Ask The Vet

What is the best way to supplement electrolytes when horse is given Lasix?

• May 31, 2022
• Eleanor Kellon, VMD

Question: What is the best way to supplement/provide electrolytes when a horse is given Lasix prior to competition? My vet seemed unsure and said to provide an electrolyte supplement daily at "manufa...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Electrolytes, Equine, electrolytes, Lasix, salt, Lyte-Now Paste and Pro Lyte Pellets

Are these Insulin and aCTH levels acceptable?

• May 20, 2022
• Eleanor Kellon, VMD

Question: I wanted to ask your advice once again about my 18 year old Welsh pony mare who recovered completely from the winter laminitis( I am still giving her jiaogulan daily) I had my vet come out a...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Hoof Care, Metabolic Support and Vitamins and Minerals

Please explain the best way to feed jiaogulan

• May 20, 2022
• Eleanor Kellon, VMD

Question: Please explain the best way to feed jiaogulan, my vet said this with leg wraps and bute powder -1tsp twice a day for 2 weeks then 1 tsp once and day for a week -will help the winter laminiti...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Joint and Inflammation Support and Performance and Muscle

Can I feed these supplements together?

• May 20, 2022
• Eleanor Kellon, VMD

Question:I have a metabolically challenged 16-year-old Morgan. IR and laminitis prone. I am super careful of his diet and grass (virtually none). Just had xrays done and he seems to be exhibiting some...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Joint and Inflammation Support and Metabolic Support

What do you recommend I supplement my horse with?

• May 20, 2022
• Eleanor Kellon, VMD

I've purchased supplements in the past from you, and I just ordered some more magnesium. This is my most recent hay test, and I have a 15-hand 1100 lb draft cross compensated IR mare along with a 36" ...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Calming and Vitamins and Minerals

Is this the best balancer I can get for my horse?

• May 20, 2022
• Eleanor Kellon, VMD

Question: I finally have full results of the hay bales I'm using now, including the Selenium value. Currently I'm using VT blend but totally open to using a Uckele custom mix (My horse is r...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet and Vitamins and Minerals

Can You Help Balance my Horse's Diet?

• May 17, 2022
• Eleanor Kellon, VMD

Thank you for your help and expertise through your courses and through the ECIR. I owe so much to you and the group for help with both of my PPID/IR horses. But I am in need of some help with the diet...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Hoof Care, Metabolic Support and Vitamins and Minerals

Do my overweight horses need thyroid support?

• May 4, 2022
• The Superfood Dude

Question: I have 2 horses who seem like they could use thyroid support.  1 is a 7 year old gelding with metabolic syndrome who is “fat.”  The other is a 22 year old mare with PPID, who is on Per...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Digestion and Vitamins and Minerals

What else could help my dog other than Prednisone?

• Apr 26, 2022
• The Superfood Dude

Question: Hello. I have a 4 yr old German shepherd that was diagnosed with auto immune disease a year ago, hes been on prednisone since diagnosed. He started on a high dosage and is now down to one ta...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Digestion, Joint and Inflammation Support, Skin and Coat and Immune

Will Tendon EQ help with my horse's suspensory tear?

• Mar 23, 2022
• The Superfood Dude

Question: I am writing in regards to some questions I have about the Tendon EQ supplement. I have a mare who had a suspensory tear in her front left limb that was discovered in August. She had 11% of ...Read more

Posted inEquine, Ask The Vet, Joint and Inflammation Support and Performance and Muscle

Is my current hay balancing program working?

• Mar 14, 2022
• The Superfood Dude

Question: This is what I am currently feeding my horse, and 830 mare that is 23 years old. Daily amount - split into AM, PM and Late night R/S/R Smart Beet beet pulp pellets - (1 cup dry) Glycocemi...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Metabolic Support, Skin and Coat and Weight Management

More Bad Advice about Equine Metabolic Syndrome

• Mar 14, 2022
• The Superfood Dude

More Bad Advice about Equine Metabolic Syndrome My attention was recently brought to a Facebook post which claimed there are plants that can "help shrink the adipocytes, improve metabolism, and pro...Read more

Posted inAsk The Vet, Hoof Care and Metabolic Support