Horses on Antibiotics?

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(Also in NL..) Many years ago the owner of my loan mare, Lady, nearly lost her when a large lump covering her side basically exploded..To this day the vets don't know what it was and she has a large scar down her side which usually doesn't affect her, however there is always a very small soft lump at the bottom.

Every now and then it flairs up and the lump becomes hard and her teats also become swollen and i can 'milk' a liquid from them. She has seen a vet about this, and a course of antibiotics clears everything up.

I can't remember if last time I carried on as normal or if she had to have time off. Is it usual to stop exercising a horse on antibiotics? Should I just walk and see how she is? Or just leave her?

Sorry for the long rambling post..
 
I often keep working mine fully on antibiotics, mine often get them as a precaution so they can carry on competing though.
 
I guess it depends why the horse is on antibiotics. If it's for a condition that affects their movement or rubs when tack and rider are on board, or is making them feel down and ill and off their food etc, then I certainly wouldn't ride. Would you still go into work/go to the gym/etc if you were on antibx for a nasty infection and you felt awful?

Antibx as a precaution? Wow! I would have thought that was one of the fastest routes to antibiotic-resistant infections? GPs don't do that any more for exactly that reason.
 
They will have something that requires antibiotics, usually a cut from XC, they will have a few sachets just to make sure that they dont get an infection so that they can compete again. never caused me any problems so far.
 
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I guess it depends why the horse is on antibiotics. If it's for a condition that affects their movement or rubs when tack and rider are on board, or is making them feel down and ill and off their food etc, then I certainly wouldn't ride. Would you still go into work/go to the gym/etc if you were on antibx for a nasty infection and you felt awful?

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No it doesn't affect her movement at all and she is fine in herself! I am taking her for a walk this morning to see how she is, if she doesn't feel right I will just take her home and give her a few days off! Thanks for the replies
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