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Speaking of Cushings... My mare had it and eventually
had to be put down because of chronic Founder at the
age of about 24. I still have her son which is my
endurance horse he is 8 my question is it hereditary?
Thank you,
Newbie Jen and the spookmaster

--- Laurie Durgin <ladurgin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Interesting. I was reading about not feeding carrots
> to horse with Cushings, 
> becasue their sugar content was too high. What's the
> chance that the 
> 'sugars' in  carrots could cause a spike/drop , if
> alot were fed?
>
>
> > From: "Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM"
> <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: "Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM"
> <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <msofen@xxxxxxxxxxx>,<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [RC]   When to stop feeding fat before
> a race
> > Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:31:45 -0800
> >
> > > Realistically, carrots cannot be overfed.  10
> pounds of carrots = 1 
> > gallon
> > > of water and good fiber, vit A, etc.
> >
> > I thought so too, until we treated a (very minor)
> colic from a horse that
> > got into the feed room and mowed his way through
> roughly 75 pounds of
> > carrots in a day.  Wow, that horse REALLY liked
> carrots.  He wasn't even
> > really sick, just had a slightly urpy look about
> him.  However, he proved
> > the exception to the rule that even carrots can be
> overdone if the horse
> > tries hard enough.  On a ride, I wouldn't have any
> trouble handing out 5 
> > lbs
> > every loop or so, plus a few more pounds in the
> mash at the check.
> > Susan G
> > SUSAN E. GARLINGHOUSE, DVM, MS
> > Michael S. Peralez, DVM & Associates
> > 1005 North Santa Anita Drive
> > Arcadia, California 91006
> > (626) 446-8911
> > http://www.shady-acres.com/susan
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