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To: FrogInABlender

Oh - so when it's eaten down you'll take the girls away? Poor guy :~D

Sorry about him and his feet. I worry (of course) about the same thing with Bay, wondering if any of his soreness this spring was grass, after what the farrier said.

I'm not familiar with EMD or it's cures, but I think the name and symptoms are descriptive... What's the outlook with what you're doing?


628 posted on 06/26/2006 9:55:00 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well, I won't take them ALL away. I'll just rotate a different one in there with him every day. Hope was in there on Saturday. Grace is in there with him today. Probably put Ellie in there this evening.

Because EMD is essentially Type 2 diabeties, I don't think it's really what you'd call curable, just manageable, and most of it is diet, just like with people. He essentially needs NO green grass and NO grain. Basically no sugars and very little carbs at all. Just what every horse longs to hear!


633 posted on 06/26/2006 10:03:17 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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