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Have you had your hay analyzed, for sugar,starch and especially for nitrates? EquiAnalytical does hay analysis. I have two mini's, one of them having been diagnosed in 2011 as insulin resistant. Since then I had both on a low sugar/low starch diet of orchard or timothy hay, depending on...

Hi, Just to add more for FYI, not to scare you, my mini that I've had for 14 years was recently diagnosed with PPID as well as insulin resistance, which all mini's are predisposed to, just as all horses can get as they age. One of the hallmark signs is "hay belly" look, which your second mini...

I tried the Purina mini and pony feed this past winter because I was soooo tired of frozen fingers from wet beet pulp. I have two minis that have been overweight forever and my mare has foundered in the past, but my gelding has NEVER been sore. Within three feedings, my mare came down with...

I've never posted on here, but your Dusty sounds just like my Dancer started out. She HAS been diagnosed as IR, but my vet was very resistant to admitting it until I insisted she be tested. If you check out the Yahoo website for IR/Cushings horses, there is soooo much useful info on there on how...

I just found this thread on the Purina mini and pony feed. Does anyone know if this is safe for metabolic syndrome minis? I read the ingredient tag on a bag at the feed store, and the #5 ingredient is cane molasses. I've been soaking beet pulp for a year now to feed her and with winter coming up...