Also try feeding wet hay sprinkled with a couple teaspoons of salt. Keep him clipped so he doesn't overheat while already challenged by diarrhea. Others (like mine) immediately put on a short, hot, thick coat. Control on 0.5 mg of pergolide is possible but not that common. Good control of ACTH is no guarantee that a horse with PPID will shed out slick like a normal horse. As Sherry said, you should also get a handle on his current lab results. Diarrhea is a documented side effect of pergolide in some horses, but pergolide is critical to control of PPID. Does this period of diarrhea coincide with a hay change? Can you post a hay test? You and your vet need to thread the needle of ruling out other possible causes of diarrhea, including diet, water quality, and internal parasite control. I assume you discussed that with your vet? Also, what hay are you feeding now? He's not a youngster and may require a more digestible hay at this time of his life. You didn't mention T-Bird's deworming history. On Tue, at 06:55 AM, Jennifer Boydstun wrote: I am shaving him about every 4-5 weeks, vet thought it odd that i had to shave him if cushings was being controlled. For T-Birds Windrunner- Tennessee Walker 8-5-18 I am shaving him about every 4-5 weeks, vet thought it odd that i had to shave him if cushings was being controlled. Poor T-Bird can't live with this drain on his body. but it does seem to be contributing to his Diarrhea. Is there any other product I can use to control cushings? He is being controlled on. Can I take him off for a few days to see if this pushed him over again or am I playing with fire. she was concerned we took him off the pergolide and advised my mom (T-Bird is her horse) to give him his dose, which she did about 2:00 in afternoon. When the vet came out she tubed him with bio-sponge, electrolytes and gave him a dose of Banamine Did not run IV fluids. Hosed him off several times during the day and placed him in front of his fans, He seemed to improve and overnight had somewhat formed poops huge improvement, I was concerned he had gotten dehydrated and had set a Monday appt.

I took him off his Pergolide Sunday( i wanted to give him a couple days without to see if it was contributing to the Diarrhea) gave him a tube of Bio-sponge, in 2 cups of Teff pellets gave him a product call LMF 911 (a gal at barn said it worked for Diarrhea in her horse it a pro-biotic), electrolytes, gave him 10 tums for calcium. 5gm during rise last year).We just had a heat wave over the weekend, Saturday I noticed he was farting green liquid and by Sunday he started peeing out of his butt. (The loose stools started when I increased Pergolide to 1gm from. I have had him on absorb-All and 4oz, phyilium per day for months still loose but no diarrhea. I have been struggling with soft stools with T-Bird for months.

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