TPO
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Anyone any experience of giving a lami horse ventipulmin or any contradictions to doing so?
My horse just went suddenly pottery so vet out and lami diagnosed. No obvious cause or trigger for it, no heat or pulses.
Horse to be box rested for 2wks then vet back out to do TRH test and glucose challenge and possibly another week of box rest. Vets best guess is that horse has some form of insulin disregulation going on but as he's only 9 he's quite young for it (although he's seen it in younger horses).
Horse has mild asthma and was stabled overnight. He was getting approx 1/4 scoop of ventipulmin as maintenance. Being in 24/7 will trigger his asthma. He already has dust extracted bedding, dampened hay and he's stabled beside barn doors which will be left open while he's in, barn also has ventilated cladding on both long sides. Vet said because we don't know what has caused the lami he's unsure if I should continue with ventipulmin right now.
Obviously I'll see how horse fares and will contact vet with any concerns but was just wondering if anyone had first hand experience of a respiratory compromised horse having lami and medication?
Also any ideas to entertain a lami horse who has never box rested before? My usual involves hiding carrots and snack balls but guessing that's not ideal for a lami horse who may have insulin issues.
TIA
My horse just went suddenly pottery so vet out and lami diagnosed. No obvious cause or trigger for it, no heat or pulses.
Horse to be box rested for 2wks then vet back out to do TRH test and glucose challenge and possibly another week of box rest. Vets best guess is that horse has some form of insulin disregulation going on but as he's only 9 he's quite young for it (although he's seen it in younger horses).
Horse has mild asthma and was stabled overnight. He was getting approx 1/4 scoop of ventipulmin as maintenance. Being in 24/7 will trigger his asthma. He already has dust extracted bedding, dampened hay and he's stabled beside barn doors which will be left open while he's in, barn also has ventilated cladding on both long sides. Vet said because we don't know what has caused the lami he's unsure if I should continue with ventipulmin right now.
Obviously I'll see how horse fares and will contact vet with any concerns but was just wondering if anyone had first hand experience of a respiratory compromised horse having lami and medication?
Also any ideas to entertain a lami horse who has never box rested before? My usual involves hiding carrots and snack balls but guessing that's not ideal for a lami horse who may have insulin issues.
TIA