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Hi,

Anyone else had a pony/horse react badly to a standard sedative (like when u have teeth done).
My daughters new pony nearly died yesterday the reaction was so severe, she couldn't breath and could barely stay on her feet.
The vet got it under control using steroids, but once they wore off she started to react again, but this time it was different, her whole body was shaking and her guts were going bad, just like when they get colic. So had vet out again, more steroids and something to help with her guts, it worked but it was a worrying night as no one knew how she would be once steroids wore off again.

Its awful to see any pony go through that, and was scary.
Thankfully she's fine today, has to stay on a weeks box rest, there is now a risk of laminitus because of the steroids.

We only got her on Monday !!!!
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omg poor pony! Hope she recovers well, not a good start to her life with you. Did the previous owner fail to mention her allergy to sedatives, or did they never get her teeth done? Or i suppose like humans horses can react to something anytime and develop an allergy over time.
 
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Hi,

Anyone else had a pony/horse react badly to a standard sedative (like when u have teeth done).
My daughters new pony nearly died yesterday the reaction was so severe, she couldn't breath and could barely stay on her feet.
The vet got it under control using steroids, but once they wore off she started to react again, but this time it was different, her whole body was shaking and her guts were going bad, just like when they get colic. So had vet out again, more steroids and something to help with her guts, it worked but it was a worrying night as no one knew how she would be once steroids wore off again.

Its awful to see any pony go through that, and was scary.
Thankfully she's fine today, has to stay on a weeks box rest, there is now a risk of laminitus because of the steroids.

We only got her on Monday !!!!
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My pony had exactly the same reaction.

He was already very ill with peritonitis and was tubed the day before as he wasn't drinking or eating anything and had a very high temp. The next day when the vet tried to tube him again he wasn't having any of it, so she sedated him and very quickly he couldn't breath or hardly stand up. His breathing was alarming fast and he was really struggling, I really did think we were going to lose him. We were all in tears even the vet!

After an hour or so he did start to return to normal. I've never had him sedated since and will never do again.

Out of interest what shes like? Whats her breeding? Mines a 14hh welsh x, and at the time he was only 9.

Hope shes ok now.
 
My old loan mare reacted to sedative too!

She was being sedated for clipping, was ok for a couple of minutes, then started to violently shake and collapsed in her stable onto her side. She then started to froth at the mouth slightly, and was still violently shaking!

The vet was a new locum at the time, and this was the first time we had ever sedated the mare (was 12yrs old at the time), this was the first winter owner decided to clip her, which mare does not like!

The vet didn't know what to do and was panicking....so you can imagine how the yard staff were!!He rang the office and they told him to inject steroids, she slowly stopped shaking and eventually got to her feet (with no other reactions). The next summer same vet saw to a cut on her leg (I had asked for a different vet but it was an emergency and he was the only one available) and he said he would quite like to inject her again to see if she gets the same reaction!!!!!! erm....NO!
 
Her history wasn't known, she was picked up in a sales ring in ireland and shipped here to be sold, I bought her from the person who had shipped her over, and have no idea on breed.
Her teeth are really bad, vet reckons she's never had them done, so needs major work and wont be able to have a sedative.
I am taking her down to the vets where they can put her in a stock to do the work. It will only be a one off in her life, as she'll get the annual check up and a rasp to keep them good thereafter. She sure isn't getting sedated again.

She absolutely fine now, thank god
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Oh my god thats awful. At least hving major work done at the vets she will be in the right place and the stock is not that bad and most horses feel some kind of security in there our vets have one and we have had to take horses down there for our EDT to do them. We have had quite a few horses over from Ireland over the last couple of years and every single one of them has had to have major work done on them, I now make it my policy that if a livery buys a horse from Ireland or via someone from Ireland like you the first thing we do is get our EDT out.

You should ask the vet to note on her passport about her bad reaction to sedation so that if you ever sell her then the new owners will know not to have her sedated for any reason. You are right to keep feeling her hooves as Steriods can cause Laminitis espcially when the spring grass comes through. Hopefully she will be fine and never get laminitis. I have only seen a reaction to sedative once in my life and would never want to see it again I don't like sedatives for this reason.

Good luck with her all your ponies look real sweeties.
 
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