Severe pollen allergy help!!!

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Hi, I have a pony who suffers with COPD/pollen allergies. Im now dreading the spring and summer this year as im not entirely sure if he will make it . Hes been on ventiplumin and it doesnt do a thing! hes now on a steriod which helps a little bit but they are now £70 a pot! If any one has a horse with this problem and has found something thats helps please let me know! please dont suggest supplements like breath easy etc im not being rude but they really dont work for him he gets so bad he struggles walking to his field. Thanks!!!
 
Have you tried anti-histamines? On the whole, it is believed that they don't work for horses. However, I had a year of various different treatments for my horse's allergies (different to yours). All the time I asked to try anti-histamines & they told me there was no point. At the end of the year, they finally gave me some, and it made a huge difference. He still reacts from time to time, but they make it manageable, and he is in no discomfort anymore.
 
Hi hun. My horse Sunny has started to suffer the same as yours. I think they call it Summer Pasture allergy when it's mostly pollens. I think Sunny has a mild allergy to dust as well and the vets say it will only get worse (oh joy) as he gets older because older immune systems aren't as good. He's 23. Sunny was on Ventipulmin to relax his airways and Sputolosin to break up the sticky mucus that the allergy causes. At one point he was also on antibx because a bacterial infection had sneaked in where he had damaged his throat so much from coughing (he was endoscoped).

At first, we were going to try the procedure where they test all sorts of substances on the horse's skin, then make up a sort of personal anti-allergy serum that you inject into the horse before and during the danger times. But they did warn me that this was expensive and there were no guarantees. I too have read a lot about antihistamines - my vets too said oh they don't work on horses. But why not? Horses are mammals like us. And many owners report success with them. But first I'm going to try that stuff called Nostrilvet or something (kept the advert but it's downstairs!). You puff it into the horses nose and it is supposed to form a sticky lining that then traps the allergens eg pollen and dust. Sounds very like First Defence for colds for people. Worth a try. If it doesn't help Sunny, I'm going to try antihistamines. Last ditch is the serum thing. Remind me and I'll find the proper name and link for the Nostrilvet stuff x
 
My old Tb mare has a mild pollen allergy to either oil seed rape or tree pollen (they are both around at the same time), which only happens from about Easter til mid June
She headshakes, rubs her nostrils, snorts a lot, and when bad can have runny eyes and nostrils, but she doesn't wheeze or cough.
I have tried nose nets (she hated), honey (she wouldn't eat it), homeopathic pollen pills (who knows), but the two things that really do help are Beconase and NSAIDs.
The vet advised two sprays of Beconase into each nostril as she breathes in (she can hold her breath longer than a whale, i've found
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The stuff Box of Frogs refers to Nostrilvet, is a human drug repackaged, more expensively. You can buy it in the supermarket pharmacists for about £7, in exactly the same containers
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Hi, my mare has the exact same problem. She only suffers for around 6 weeks may/June time, rest of the year she is fine.
She reacts to Ventipulmin (muscle shakes) so couldnt be on that. Now we put her on an inhaler for the 6 weeks which completely stops her coughing and she can be in full work on it. Not sure if youve tried it but its the only thing that works for my mare. Its not particularly cheap but then neither is ventrapulmin especally if it doesnt work!
 
My pony has severe grass and pollen allergies. He headshakes rather than has breathing problems. He is now on Periactin antihistamine during the high season and it almost cures him (we use a nosenet too). Worth a try I reckon. No need for a prescription.
 
Shilasdair, how on earth do you manage to spray something into your horses nostril? The only time my vet and I tried we both nearly died with each of us narrowly missing a hoof in the head.
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Thanks for your replies! Im defenatly going to try nostrilvet and anti histermenes. When is the best time to start getting them into his system?
 
If you decide to try the Periactin then I found it worked on my pony within one week so now I wait until the high seasons starts, then he shows symptons, then I start to feed them. Couldn't comment on other types though sorry. x
 
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Shils - do you know what they sell Nostrilvet as in supermarkets? Is it First Defence? PS - "holds her breath longer than a whale"...PMSL xxx

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It is Nasaleze - made by the same co. as Nostrilvet, same ingredients, fraction of the price.
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Shilasdair, how on earth do you manage to spray something into your horses nostril? The only time my vet and I tried we both nearly died with each of us narrowly missing a hoof in the head.
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I spray it into her nostril while she is loose in the field (no headcollar). We're good friends.
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My girls got acute pollen allergies, at her worst her breath rate was 55 a min! she couldnt walk from stable to field without puffing and wheezing. I was close to PTS on many occations, she was on preds, ventipaulmin, ventilate, pollen x, inhalers the lot, costing me £350 a month
Shes been on cetrizine antihistimies (bought from the vets) for yrs now, and has even done sponcered rides mid summer, with no problems at all. And they cost me £36 for between 2-5 months worth, depending on dosage.
 
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