pinkcatkin
Well-Known Member
We have an adorable 20 year old Section B pony on permanent loan as a companion. She is a pony made in heaven, sweet, biddable, happy. Sadly she came to us with COPD and cannot have dry hay. In the winter we soak hay if she has to have any at all. We are also extremely careful about not letting her be around if we are changing bedding, etc.
Her bouts of wheeziness do not follow a pattern. She is worse if it is very humid or very windy but she is not always worse if she steals any dry hay.
Her owner has always paid for Ventapulmin which seems to be the only thing that works for her. We recently tried Respimin, a new herbal product, but it did nothing. She has never been so bad in the winter and I am worried that she is just generally getting worse.
Does anybody have experience of COPD and any helpful comments? We want to do everything we can to keep her going as long as it is fair to do so but I wondered if there were any other products that might help?
Her bouts of wheeziness do not follow a pattern. She is worse if it is very humid or very windy but she is not always worse if she steals any dry hay.
Her owner has always paid for Ventapulmin which seems to be the only thing that works for her. We recently tried Respimin, a new herbal product, but it did nothing. She has never been so bad in the winter and I am worried that she is just generally getting worse.
Does anybody have experience of COPD and any helpful comments? We want to do everything we can to keep her going as long as it is fair to do so but I wondered if there were any other products that might help?