Cavalesse trial

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Well, Sunny started his 3 month Cavalesse trial today. I was going to wait until mid-April because he usually starts coughing mid May when the hawthorn comes into bloom. But to my horror I've seen some trees already in blossom so decided had to start today. Cavalesse is a relatively new product primarily designed to help sweet itch horses by blocking the production of histamine, but mfrs say it's also good for COPD/RAO. I expected it to be quite palatable because it's main constituent is water soluble B3. But it's quite bitter. Mfrs advise dripping it onto a sugar lump but Sunny needs 3mls daily which is too much even for 3 sugar lumps. But he happily ate his 3mls today dribbled onto a slice of bread with a smear of marmalade for good measure. Watching how happily he gobbled it up I'm changing to half a slice daily, no marmalade. This is really Sunny's last chance for any quality of life this summer so fingers crossed. My wonderful vets gave me a 3 month pack to trial (normally £90) and I hope to spread the word as far as possible to all sweet itch, RAO horse owners so will post periodically.
 
I started 2 of my guys on cavalesse , i had to pay for mine (£70 each) they have been on it for a couple of weeks now and even tho the midgys are out in force , no itching as yet. one is a 16h2 warmblood and the other is a 12h2 mule both suffer with awful sweet itch the big lad has a rambo sweet itch rug on but the mule is semi wild so wont have a rug on ,i guess time will tell , but i am worried it may not work on the big lad as he is covered in scabs on his face and legs where i think he has reacted to ticks :( .
 
Started my 18 yr old on it a couple of weeks ago for respiratory probs. My vet hadn't heard of the ? benefits for this so will be interested to see how it goes. Perry usually gets breathless/coughs mid April to May resulting in vets visits so hopefully this will help her! Paid £104 which seems a lot more than others!
 
did absolutely nothing for Paolino (last summer) and he ended up back on his cortisone powder. Im loaning him to an equestrian centre near Milan so hopefully he wont suffer as much as he does here at home. The owner of the eq will add fenugreek powder to his feed-he swears by it. Will let you know if it is a success.
 
My vets supplies the cavalesse it was £104 for 3 months. It also came with cream for sweet itch which I dont need but is only sold this way. I did discuss with my vet first who was happy for Perry to have this and will be interested to see if it helps her. Although it is a lot of money (as pointed out by my OH!!!) the usual vets visit for IV steroids and ventopulim last year was £120 so I can justify this. Also if it works will be worth every penny not to see her breathless and coughing all summer. x
 
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