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I don't know what to do I'm so worried.
Just had a phonecall from my YO and she has said that my horse along with all the other geldings in his field are in isolation!
A new gelding came over from Ireland on Friday, he was kept in 24 hrs to worm then turned out with our boys. Well he was seen coughing by yard owner and they had the vet out today and he has a temperature and I saw he had a nasal discharge yesterday.
I am to drive down to my field and check him in there and not come up onto the yard at all. I am going to ring her and ask her if I can come onto the yard before going down to him today and get a few days feed and a change of rug, then obviously won't need to go onto the yard at all.
I am so worried, I won't know for 2 or 3 days if the new gelding has something nasty or obviously if my boy does too.
The vet must be thinking strangles I'm guessing else there surely wouldn't be this much fuss :(
Please keep fingers crossed for my boy, I loves him I do.
 
Fingers crossed your horse hasn't got anything. Surely it would have been more logical to keep the other horse in isolation for a week or so to make sure it was clear before putting it in with a herd? I hope its nothing too serious and your horse and all the others are okay :)
 
Thats rotten luck! :(

I hope its nothing serious.

Your YO should be fine with you collecting a few bits and bobs if its before you see him.
 
oh dear poor you! please dont panic too much it could all just be precautionary and the YO is doing all the right things. if i were you id get a thermometer and take ur boys temp every day. normal temp is 99-101°F (37.2-38.3°C) and with strangles it goes up quite rapidly often as high as 41C so that can be a good indication of illness so if ur boys temp stays down you know hes probably ok. try to stay calm and im sure it will be ok:)
 
Your yo is a bit silly allowing a horse new to the yard so quickly into the main herd especially one from Ireland !!! I would not be happy with that in the slightest!!!
 
Firstly I hope yours and the other horses are alright.

Second I hope your YO has learnt her lesson about isolating new horses for more than 24 hours!!!

Practically every horse that travels over in a big wagon with a load of other horses will either pick up something en route or at the very least present with a runny nose and possible cough simply from standing with their heads up in a less than airy environment for hours on end. So it may be nothing to worry about, and presumably the vet is running bloods etc and will give you a definitive answer asap.

As a YO i generally stick up for YOs on here, but in this instance I'd be ****ing annoyed.
 
Agree with Rowreach, hopefully it is just a case of the "travel snots" as I have so delightfully heard it called.

I think your plan of a phonecall to the YO about picking up supplies sounds a good idea and not much to ask!

Fingers crossed she will have learnt from this episode!!!
 
Got to love YOers she puts a horse from Ireland of all places into the field with your horse and then says you can't come to the yard !
You must isolate a week and check temperatures daily for new horses very very sloppy .
That's awful for you I hope it's not strangles fingers crossed
 
Try not to stress out too much - I am sure it is just precautionary. My little guy had a nasty virus when we got back from Equifest but I now think it was just because of the stress/change of scenery/sauna stabling/very hot and humid then I turned him out in the field and the weather changed to much colder over night.

He had a nasty runny nose for about 5 days then it cleared up. Managed to give it to a couple of the other ponies in the field but no one got a cough with it!
 
As well as being furious with YO, as this is her fault (putting new horse with yours), make sure you get a field rate for however long this takes.

Secondly, what's with the Ireland comment. My horses are very well looked after and vaccinated. Not all of us here keep horses in a bog with no attention. Insert smiley face!

Terri
 
Equilibrium Ireland said:
Secondly, what's with the Ireland comment. My horses are very well looked after and vaccinated. Not all of us here keep horses in a bog with no attention. Insert smiley face!

Terri
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So are mine well looked after, but there's no telling what other horses they are going to be squashed together with for hours on end, or how long the journey will end up being door to door.

And sadly an awful lot of people do indeed keep horses in a bog with no attention:(
 
I hope your not having to pay for any facilities during this period and that if it is strangles and they all need several blood tests YO is going to pay for it!

To the irish offended by the comments its not just the horse you buy its what ever else it comes over with that causes problems.
 
It was Goresbridge sales last week. Did the horse come from there? Not unusual for them to come home 'snotty'. Lots of young ,unvaccinated horses in close proximity. Poor show from yard owner not to isolate horse, wherever it came from!
 
galaxy said:
Agree with Rowreach, hopefully it is just a case of the "travel snots" as I have so delightfully heard it called.

I think your plan of a phonecall to the YO about picking up supplies sounds a good idea and not much to ask!

Fingers crossed she will have learnt from this episode!!!
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:D:D:D yep us that travel our horses on boats regularly do use that phrase

Boats seem to be the worst cause for it due to the lack of air circulation - you can get them even when you take every possible precaution - though the guys on our boats are really very helpful.

The fact that the horse has the snots so quickly does indicate more towards the travel snots and they can be very yellow/green and thick - so remain calm - don't take any chances though
 
Just got back from yard and my boy is quite happy (thinks he is on holiday)
I was given the ok to fetch him some supplies ( feed, hoof pick, fly spray and rugs) but she would prefer me not to go back onto to the yard now unless emergency.
She was very apologetic and trying to play it down, although you can see the worry in her face.
I'll be keeping everything crossed and will update as soon as I know anything.

I didn't mean anything about him being from Ireland, just was stating the facts, in that he was an unknown horse that not even the person who bought him had even seen before. No he wasn't from a sale, the owner knows his breeder and has bought from him before.
Apparently had a clean bill of health before he left Ireland so would strangles show symptoms that quickly, he is a youngster and left Thursday and arrived Friday?
 
Goldenstar said:
Got to love YOers she puts a horse from Ireland of all places into the field with your horse and then says you can't come to the yard !
You must isolate a week and check temperatures daily for new horses very very sloppy .
That's awful for you I hope it's not strangles fingers crossed
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Now that's just insulting! Ireland of all places?! No need to be rude at all. Horses can pick up infections anywhere- id be more worried about keeping a horse on a yard so lax it doesn't isolate any new horse that comes in no matter where it was coming from.
 
I think she's a bit daft TBH! We buy and sell and import A LOT of Irish horses over, all of my new arrivals have a week in with limited turnout in their travel groups before being allowed out with the longer term residents! It's prob just travel snot, best thing she can do is isolate the horse off in another field so it keeps its head down and let nature run its course, any others that come down with it can then be slung out with it also till they clear up. I have dealt with the "dreaded strangles" on several occasions and its really not as bad as everyone tries to make it out to be, more of a hinderence than anything else. At our old yard we had a couple of liveries come down with it and nothing else had got it nor had anything else in the area, so its just one of those annoying bugs that goes around and pops up every now and then. Don't panic!
 
My YO buys a lot from a dealer who imports horses from Ireland and they are always in quarantine for at least 2 weeks. It's nothing against the fact they are from Ireland, it's because said dealer has lots of horses in and out and sometimes they do have some nasties with them! Hope your boy is OK and it's just a virus..
 
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