GingerTrotter
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A very rare poster here but an avid reader on a lunch time at work
Thought I'd post this one up as its a bit odd and would be interested to hear if anyone has any thoughts.
A bit of the back story:
I bought this horse just under a year ago. 6 year old Clydsdale cross quarter horse. He wasn't flu vaccinated so I immediately got him started. The first time he had it he actually got the flu but recovered nicely, the second dose brought on a slight cough which didn't need vet treatment just a couple weeks field rest and then 3 weeks ago he had his annual booster.
2 weeks ago he got a swelling behind his shealth (which I now know there are lyph-nodes there) and then a very swollen willy - he got steroids into the vein and then a coarse of oral steroids which immediately brought his willy back to normal but the lyph-noded have stayed swolled (about the size of an apple cut in half). last week he had another coarse of oral steroids and anti-biotics which have all finished over the weekend - no change in swelling.
Vets now want to leave it and see what happens as they suspect an allergic reaction to something but not the flu jab in this case.
The horse is lethargic on the lunge (currently unridden and has been for a few months as I'm pregnant) and only manages about 10 mins before hes not going forward at all. with the occasional cough immediately after his first trot then no further coughing.
He is very relaxed and happy in himself and shows not other signs of illness to the vets are happy with him overall.
He has been known to have a nasty allergic reaction to tick bites and flies so has garlic and filly-no-mates (herbal supplement) in a daily chaff feed which thankfully this summer means he's had no bites at all that have swollen up and caused him any discomfort.
He is mildly overweight due to the lack of exercise - he's put on about 30-50kg over his ideal weight so now is off grass during the day with access to hay and then allowed into a small(ish) grass paddock at night which has been well grazed down - I changed him to this a week ago when I realised his weight was going in the wrong direction!
So all in all a bit of an odd one - anyone have any ideas whats wrong? Has he just got lazy due to the lack of ridden work and a little chubby so that's causing the lethargy? am I reading too much into that side and the swollen lymph-nodes are just a random thing that will settle soon...??
Thanks for reading!
Photos attached of his current weight.
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Thought I'd post this one up as its a bit odd and would be interested to hear if anyone has any thoughts.
A bit of the back story:
I bought this horse just under a year ago. 6 year old Clydsdale cross quarter horse. He wasn't flu vaccinated so I immediately got him started. The first time he had it he actually got the flu but recovered nicely, the second dose brought on a slight cough which didn't need vet treatment just a couple weeks field rest and then 3 weeks ago he had his annual booster.
2 weeks ago he got a swelling behind his shealth (which I now know there are lyph-nodes there) and then a very swollen willy - he got steroids into the vein and then a coarse of oral steroids which immediately brought his willy back to normal but the lyph-noded have stayed swolled (about the size of an apple cut in half). last week he had another coarse of oral steroids and anti-biotics which have all finished over the weekend - no change in swelling.
Vets now want to leave it and see what happens as they suspect an allergic reaction to something but not the flu jab in this case.
The horse is lethargic on the lunge (currently unridden and has been for a few months as I'm pregnant) and only manages about 10 mins before hes not going forward at all. with the occasional cough immediately after his first trot then no further coughing.
He is very relaxed and happy in himself and shows not other signs of illness to the vets are happy with him overall.
He has been known to have a nasty allergic reaction to tick bites and flies so has garlic and filly-no-mates (herbal supplement) in a daily chaff feed which thankfully this summer means he's had no bites at all that have swollen up and caused him any discomfort.
He is mildly overweight due to the lack of exercise - he's put on about 30-50kg over his ideal weight so now is off grass during the day with access to hay and then allowed into a small(ish) grass paddock at night which has been well grazed down - I changed him to this a week ago when I realised his weight was going in the wrong direction!
So all in all a bit of an odd one - anyone have any ideas whats wrong? Has he just got lazy due to the lack of ridden work and a little chubby so that's causing the lethargy? am I reading too much into that side and the swollen lymph-nodes are just a random thing that will settle soon...??
Thanks for reading!
Photos attached of his current weight.
xx