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Post by racaille on Oct 12, 2008 18:14:46 GMT
My trainer's horse had an obstruction in his oesophagus , which the vet managed to clear yesterday. (The silly nag had stuffed his hard feed down too fast ...) It was not an easy deal and the horse was exhausted. He now has a very sore throat, obviously, from the intubation, and is on massive antibiotics to head of pneumonia, in case any grains got into his lungs.
But apparently, although he looks a lot perkier, he is not out of the woods and there may be permanent damage. I don't like to press for further details.
Has anyone any experience of this? Can a competition horse (3DE) make a full recovery and go back to competing?
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Post by lizziebrandy on Oct 12, 2008 18:25:26 GMT
Sorry a bit dim here whats an oesophagus? Its just an ikle bit to technical for me...If its the throat then our horse once had a grass ball there ( he'd been eating in the feild then suddenly galloped around) and he's been fine.
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Post by madcatwoman on Oct 12, 2008 18:52:10 GMT
our fredric got an apple stuck in his throat once , greedy bugger didnt bite just grabbed whole thing, but he was fine after a couple of days , though did teach him to be more gentle
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Post by racaille on Oct 15, 2008 8:56:54 GMT
Sorry Lizzie, yes, it's the throat.
The vet came last night and was worried about the possibility of scarring, which would constrict the throat and increase the chances of choke happening again. I shall know more this afternoon when I go to the club.
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Post by lizziebrandy on Oct 15, 2008 16:49:16 GMT
Ouch, glad they got it out though, how did it go this afternoon?
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Post by racaille on Oct 23, 2008 13:23:02 GMT
Sorry bit of a delay ... Hmmm, the jury is still out. He's back on hay etc and horribly full of beans  but just walking him to his paddock makes him cough. It's early days and his throat will still be sore. We shall know more when he starts work any day now (well, gentle lunging to start). If there is permanent damage he won't be able to get the air he needs and will wheeze or cough. If that is the case he will have to be retired, able to hack gently but no more than walk, bit of a shame for a five-year-old Selle Francais. But he may be OK. Fingers crossed. |
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Post by brigadier on Oct 23, 2008 18:04:19 GMT
I do know of a show jumper who had choke (sugar beet) and was intubated. she had a shocker and was very poorly afterwards- it was touch and go with her, the last I knew she was fine but it took her a long time to recover despite lots of antibiotics etc. Im not sure about the scarring on the gullet but would expect that to be a consideration expecially if theyve really had to shove at the obstruction- poor thing! The swelling will be restricting the breathing at the moment so I expect they wont be able to tell for quite a bit! sounds as though the horse was lucky!
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Post by scattymare on Oct 23, 2008 21:28:17 GMT
Doof had choke last year. It was so scary. She kept going back on her heels almost falling over and making really strage noises. The vet gave her a sedative to relax her and encourage her head down to let fluids drain out and antibiotics to stop pneumonia (sp?). I sat with her all night and by morning she seemed back to her usual self. They didn't mention anything about scarring though. However she's obviously not ridden. I am far more wary of what she's eating now though.
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Post by popsicle on Dec 30, 2008 22:42:00 GMT
Poppy had a touch of it the other day, after bolting some dry feed that I used to catch her with. She started pawing at the ground and making squeaking noises, but she cleared it herself after about 10 mins and has been fine ever since. Hope this horse is on the mend now x
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Post by racaille on Jan 1, 2009 10:44:43 GMT
Luckily, he seems fine. Although his feed has been changed and he now has a couple of big round stones in his feed bucket to make him slow down. Big sighs of relief all round.  |
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Post by brigadier on Jan 1, 2009 19:08:43 GMT
Pleased to hear he has recovered!
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Post by charleykips on Jan 12, 2009 12:42:28 GMT
As far as im aware ther should be no problem as the blockage was removed.
Kip had choke 3 weeks after i got him, i brought him in and went to pick up a dropping he done on the way in and within a few mins he had managed to find something to eat and scoffed it down too quick, i came back and he was heaving and drooling loads of saliva he was retching and i know horses cant be sick so i new straight away he had something stuck, the vet came withn 10 mins and gave him an anti inflamitry and a muscle relaxer and we just had to wait for it to clear.
Within a few hours he was fine and eating a bit of soaked hay, so now there is nothing left in his stable, his teeth have been seen to and hes perfectly fine.
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but just walking him to his paddock makes him cough. It's early days and his throat will still be sore. We shall know more when he starts work any day now (well, gentle lunging to start). If there is permanent damage he won't be able to get the air he needs and will wheeze or cough. If that is the case he will have to be retired, able to hack gently but no more than walk, bit of a shame for a five-year-old Selle Francais. But he may be OK. Fingers crossed. 
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