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Post by solomon on Feb 27, 2011 19:31:33 GMT
Mr Pete used to always cough on first trot, occasionally a few times.In January, he had a few days where he coughed and lost his vava voom. I was worried and had the vet who diagnosed upper respiritory infection. He had a course of anti-biotics and was fine. When we moved we had some really dusty hay, he coughed a lot more for a while. Now he is on haylage and has been a lot better. yesterday, he didn't cough at all not even a throat clearer. Today however he coughed before we trotted, every time we cantered and quite a few times too. On the way back we had a longish trot and he was ok. Just don't know what it is? Any ideas???  |
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Post by spotti on Feb 27, 2011 20:47:57 GMT
Had he been munching on some grass or something that could have got caught in his throat when he set off at a faster pace?
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Post by solomon on Feb 27, 2011 21:19:06 GMT
No I don't think so.
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Post by dannyboy on Feb 27, 2011 21:56:27 GMT
Sorry Sol I don't have any advice or know what it is. I hope its nothing serious though. x
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Post by fleabitten on Feb 28, 2011 22:03:04 GMT
what about phoning the vet to speak with them over the phone?
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Post by fimacg on Mar 1, 2011 9:37:09 GMT
I think I would see how he is next time out just in case he had somethign stuck in his throat and was simply trying to clear it, if it keeps happening then I would get some advice from the vets.
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Post by brigadier on Mar 1, 2011 10:50:09 GMT
He is obviously sensitive to changes in hay and haylage and will probably always show a reaction to any forage that isnt 100% dust free. Even haylage can have patches of mould that cause problems particularly towards the end of the season. Always check his ration to make sure it is sweet and clean, feed from the floor so any spores naturally fall to the floor and the horse can snuffle them away. Make sure there is plenty of clean fresh water near his hay so he can dunk it if he wants.
Warm up slowly when you work, so that he isnt expected to do long trots or canters within the first twenty mins of work, also when he first canters let him do so on a long easy rein so that his airway is not restricted into a tight outline, as this can make them prone to coughing. Make sure his feed is damp also.
Check his worming programme, one of the lifecycles of common worms is to cough them up so that they can be swallowed (cant remember which one!)
Above is all the common sense things that everyone should be doing with coughy hourses before even thinking it may be a vet problem. If this sort of management doesnt prevent then call the vet.
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Post by solomon on Mar 3, 2011 12:18:54 GMT
Thanks Brig, apart from feeding him on the floor I am doing everything else. I use a haylage net as he would eat it all in two seconds! Today I took him out not a hint of a cough Yay!
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