mariaandefe
Well-Known Member
Hi all!
I am a showjumping rider based in the useless country called Turkey
I have quite the case, my horse and I travelled 3 hours into the mountains for a dressage clinic where he came into contact with a mare (my horse is a stallion) he only sniffed her. Upon coming back, we changed his feed from a pelleted form into more of a mix form (same brand, same ingredients) - this feed is low quality I must add. I noticed after 3 days of sorta changing his feed he starting getting halo type hives around his eyes. 2 weeks later he is fully covered in awful hives (by this time I cut out any supplements and the ‘new feed’)
I talked with vets, he had antihistamine injections for 3 days. He was fine for 5 days then he started getting small hives again (as if they were insect bites) and each day they just kept getting bigger and bigger and spread around his whole body.
Vets decided to give him an immunomodulator, which done absolutely nothing.
So here we are 2 months later with the same episodes on hives. Horse is currently on plain oats, meadow hay, water, shavings and a bunch of human medicine for his liver.
PS i must add, we look a bunch of blood tests. Everything is normal (immune system, liver, kidneys etc).
I have read SO MUCH about this, I done an elimination diet as well as changed his shavings to straw
Main point to add, Turkey has absolutely nothing for horses (no allergy panel tests, no dust-free shavings etc, and the best type of feed we have here is either Red Mills or Saracen).
ABSOLUTELY ALL HELP AND TIPS ARE WELCOME
I am a showjumping rider based in the useless country called Turkey
I have quite the case, my horse and I travelled 3 hours into the mountains for a dressage clinic where he came into contact with a mare (my horse is a stallion) he only sniffed her. Upon coming back, we changed his feed from a pelleted form into more of a mix form (same brand, same ingredients) - this feed is low quality I must add. I noticed after 3 days of sorta changing his feed he starting getting halo type hives around his eyes. 2 weeks later he is fully covered in awful hives (by this time I cut out any supplements and the ‘new feed’)
I talked with vets, he had antihistamine injections for 3 days. He was fine for 5 days then he started getting small hives again (as if they were insect bites) and each day they just kept getting bigger and bigger and spread around his whole body.
Vets decided to give him an immunomodulator, which done absolutely nothing.
So here we are 2 months later with the same episodes on hives. Horse is currently on plain oats, meadow hay, water, shavings and a bunch of human medicine for his liver.
PS i must add, we look a bunch of blood tests. Everything is normal (immune system, liver, kidneys etc).
I have read SO MUCH about this, I done an elimination diet as well as changed his shavings to straw
Main point to add, Turkey has absolutely nothing for horses (no allergy panel tests, no dust-free shavings etc, and the best type of feed we have here is either Red Mills or Saracen).
ABSOLUTELY ALL HELP AND TIPS ARE WELCOME