Colitis

[Sarahruss]

Hi,

Just looking for some advice, my 30 year old mare has just spent 7 days in equine hospital from suffering from colitis. This happened not even 24 hours after giving her equest pramox and also did not have worm burden.

She has come home today and I am wondering if anyone else had been through the same? They said there is a chance she could go poorly again and i’m worried sick.

Any advice would be great.
Thank you

 

[Zoeypxo]

Sorry that this has happened, how is she now?

I have no experience with it personally but i have seen a few threads with similar happening after giving pramox. If you type in the search box on the top right ‘equest pramox’ the threads should come up.

 

[Sarahruss]

Thank you.

She seems ok, before this she eat anything and everything now shes picking and going back to things. Im hoping it’s because she needs a little time for her gut to get back to normal. Her poohs are normal.
Thank you I will have a look

 

[onemoretime]

I would not use Pramox. You are better doing a saliva test for tape worm testing. A lot of people have had horses colic on Pramox and for that reason I would not use it.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

I had the same with my 4yo (then 3yo).

Medium worm burden, wormed with equest (not the pramox version) and 7 days later he colicked and it turned into colitis. He then continued to experience colic episodes over the next 3 months, following stressful events (trip to the dentist clinic, trip to the horsepital). He still struggles with loose poo and I keep his diet highly restricted; no treats etc

The best treatment is grass and turnout.

Mine had two good worm tests and then had a medium burden again. After discussing with vet we decided not to go with steroids in advance of wormer due to his young age (he would then always need steroids before worming) and instead vet was on alert to just come out if he wasn't himself. He was absolutely fine, no reaction.

He remains grumpy because he had a sore tummy for over 6 months. He is always nervous of people brushing his tummy. I suspect there is some left over ulcer problems but treatment could trigger another colic so we're handling it conservatively. He isn't doing anything but gentle hacking and loves his work.

The vet gave us ColonAid which really helped firm up his poo but it was a struggle to wean him off it. I put Yea Sacc in his feed to ensure he absorbs the nutrients from his feeds, even if it is travelling through him quicker than it should.

 

[SEL]

I'm sorry your mare has been ill OP

Equest Pramox is metabolised via the horse's fat which is why it can cause problems in foals or horses of low bodyweight. No idea if that applies to your mare but I wondered given her age.

I've known two horses with ulcers also react quite badly to it. Both bounced back but were never wormed with it again.

I hope she recovers well - it's always that bit more stressful with the oldies xx

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Sorry your mare has been ill I have seen so many horses react to pramox I won't use it on any of my horses now.

Hopefully she will be fine after a few days fingers crossed for you

 

[GypsGal1718]

I hope she will get back to full health soon, premix is very strong so that is probably why as a lot of horses colic on it. Don’t beat yourself up about it, we all make mistakes

 

[Sarahruss]

Hi,
thank you all for your kind words, we was advised to give her the womer off our vet because of the saliva test we did. She seems to be doing great so just hoping she stay good. She has her full appetite back now which is fab as she also doesn’t have many teeth because of her age. Never again will I give her pramox or my other horses! X

 

[GypsGal1718]

My auto correct is so annoying! I wrote Pramox!