Ilovefoals
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Anyone know what might be causing this?
I weaned my 2 babies the middle of november. We had really bad snow so I took the opportunity and stabled them together away from their mummies. Lola was not impressed and kept trying to leap the door so I had to shut them in totally for 2 days til she chilled out. After a week, they both developed snotty noses. Very white and very thick but no coughs and still perfectly perky and mischeivous. Vet came and said temps were normal, no rattles in their chests and felt it could be due to dust from being stabled. He gave them a course of oral antibiotics and they were turned out all day and in at night.
Snot cleared up after a few days of antibiotics but came back again as soon as they were finished. Went to the vet, got more antibiotics but a longer course. Again, it cleared it up and seemed to stay away longer this time. I decided when the weather turned milder to turn them both out 24/7 in case the straw was aggravating them but the snot still returned, even thicker this time and accompanied by a cough. Vet came back, this time detected some upper respiratory rattles but still normal temps and perky behaviour. Jabbed them both with a long acting penecillin which seemed to do the trick. That was xmas week.
Now it's back again!!! Darcy is worst, constantly blowing out snot but they are both still eating and drinking normally and behaving as they should. A different vet came out on thurs and is stumped as to why it keeps coming back. They still have normal temps and again a slight rattle but that's it! He swabbed them both tho it's not likely to be anything contagious. Their mums who they are back out with now are perfectly fine and their have been no horses into my place and the foals have been nowhere to pick anything up. The vet has jabbed them with a combination antibiotic of Penecillin and Streptomycin and has left the vials with me to jab them daily for the next 5 days. I'm just at a total loss as to why this snottyness isn't shifting!!!
Can anyone shed any light?
I'll add that they have yet to have their vaccinations. I was going to get them done the week they started with the snot and the vet has advised against it until they are properly healthy
I weaned my 2 babies the middle of november. We had really bad snow so I took the opportunity and stabled them together away from their mummies. Lola was not impressed and kept trying to leap the door so I had to shut them in totally for 2 days til she chilled out. After a week, they both developed snotty noses. Very white and very thick but no coughs and still perfectly perky and mischeivous. Vet came and said temps were normal, no rattles in their chests and felt it could be due to dust from being stabled. He gave them a course of oral antibiotics and they were turned out all day and in at night.
Snot cleared up after a few days of antibiotics but came back again as soon as they were finished. Went to the vet, got more antibiotics but a longer course. Again, it cleared it up and seemed to stay away longer this time. I decided when the weather turned milder to turn them both out 24/7 in case the straw was aggravating them but the snot still returned, even thicker this time and accompanied by a cough. Vet came back, this time detected some upper respiratory rattles but still normal temps and perky behaviour. Jabbed them both with a long acting penecillin which seemed to do the trick. That was xmas week.
Now it's back again!!! Darcy is worst, constantly blowing out snot but they are both still eating and drinking normally and behaving as they should. A different vet came out on thurs and is stumped as to why it keeps coming back. They still have normal temps and again a slight rattle but that's it! He swabbed them both tho it's not likely to be anything contagious. Their mums who they are back out with now are perfectly fine and their have been no horses into my place and the foals have been nowhere to pick anything up. The vet has jabbed them with a combination antibiotic of Penecillin and Streptomycin and has left the vials with me to jab them daily for the next 5 days. I'm just at a total loss as to why this snottyness isn't shifting!!!
Can anyone shed any light?
I'll add that they have yet to have their vaccinations. I was going to get them done the week they started with the snot and the vet has advised against it until they are properly healthy
