Choke?

[LuanneCat]

I know this should be in vet but more people in here. The drama this week doesn't seem to stop

. Just had the vet out for Mighty pony

. On evening check she had what looked like choke so I observed for all of five minutes until she started sweating and her belly was really tensing as well as her neck.

She was almost normal when vet arrived and he checked her all over and gave her antispasmodics just in case and said brilliant to turn her out in starvation paddock by the house.

She seems fine now but doing some reading I figured she had very few of the choke signs. There was no saliva/food from nose or mouth. She didn't cough once and I did have to prevent her eating whilst waiting for vet.

What she did do is really as in really tense her neck like a vomiting motion (horses don't vomit I know but the only way to describe). She did sweat and her heart and respiration rate shot up. She was also obviously in pain as couldn't tolerate King anywhere near her and seemed mildly distressed.

So could it have been choke anyway and are there any after effects of the antispasmodic I should look out for.



A very worried Haze

x

 

[alfirules]

my pony had choke twice in one week a little while ago.

the symptoms he showed was that he almost sat down on his hind legs, he made a horrible squeal/ groaning noise and then lurched forward and looked like he was trying to vomit. he did this just once the first time and then it cleared but the second time he did it every five minutes for about half an hour and then it cleared by itself the vet did come and give him some anti inflammatories. the vet said he got it for the second time because his oesophagus swelled up from the first blockage and thats why he needed the anti inflammatories.

hope that helps!

 

[shadowboy]

Shadow was really prone to choke- he would stop eating, put his ears back and try to vomit, with his neck stretched out full and low. He would also make distressing noises. I would sometimes see the lump in his throat and massage it, until it moved down- he would start looking for food as soon as the lump had gone- apparently they can be more suseptable to choke just after they have had one episode because their gullet become inflamed. I tried really watering his food and usually this worked but i think it happened because he would try to eat too fast.

 

[Shilasdair]

Your pony's symptoms do sound very like a relatively mild choke. They are more prone immediately afterwards to do it again...as the gullet is inflamed/scratched and damaged. Also some horses choke so often that they develop scar tissue in their gullet which narrows it, creating more choke and so it goes.
I found that feeding apples seems to make them choke...and making sure everything was damp and at ground level.
Hope it's just a one off for you...and the drugs shouldn't do anyharm.
S

 

[LuanneCat]

Thank you. Just checked her again and she seems unsettled but fine. Vet was wonderful and insisted on coming straight out anyway. Still think it was great the smile on his face as he told me he wished every call ended like this one lol. I really do feel guilty about him coming out for not much but described the symptoms and he said choke most likely but also maybe first colic stages and he'd be right there. Also good is my French must be getting better as got everything across and understood most of it WOOO

. feel all weird now but as long as she's OK so am I.