Anyone had a horse scoped for ulcers....

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As per title really. Just wondering if you have to take horse to vets, or if they can do it at the yard.

Horse really needs doing, but I dont have any more holiday days left from work to take during week!
 
I had my boy scoped...I took him to the vets to be done...though I think some vet practices do have mobile scoping units.

TBH, if possible I would say take him in, they are better set up to do it at the vets should there be any difficulties.

You shouldn't need a whole day off work, if you can arrange to drop off first thing, and collect last thing you may only need an hour off each end of the day.

My vet will take horses in and allow collection until approx 6pm, so you could always drop off the night before and let the vet deal with the over night starvation?!
 
I leave my house before 7 for work, and dont often get back until 630, so it is a full day off! And I need to get my trailer fixed before horse can go anywhere, which will be about another month before its back on the road.
 
My horse wasnt scoped for ulcers but was scoped for her choking. She was done at the yard under sedation. They said that if her choking doesnt stop then they would scope further down and again would be done at the yard.
 
My 4yo was scoped 3 times to check ulcers that he developed as a secondary to peritonitis, I took him into the clinic the night before on all occasions as he needed to be starved overnight and much easier to do that at the clinic than at home with him watching all his mates eating.

Not sure if practices do mobile scoping.

Good luck anyway
 
My TB was scoped at home, it was much easier for them to come to me.
It really wasn't as bad as I expected it to be and the YO was happy to keep an eye on his afterwards so I could get back to work.
 
Mine was scoped both at home and at the clinic! If they have an endoscope long enough to scope for ulcers then by the very nature of the bit of kit they are using, it is mobile, so you will be able to have it done at the yard.

TBH it's very quick and easy, and the horse was right as rain and back on the box wide awake before I'd even picked up the drugs! I just made a sign for the stable door saying he was being starved for veterinary treatment and should not be fed anything - all fine.
 
My horse has been scoped at the vets hes being done again tomorrow to make sure they have gone and we are doing that at the yard as they use a mobile specialist
 
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