Snot!

[diet2ride]

I had the vet out last week for Nas's annual vacc and teeth and he commented on the amount of snot. as being chronic, he wants to do a scope to get to the cause of the issue. but my last vet was happy for him to be on secreta pro. which i put nas on periodically.

New vet things this is ok but just masks the issue. so in the mean time i have put him back onto shavings. and although he no longer has a gunky nose when i come out in the morning. when he puts his head down to eat, he starts to get a trickle. the first few days after the bed change it was pouring out, and now it just a bit out of either nostril.

we still have straw for the ponies which i am changing over soon. so wonder if he's that allergic to straw it could still be affecting him.

i also wonder if we go down the route of scoping etc. the vet will just come back with yeah its an allergy give him secreta pro or similar.

does anyone else use a respiratory supplement daily? oh and vet also said lungs etc are clear. :-s

 

[toots]

Don't know if this will help at all but my little filly had a snotty nose for months, she was on paper bedding so i changed it to wood pellet - hey presto - no snotty nose

 

[racebuddy]

Hi I had my horse scoped as was showing symptoms of coughing and and discharge from nose and exercise intolerance , he was on ventaplulmun and spudaloson twice before we started to scope he was confirmed as having lower airway disease once scoped , I would maybe speak to ur first vet again and perhaps have again re scoping I wouldn't want to rush into scoping straight away until I tried medical options first unless showing severe symptoms x

 

[mynutmeg]

Personally I would scope for the peace of mind if nothing else, to rule out things like sinus infection etc. It won't cause harm to the horse and isn't particularly expensive.