Recent hobday, soft palate cauterisation experiences?

[SEL]

As title really? That's what is being proposed for the microcob. How did they get on afterwards?

Gut reaction since she came to me in early summer was the breathing was more than a pollen issue, but I so wish I'd been wrong. Costs are going to need to come into play sadly because we're down to 1 income with covid so I've asked for an approx quote and we'll go from there.

 

[ihatework]

Get a quote from Ben Brain, he does this routinely and his yard is set up just for this. Cheaper than the vet hospitals.

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

Guessing this isn't your PSSM one?

 

[SEL]

Guessing this isn't your PSSM one?

No - its the supposedly healthy one that I took on at the beginning of lock down to have some fun on while the PSSM one recovered from her latest self harming exploit. I seriously think I break horses just by moving them into my field

 

[Littlewills]

My PSSM one is being scoped next week. I'm then faced with a hard decision about whether I have the op or just reduce the intensity of the work

 

[teddypops]

My Sec D has to have her soft palate cauterised every 18months or so due to her abnormality. My vet charges me about £300 a time. It only makes a slight difference to her and the last time she had it done, I didn’t really notice a difference at all. I’m currently debating whether it’s worth doing again. However, the guy who came to scope her originally (can’t remember his name) scopes racehorses with this issue daily and he said hers was the worst he had ever seen, so this probably explains why I don’t see a huge improvement.

 

[Carrottom]

We had a soft palate done about 10 years ago. Iirc it cost about £400 including the initial scope. Recovery was straight forward, back in full work within a month.

 

[SEL]

My Sec D has to have her soft palate cauterised every 18months or so due to her abnormality. My vet charges me about £300 a time. It only makes a slight difference to her and the last time she had it done, I didn’t really notice a difference at all. I’m currently debating whether it’s worth doing again. However, the guy who came to scope her originally (can’t remember his name) scopes racehorses with this issue daily and he said hers was the worst he had ever seen, so this probably explains why I don’t see a huge improvement.

My vets referred my little mare onto a specialist who usually does racehorses (she's a 13h hairy native). If it's not working long term then is a tracheostomy an option for yours? It was one of the options we discussed as a plan B.

 

[SEL]

My PSSM one is being scoped next week. I'm then faced with a hard decision about whether I have the op or just reduce the intensity of the work

Looking at the weight the pony is piling on doing no work will equal laminitis. She's had 2 foals before coming to me which I think is why the breathing wasn't picked up annoyingly.

My PSSM mare is off with navicular problems and the lack of work is definitely causing muscle problems. One day I'll have a horse without issues!

I hope you get answers - it's tough

 

[teddypops]

My vets referred my little mare onto a specialist who usually does racehorses (she's a 13h hairy native). If it's not working long term then is a tracheostomy an option for yours? It was one of the options we discussed as a plan B.

It was never mentioned, so I’m not sure. I will ask the vet next time I see him.

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

My PSSM one is being scoped next week. I'm then faced with a hard decision about whether I have the op or just reduce the intensity of the work

my pssm one had a hobday as his breathing went very odd - it made bugger all difference. It was 18 months in the field that mended him. No sign of anything towards with him but his breathing was very dodgy.