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Having had a discussion with the other vet on the case she doesnt think it was a reaction to the frozen, as when she discharged her post wash out etc she was clean - however from almost 2/3 days from being home the mare was chucking stuff out the back end and when the original vet scanned for...

Solar powered reolink in field, took the caravan down as soon as she started bagging up but the morning there was milk dripping I didnt leave the field til she had it at 9pm that evening. She did nothing I had read about re signs of labour and the only odd thing was a big cat stretch about an...

Heya experienced breeders Q - have you ever had a mare chuck up a lot of fluid from frozen and if so tried again with steroids to try s d reduce the inflammatory response? If so what was the outcome? Many thanks

We tried twice in 2020 with chilled - massive fluid reactions and a right mess. Had a free return in 2021 and new vet said go raw, deep horn and bingo healthy foal. Rolling the dice on frozen this year so we will see *crosses fingers*

Anyone got one that fits an ifor 511 please? For travelling a mare alone who is far happier with company (no I cant find a friend to take with her!)

Its swollen and hot enough for me to be concerned enough to be persevering with the cold therapy (mine live out and I usually leave well alone tbh!) still sound on it though. I'd be very interested in your long reply if you have time - all knowledge is worth having :)

I am not hosing - I said that! I have some cold boots, which we got on with v well with her front legs for a similar issue, she's reached that klutz stage, but applying to her back is a big mental block. God knows why bute hadn't occurred to me - doh! She's still on AB's from her peri rectal...

I'd like some thoughts from the brain trust on how others go about this as I dont think I am getting it right - or rather, could do better! Foal has been handled every day since birth, leads and loads well, has feet picked out and trimmed etc. Is very anti hose -not even going there atm,so got...

Here is PJ, 9 months old, still not weaned ?‍♀️ she’s had a peri recital abscess two weeks ago, we are on long term ABs and waiting rescan 14th Feb so not weaning til that’s done and dusted then this morning she somehow gouged a chunk out of her inner FR whilst standing eating hay ?

My nursey pen was one side horse net, one side pallet fenced and one side 4 lines of tape. They were all on from day 1 and she learnt v fast dont go near and Im pretty sure her mum taught her how to test if its on with her whiskers... I made a nearly fatal error when I let them out in to the...

DIET my mare used to do this, baffled the vet and trimmer for months. Eventually I had a soil sample then hay (made from same land she was grazing) done with forage plus and it turns out that our soil is high in metals, which were blocking the absorption of micronutrients like magnesium cobalt...

Vet - please look at my peri rectal abscess thread on here from last week! If there is more going on internally than you can see there is a high risk of sepsis if it bursts the wall into the rectum.

Just updating thing in case anyone else needs the info. They came home Tuesday, with potassium iodide to feed her to help break down the pus whilst the cultures were cooking. Luckily it came back sensitive to a few AB's so she's now on a long course and will be rescanned in 3 weeks. Fingers...

Hi folks - has anyone else's horse had a peri rectal abscess and what was the outcome? My 8 month old filly didn't look right Friday morning, I couldnt put my finger on it. Went back to her at lunch time and caught her straining to poo like it was really hard work and what she produced looked...

It’s more like standing straw after 40 deg this week ?‍♀️ Praying for rain at this point…