pollen allergy/heaves

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xxxloz123

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Hi I posted a thread on here a while back asking people if they had any experiences with their horses with pollen allergies. Although I got a few good feed backs from some people I still feel they are not going to help my boy this summer. Hes 23 now and is getting worse each pollen season. I know he has pollen allergies and dust allergies. The vet confirmed he had copd 3 years ago. Hes to bad to be ridden at all now. Hes been on steriods for the past 2 years now and i wanted to know if anyone has found anything else that helped their horses. He heaves a lot in the summer and drops a lot of weight and generally looks awful! Im just not ready to give up on him just yet when he only like this for a few months in the summer. I also got him some herbal nasal spray for hay fever which are helping him atm! Thanks x
 
Hi, Mine also suffers from pollen, although he is ok with dust etc. I have tried most things without success but this year I have tried equiwinner patches. I still don;t know if they have worked as there doesn't seem to be much pollen around with this dull weather but i have everything crossed! I hope you find something to help x
 
Mine used to get nose bleeds quite badly due to the pollen and i now have one who head shakes because of it!!!! I found that beconase worked quite well he used to have two squirts up each nostril every morning and it made a huge difference!!! Hope that helps!!!!!
 
How awful for you :( allergies are horrid things in humans and horses. Not sure if you've tried it, but for my little man, i found the Equilibrium nose net really helped as did Winergy Ventilate. Chin up :)
 
thanks i have got him on some herbel nasal spray atm and it seems to be helping!! but its not summer yet which is when he gets really bad! i have tried nose nets and they didnt seem to do anything for him:( Such a struggle with him as he drops so much weight and i had the rspca out to him last year as there had been 4 complaints that i was neglecting him. And Had people comming on to my fields and letting him into the bottom field where there was more grass and obviously more pollen. Little did they know they were making things 100x worse!
 
The kindest thing you can do for your horse is move him. If he has been getting progressively worse it seems clear that there is a local tree or crop or condition that is making him worse. Ideally you need a field at higher ground level away from crops.

The improvement could be so much that he could possibly be ridden again. Until you can find a new home try Global Herbs PollenX
 
He has been moved to 3 places and still no change. :( He is better where he is now than what he was at the place before
 
Antihistimines! My girl would have been PTS yrs ago if I hadnt tried them. My girl lives on them all yr round, as she has dust and pollen allergies. And is rideable all yr round. Yes it still takes longer to get her fit, and hard work to keep her fit, but it stops / reduces the allergic reations to the spores, so she can enjoy life.
A lot of vets say they dont work, but they dont cost much. They cost me £36 for 3000 tablets (from the vet) that last me 2-5 months (depending on her needs / dosage) And have worked wonders on quite a few allergy sufferers I know.
I've tried a few of the different chemical antihistimines, and by far the best I've found is cetrizine hydrochloride 10mg tablets
 
Can horses eat honey??? I have no idea if they can, but as someone who suffers from bad hay fever I was advised to eat locally produced honey every day as it helps build an immunity to local pollens. Might be worth a shot?
 
Course they can have honey. We always use it on the bit when mouthing youngster. You'll find local honey is more expensive though.
 
I have used something called Equicell to help with pollen allergies, we have rape surrounding us, and when it flowering the pollen in dreadful, the equicell gives their immune system a really good boost, helping to reduce the respone time to the allergic reaction, local honey fed at the same time is also really good, finding local honey isn't so easy!
 
our little 4yr came in almost two weeks ago heaving and stamping around...first vet said colic...next morning heaving just as bad if not bit worse...vet said pollen dust copd...that afternoon 3rd vet called as pony very bad...third vet took bit more time to listen to us about what had been going on and the fact the pony had a cough in the morning or after getting up...turns out he has an infection in his lower lung which could clearly be heard and has been on anti's and venaporlin(sorry spelling) for a week and is great and back in work...but he did say to pop him on very local honey as it will help him get used to the local pollen but it needs to be farmed locally to do any good
 
Hi thanks, il definatly try to get hold of some local honey! Just need a replacement for the steriods! they have gone up to £70 a pot! they only last about 3 weeks :( I'll ask about cetrizine hydrochloride and see if he has better luck on them
 
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