Please tell me your inhaler success stories

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My boy has been coughing and breathless on minimal exertion for a few weeks and after having antibiotics, Ventipulmin and Sputolosin and then a bronchoscopy, my vet is recommending inhalers, we're just waiting for the results of his tracheal wash which should be tomorrow. He's always had a bit of a problem with dust but has been fine without as long as he doesn't have dry hay or straw bedding. He went from winning his last two novice dressage tests to unrideable in the space of a few weeks. The whole thing is really upsetting me and I'm hating seeing him like this. If you've had success using inhalers please could you share your experience with me, and any tips for using them? I'm so fed up and need something to give me hope.
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a big on the nose mask or just the nostril one? with the full over the nose job -slowly, slowly with getting used to the mask, lots of treats and praise, we got him used to a grazing muzzle first, then a plant pot with a bit to go over the head as we were worried about him breaking the mask (which he did but it was repairable.) then very carefully with the drug as that seemed to really surprise hum wonder if it felt different. the company selling them were very helpful and you could try for 2 weeks (think it was)
 
My horse had the wash the other week and we are on inhalers, he has improved but is still coughing (no yellow stuff coming up now) :( :( they think it maybe something in his enviroment as if I take him somewhere else he is fine?! its so frustrating I am moving him to another yard in three weeks, drastic I know but I can not afford to keep up with the cost of the inhalers as the rate we are going through them. As far as using the inhalers he was a bit shocked to start with but with the baby inhaler (which they will give you) but you can load the chamber then cover the nostril which is working for me. Sorry I can be a ray of sunshine over this. I have heard lots of good things about the inhalers though :) fingers crossed for you!
 
I am just waiting for my Vet to arrive and show me how to use an inhaler on my horse - annunziata I think we are the same as you - lots of green/yellow gunk and probably something in the environment - but as I keep him at home moving yards is not an option. We have been struggling with excess snot since feb, he was scoped and had a trach wash back then, followed by antibiotics (norodine as nothing cultured) and steroids (prednidale) this cleared it up for a bit, but then it all came back. so back to vets last week for another scope and tests to be told its most probably asthma :-( . I already have him on haylage and wood pellets on rubber mats so am at a loss of what else I can do.
 
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I am just waiting for my Vet to arrive and show me how to use an inhaler on my horse - annunziata I think we are the same as you - lots of green/yellow gunk and probably something in the environment - but as I keep him at home moving yards is not an option. We have been struggling with excess snot since feb, he was scoped and had a trach wash back then, followed by antibiotics (norodine as nothing cultured) and steroids (prednidale) this cleared it up for a bit, but then it all came back. so back to vets last week for another scope and tests to be told its most probably asthma :-( . I already have him on haylage and wood pellets on rubber mats so am at a loss of what else I can do.[/QUOTE
let me know how you get on. I have to pop the rope over his nose and stand on it...strange I know but then he is an angel. How many puffs are you doing a day??? Moose is on 7 of each twice a day :(
Moose is also on wood pellets as shaving as well :( apparently it is a bad year for it but I dont know about you but I have never had this problem. Moose is moving home next year so will be in the same boat, I am taking him to a livery yard next to my field so if I have the same issue there i will have it at home.
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My boy has COPD but has been really struggling this summer (which he never has done before) with coughing.

Ventipulmin did not help so I started with inhalers. When I first started using an inhaler, he didn't like it at all.

First I started by practising putting the inhaler over one nose and praising him, then once he was happy with that, I got him used to the noise of the inhaler by spraying it around him, then finally combining the 2 and getting him used to the noise through the inhaler on his nose.

He is now so fine with it, I can even gently cover his other nose with my hand so that he is breathing more in from the nostril that has the inhaler on it....I do tend to give him a reward once done with a polo....

I have also found that he is much better done outside his stable not in.

My boy is currently on the inhalers twice a day (8 puffs of blue then 8 of the steroid brown one...which is a bit of a killer) but with soaked hay (fed on floor) and on bliss equivalent bedding, he is not coughing at all now which is great....I used to be on wood pellets but I found them quite dusty so I changed my bedding (although he was coughing after I changed over but before I had managed to crack the inhalers)....
 
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The best thing (in my experience as my old boy had copd) is to turn out rather than stable. His did eventually settle down with haylage and TB shavings. He had issues with the snowflake ones!
 
Yes, I def agree being out is much better for breathing for COPD...

Unfortunately I have to deal with sweet itch so I have to stable and my special needs boy has also had lami in the past so I also cant use haylage either :-((! So, unfortunately inhalers are the route for me and his cough that just wouldn't go away, now has completely! He was so difficult when I first tried using them but now he is an angel with it!
 
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Maloo said:
I am just waiting for my Vet to arrive and show me how to use an inhaler on my horse - annunziata I think we are the same as you - lots of green/yellow gunk and probably something in the environment - but as I keep him at home moving yards is not an option. We have been struggling with excess snot since feb, he was scoped and had a trach wash back then, followed by antibiotics (norodine as nothing cultured) and steroids (prednidale) this cleared it up for a bit, but then it all came back. so back to vets last week for another scope and tests to be told its most probably asthma :-( . I already have him on haylage and wood pellets on rubber mats so am at a loss of what else I can do.[/QUOTE
let me know how you get on. I have to pop the rope over his nose and stand on it...strange I know but then he is an angel. How many puffs are you doing a day??? Moose is on 7 of each twice a day :(
Moose is also on wood pellets as shaving as well :( apparently it is a bad year for it but I dont know about you but I have never had this problem. Moose is moving home next year so will be in the same boat, I am taking him to a livery yard next to my field so if I have the same issue there i will have it at home.
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He is on 10 puffs each of both blue and pink inhailers twice a day, then dilaterol in his food am & pm and Steroid tablets once a day. We have a small mask that just goes over one nostril - its proving fun to administer! (OK with the ventolin (blue) but not so happy with the pink (bec.. something....).

He is now on 24/7 turnout - but when the flys are bad he wanders and stands in his stable

The yellow/green snot from both nostrils cleared up after a couple of days, but now we have a dark green v thick snot from one nostril.. We will be reviewing in on Wednesday (day 10).
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