LadyRascasse
Well-Known Member
Hi,
Long story short my horse had what we think is an allergic reaction which resulted in a large swelling on his chest. Vet came out prescribed prednisolone to help with the inflammation, we opted to do this orally as he is extremely vet phobic and there is a huge risk to both the horse and handlers when needles are involved so for everyone's safety I asked for the oral option. He is having 2 sachets twice a day for 3 days then the dose lowers. Anyway he had 2 sachets last night and he was very fresh so turned him out cantered around a bit before grazing. This morning he his standing in corner of his field no interest in me when I enter with a bucket of food. eventually got him to come over for his food, nibbled at it then just stood there. He was doing odd muscle tremors and a little headshaking (though I could be paranoid about the headshaking as recently lost on that way) As soon as I left the field he went back to where he was before. Has anyone else had side effects from this drug? If no improvement this PM I will get the vet back out but its such a stressful ordeal for him that I don't want to call them prematurely.
Long story short my horse had what we think is an allergic reaction which resulted in a large swelling on his chest. Vet came out prescribed prednisolone to help with the inflammation, we opted to do this orally as he is extremely vet phobic and there is a huge risk to both the horse and handlers when needles are involved so for everyone's safety I asked for the oral option. He is having 2 sachets twice a day for 3 days then the dose lowers. Anyway he had 2 sachets last night and he was very fresh so turned him out cantered around a bit before grazing. This morning he his standing in corner of his field no interest in me when I enter with a bucket of food. eventually got him to come over for his food, nibbled at it then just stood there. He was doing odd muscle tremors and a little headshaking (though I could be paranoid about the headshaking as recently lost on that way) As soon as I left the field he went back to where he was before. Has anyone else had side effects from this drug? If no improvement this PM I will get the vet back out but its such a stressful ordeal for him that I don't want to call them prematurely.