Horse vomit! ( also in vet)

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I ride for a friend, she just called to say she thinks the horse is in as bad way, he has stuff coming out of his nose and "vomit" from his mouth.

I said horses cant vomit... shes calling the vet immediatly.

Hes hanging his neck low and swaying it from side to side.

I know this is not enough info for any kind of diagnosis, but i need help!!!

Shes phoned back and says its like mucas coming from his nose and mouth, slevers are dripping from him.

She phoned the vet and she advised to walk him for 15 mins, i told her to call the vet back and get her to come out anyway.

Her OH fed them tonight, shes just gonna call the OH back to see how he was before he was fed.

I cant get to him, his owner is very good with him.

Please send good vibes to Laurence!!!

Ps he's also making a squeak like a puppy being trod him, an agonising squeak ...

oh and hes breathing and walking.
 
Get the vet out!!!!!

I would be getting the vet out ASAP! Any puss/mucus coming from the mouth is never a good thing!
 
Would also say choke, massage the throat up and down and wait for vet. My horses favourite trick is choking. Good news is that if its coming up already then its more likley the blockage has cleared. They will still probably pump the stomach to make sure :)
 
dominobrown said:
Sounds like choke. Best to get vet out soon.
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I ditto this. Choke is usually caused when a horse doesn't chew its food properly. Your friend mustn't let your horse eat anything else. The horse will either cough out the food which is stuck or swallow it, if choke lasts for longer than about 20 mins, I would call the vet. She can help the horse by massage along the underside of the horse's neck to encourage the horse to swallow and also to help the food to move down the oespohagus.
 
Definately sounds like choke, she needs the vet asap who will probably put a tube up the horses nose and into the throat to flush with warm water and clear the blockage. It isn't pleasant to watch but is normally effective.
 
sonjafoers said:
Definately sounds like choke, she needs the vet asap who will probably put a tube up the horses nose and into the throat to flush with warm water and clear the blockage. It isn't pleasant to watch but is normally effective.
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So his chances are good?

Whats the best after care? He lives out but can be stabled.
 
Arghhh had this before!!
could be the muscles in the neck weakening so whenever the horse eats something its gets stuck, horse chokes, and vomits it up again through the nose and mouth....
The horse i know who had this had to be PTS cuz it couldnt get any better :/ x
 
I'm no expert but my old horse had this - assuming of course it is the same thing.

The vet cleared the blockage reasonably easily using the tube & warm water, but he did say he was now more susceptible to repeat attacks and not to feed unsoaked hay as this was the most likely thing to cause a problem.

My horse had 2 episodes reasonably close together but none after that - I honestly don't know if this is normal I'm afraid so sorry may not be much help.
 
The vet will probably advise your friend about what is best to do afterwards.

If this is the first time the horse has ever had choke, the chances are he probably just ate his food too quickly. One of my horses choked once after eating a carrot too quickly. It lasted for about 20 mins and eventually he swallowed it. We turned him out as usual overnight, we just didn't give him any hard feed that day as the muscles in the neck would have still have been tight and this could have caused him to choke again.
 
Yes that's how mine was managed after each attack, then hard feed was to be re-introduced gradually and to be fed as wet as possible.

Glad things are ok
 
My boy had choke recently. Gave me the fright of my life. Symptoms match, including the pathetic noise he was making.

He was on a sparse field (too fat) and gorged his haylage when I was tacking up. Luckily others at yard recognised what was wrong. We massaged his windpipe and it cleared with no vet intervention.

I turned him out and he's been fine since (touch wood). All future haylage will be fed in small holed net! I uually do, but not that time...
 
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