This message is from: "Jim Barnhart" <jb...@sleepyeyetel.net>
For some reason I didn't see your original e-mail. The text only has 'IB' in it, everything else is blank. But I gather you are having a hard time getting your Cushings horse to take it's pill? We have Ranec, a 23 yr old fjord who was diagnosed with Cushings about 3 years ago. He's been on peroglide the whole time. We started with the pill and had a terrible time. We tried applesauce, crushing it, molasses, beer (we had a gypsy horse that liked his bute in beer before we had to put him down). Nothing worked short of a pill pusher. We would push the pill into the back of his throat and he'd swallow it. He hated it. About 2 years ago we switched to Pergolide Mesylate 1 mg/5cc scoop Granules 100 Scoop Alfalfa. We get this from Wedgewood pharmacy (on-line at http://www.wedgewoodpetrx.com/). We put his scoop each day into some safechoice grain and he gobbles it up. We need to give him grain to keep his weight up. Since then we've had no issues. We just did his yearly tests a couple months ago. He is the picture of health. His weight is good, his coat shed very well this spring. We ride him but watch the hot weather and make sure he doesn't overheat. He's never had any hoof/laminitis issues. I also got on the Yahoo! Website, but was quickly overwhelmed there and decided to just trust my vet and make sure we are testing regularly. If you have any more questions, feel free to send me a personal e-mail. I'll help in any way I can. Jim Barnhart (jb...@sleepyeyetel.net) -----Original Message----- From: owner-fjordho...@angus.mystery.com [mailto:owner-fjordho...@angus.mystery.com] On Behalf Of ruth bushnell Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 6:13 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: pergolide for Cushings This message is from: "ruth bushnell" <fjo...@frontiernet.net> > This message is from: "Debby" <miss.am...@earthlink.net> > > >... she is just getting worse and worse > about it (taking her pill) Debby Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
