New look…
I updated the look of the blog today with a new theme. The new header image is of Isis. Just had to put my baby there, since she is the mischeivious horse.
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It’s the Miracle Mare!
PROGRESS!! Finally! The biggest news: her small intestines have motility! WOOHOO! No signs of the evil “L” word (knock on wood). Some possible signs of very minor infection around the incision sight (not unusual)–she has been started on another round antibiotics just in case. (Can’t say I’d like to get my doses of meds up…
Catching up on posts…
It’s been a while since I did much posting here. I had a huge backlog of saved posts and things I had wanted to write about and haven’t yet. If you see a sudden flurry of blog posts that are dated in November, that’s why. I’ve finished most of the posts about the new phone….
Off her supplement
Okay, I knew Isis’ supplement helped her. The past few weeks have really highlighted just how much she needs it. For about the past month, Isis has not been eating her supplement. She gets a low-starch pelleted grain and 2 ounces of Grand Meadows Complete, a powdered supplement. She decided that she didn’t like the…
Best Possible News
To me this is even better than selling the house: Isis will be in North Carolina on the weekend of August 24th! Whee! Finally! Finally! Finally! (Happy dance!) This is like Christmas and birthday and Big Happy Surprise rolled into one. It has been nerve wracking having her in a different state. I trust the…
Houdini Horse
Isis is an escape artist. Not out of the usual things: fences, gates, halters. She gets out of grazing muzzles and leg wraps. For a week, we soaked her foot and then wrapped it. And of the days it was wrapped, she took it off probably half of the time. It didn’t seem to matter…
Isis supplement update
Mom Mom sent me a link to a new product from Platinum Performance, called Platinum Metabolism Support. The ingredients, Magnesium and Chromium, are common in metabolic support supplements like Quiessence. Platinum has good research info available, including a study of Glucosamine in metabolically challenged horses. I didn’t know about the Glucosamine study, for example, showing…