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Post by Admin on Apr 19, 2007 22:49:30 GMT -5
Jingles for little Lucy! Hope she is feeling better!
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Post by beejoyfulmk on Apr 19, 2007 23:12:56 GMT -5
feel better sweetie
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Post by beckybee on Apr 20, 2007 1:02:40 GMT -5
pnp4kids and frr are the gals you need! They have "Founder Rehab Ranch" and can give you all the advice and info you could possibly want! Beth, where are you?
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Post by Charsgma on Apr 20, 2007 1:07:53 GMT -5
Kathy you need to call me ASAP!!!!
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Post by imabirdmom on Apr 20, 2007 1:23:03 GMT -5
Kathy you need to call me ASAP!!!! I'll give you a jingle in the morning, Deb! |
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Post by imabirdmom on Apr 20, 2007 1:24:12 GMT -5
Jingles for little Lucy! Hope she is feeling better! Thanks. She hoovered her grain/antibiotic tonight so should be on the mend soon. |
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Post by imabirdmom on Apr 20, 2007 1:26:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the well wishes. I'm sure she'll be fine. She wasn't even running a temp today. Vet said it's probably just a little shipping fever of sorts. Her lymph nodes aren't enlarged and her lungs were clear. All in all if it wasn't for the nasal drainage you would never know anything was wrong. She's not coughing either. |
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Post by imabirdmom on Apr 20, 2007 1:27:50 GMT -5
pnp4kids and frr are the gals you need! They have "Founder Rehab Ranch" and can give you all the advice and info you could possibly want! Beth, where are you? That's exactly the help I need. I've never dealt with it ever but had a g/f years ago who had a badly foundered mare. Only thing I really remember about that horse was her HUGE thick neck. |
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Post by pnp4kidz on Apr 20, 2007 13:30:14 GMT -5
Hi there! Here I am!
I think so far you are doing fine...
but if she has foundered... in the past... then she is probably at risk for doing that again...
so, no more grain. Try giving her a bowl of beet pulp and soaked grass hay instead...
the grass hay should be her mainstay... soak for an hour in cold water, then drain off the water (where she can't get it!) and that can remove up to 1/3 of the sugars...
no more grains, or any feed 'from a bag', they are all high sugar/carbs....
(even the "Carb Safe" has about 1/3 of it is carbs! we want it less than 10%!!)
so, beet pulp, soaked then rinsed is a very safe feed, and you can put in some grass or alfalfa pellets (a handful) for taste if you need...
where do you live?
there are some decent low NSC feeds out there, you just have to know for SURE what they are before you try one... :-) Manufacturers are trying to sell to you, you can't take them for their word unfortunately!!!
Oh, no carrots or apples either, no treats... no grass either. Use the muzzle, tape over the hole... and stick with nice grass hay, soaked....
then, join the equinecushings@yahoogroups.com web site...
GREAT info on Insulin Resistance, the diet, the trim.... :-)
and feel free to PM me for more detail! (like this book wasnt' long enough!, sorry!!)
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Post by imabirdmom on Apr 24, 2007 17:32:29 GMT -5
pnp4kids and frr are the gals you need! They have "Founder Rehab Ranch" and can give you all the advice and info you could possibly want! Beth, where are you? That's exactly the help I need. I've never dealt with it ever but had a g/f years ago who had a badly foundered mare. Only thing I really remember about that horse was her HUGE thick neck. Thank you so much for writing. I will be PM'ing you to pick your brain once it's confirmed that she is a founder horse. For now she's off pasture and on grass hay only. She's still pretty sick. |
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