Birker2020
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Has anyone's horse been treated for this?
What was the outcome?
Did the horse require surgery or the drug phenylphrine or did loads of lunging help the situation?
My horse was diagnosed with this earlier this evening by my vet who gave him a rectal examination. I've just come back from the yard where I have been lunging him in an effort to try and get the displacement moved away from where it is trapped by the spleen on the recommendation of the vet. Bailey is nil by mouth. Fortunately he is not dehydrated although he has electrolytes in his water just in case. The vet has said he will come back at 11am tommorow but is hopefull that it should clear by itself with the lunging I have been doing.
If not Bailey will need to be given phenylephrine but my vet isn't really very happy about this as it is a bit of a dodgy drug to give with horses who have second degree heart block which is what Bails has as it can cause a heart attack.
I am more than a little worried about him tonight and hoping when I get to the yard in the morning he is better. His colic came on suddenly. The vet says he is full of grass. He had half his tea and then started pawing at the ground, rolling in his stable and then rolling in the menage when I was walking him around before the vet arrived. He was also sweating and his gums were very pale but his temperature was normal. He also poohed a very small amount, something which I noticed immediately on our hack earlier today, apparently this is a symptom too.
The vet doubts he will need surgery and says there is only a 5% chance of this needing to happen thank God.
What was the outcome?
Did the horse require surgery or the drug phenylphrine or did loads of lunging help the situation?
My horse was diagnosed with this earlier this evening by my vet who gave him a rectal examination. I've just come back from the yard where I have been lunging him in an effort to try and get the displacement moved away from where it is trapped by the spleen on the recommendation of the vet. Bailey is nil by mouth. Fortunately he is not dehydrated although he has electrolytes in his water just in case. The vet has said he will come back at 11am tommorow but is hopefull that it should clear by itself with the lunging I have been doing.
If not Bailey will need to be given phenylephrine but my vet isn't really very happy about this as it is a bit of a dodgy drug to give with horses who have second degree heart block which is what Bails has as it can cause a heart attack.
I am more than a little worried about him tonight and hoping when I get to the yard in the morning he is better. His colic came on suddenly. The vet says he is full of grass. He had half his tea and then started pawing at the ground, rolling in his stable and then rolling in the menage when I was walking him around before the vet arrived. He was also sweating and his gums were very pale but his temperature was normal. He also poohed a very small amount, something which I noticed immediately on our hack earlier today, apparently this is a symptom too.
The vet doubts he will need surgery and says there is only a 5% chance of this needing to happen thank God.
