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Post by ceej on Sept 6, 2011 7:18:56 GMT
as you all may remember Willow had COPD- I keep him on aherbal breathing supp all of the time and most of the time that keeps it at bay but its very bad at the moment; along with lots of peoples hayfever so I am wondering if its that more than dust
Can you give horses human antihistamines? anmy other ideas? Otherwise it will be the vet and ventipulin but I didnt find that helped that much last time and its flippin expensive!
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Post by solomon on Sept 6, 2011 7:27:25 GMT
Secreta pro helped Pete in the winter. No horses don't respond to anti hisamines although I have heard of people trying it. Vet says no. Hope he is better soon.
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Post by spotti on Sept 6, 2011 7:33:53 GMT
I think you can you know...I used to know someone whose horse didn't have hayfever, but he reacted very dramatically to fly bites and possibly some other allergen that he was managing to find in the field. Said friend was advised by her vet to give G (the horse) 4 Piriton tablets twice a day for about 2 weeks, then 4 once a day (or 2 twice a day) every day throughout the summer months, and it worked a treat. Within literally hours of having the first set of tablets, G's swollen lumpy skin went back to normal, and he stayed that way as long as he'd had his tablets...towards the end of the summer H (G's ower) started to wean G off the tablets, and lo and behold, as soon as he went below the 4 tablets a day level, he went all lumpy, itchy and irritated again. Safe to say H kept him on the tablets until the summer was well and truely over and then weaned him off them through the autumn.
I think it might be worth talking to your vet about possibly using human antihistamines (such as Piriton tablets) because I don't suppose all vets know the same things, and if your vet does give you the go ahead like H's vet did, they might find a way to help you buy the tablets in bulk and save yourself a few pennies!!! (H turned up to the yard one day with a big box of tablets...must have been 20+ packets in there)
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Post by zara on Sept 6, 2011 8:22:02 GMT
Yes horses can have the same antihistamines as horses but not sure how effective they are. Speak to your vet and if so buy the cheap generic brands not branded such as Piriton as at least 3x the price. (generic name of Piriton is chlorpheniramine). Of course if his breathing problem isn't allergy related they won't help anyway. Hope he gets better quickly xxxx
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Post by ceej on Sept 6, 2011 19:07:20 GMT
Yes as Piriton is very expensive!!! have e-mailed vet for her view (she is really good at alternative stuff too). He seems to have it mildly all year but twice a year its really bad and it does seem to coincide with hay fever for many people. Its awful hearing his breathing like that...poor chap (still tried to canter off down the field earlier though!)
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Post by scattymare on Sept 6, 2011 21:20:26 GMT
Don't know how effective it is but I've heard of people putting vaseline just inside the nostrils to trap the pollen particles
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Post by ceej on Sept 7, 2011 6:07:39 GMT
hm thats interesting - could try a nose net thing too o guess? sol, will google that stuff, thanks...
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Post by rainbow on Sept 7, 2011 6:49:31 GMT
My friend is using the cheap ones from boots and she is giving 5 a day for a big heavy weight cob for his sweat itch. It defiantly seems to be keeping his itch at bay along with his marmite sandwich and Vit b tablets.
Some on the yard knows someone that feeds 7-10 a day when her horses gets really bad!
Its just playing around with the dosage to see what works right.
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