Stressful text to receive at work!!

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I'm at work and my friend who works at the yard I livery at has just text me saying 'google ringworm is it contagious?'. Just replied that I didn't need to google it and yes it was highly contagious!! Cue me thinking one of them has it and she's touched my horses after handling it or something! Stressed! Let's hope she was just randomly musing about ringworm at half 9 on a Tuesday morning :(
 
at least it wasnt a 'your horse looks like its colicing' text! :)
But of cream shampoo and isolation and I am sure everything will be fine... Even if you do stink of Jeyes fluid on Christmas Day! :P
 
my husband (ex) was/is King of these, I have had;

'think L*** (youngest child) has broken her arm, on way home now' they had been camping for 3 nights and were 200 miles away, child was 6yrs-never any point replying as he wont read or pick up when driving-why not go to nearest hospital?

'Pony has been attacked by a dog gone through all the fencing, has gone through ice and is stuck in pond-you need to come home now'
luckily I was at work at the vets, went in to office have to go horse emergency at home, went to equine for tips and home, to find poor elderly pony had indeed gone through 3 inches of ice into a pond that is 18ft deep whilst wearing a heavy weight rug with neck, luckily husband was home and somehow managed to get her out, she was thatched for the night then turned back out next morning (lived out)

'L*** has smashed her face in on way to hospital, meet me there' on arrival L*** had put her bottom teeth through her bottom lip and was fine.

he does not cope well with and emergency or blood

hope yours is a storm in a tea cup too OP
 
twiggy2 said:
my husband (ex) was/is King of these, I have had;

'think L*** (youngest child) has broken her arm, on way home now' they had been camping for 3 nights and were 200 miles away, child was 6yrs-never any point replying as he wont read or pick up when driving-why not go to nearest hospital?

'Pony has been attacked by a dog gone through all the fencing, has gone through ice and is stuck in pond-you need to come home now'
luckily I was at work at the vets, went in to office have to go horse emergency at home, went to equine for tips and home, to find poor elderly pony had indeed gone through 3 inches of ice into a pond that is 18ft deep whilst wearing a heavy weight rug with neck, luckily husband was home and somehow managed to get her out, she was thatched for the night then turned back out next morning (lived out)

'L*** has smashed her face in on way to hospital, meet me there' on arrival L*** had put her bottom teeth through her bottom lip and was fine.

he does not cope well with and emergency or blood

hope yours is a storm in a tea cup too OP
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Oh god how stressful!!! I wish people would just ring when situations like that arise, would be a lot easier!

Morag4 said:
Text and ask why she is asking a question like that and it has you very concerned now!
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I have then about 5 texts after with '?????''. She's just replied saying about 5 on the yard are displaying signs :( which means mine will probably get it because they're always talking to other horses over the fence. Hope my mare doesn't get itchy because the poor thing has SI so winter is her only itch free break. Stuck at work googling it now.
 
My friend called me once and left voicemail saying my horse had colic and the vet was on his way. My phone has to be off at work. I turned it on when I got to Brighton for my break and heard it. Was the longest trip back from Brighton to Bedford in my life. Was worried all the way.
 
Copperpot said:
My friend called me once and left voicemail saying my horse had colic and the vet was on his way. My phone has to be off at work. I turned it on when I got to Brighton for my break and heard it. Was the longest trip back from Brighton to Bedford in my life. Was worried all the way.
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Oh that is horrible Copperpot, was he okay? At least ringworm isn't anything threatening, just not very nice!
 
When I finally got there he looked awful. Long story short he was pts the next day as his gut had twisted :( I'd only seen him an hour before I went to work and he was fine then. Was the longest 3 hours of my life waiting to get home to him.
 
Copperpot said:
Thanks :) now I think please don't get ill when I'm at work!! Good luck with the ring work. Fingers crossed they don't all get it! X
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Hmm they do certainly pick their times don't they! Once I was at work when my horse got choke on his breakfast, threw himself on the floor and got cast! Luckily my mum was there and managed to pull his legs over with the help of another livery. Blummin horse! x
 
Morag4 said:
Darn, be careful handling as it is as you say highly contagious and can be on inanimate items an infected person/animal has come into contact with.
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Yeah it says to avoid the infected horses being ridden/ clipped as well because the spores are spread more easily. Worried infected numnahs/ girths in the tack room will spread it as well!
 
twiggy2 said:
my husband (ex) was/is King of these, I have had;

'think L*** (youngest child) has broken her arm, on way home now' they had been camping for 3 nights and were 200 miles away, child was 6yrs-never any point replying as he wont read or pick up when driving-why not go to nearest hospital?

'Pony has been attacked by a dog gone through all the fencing, has gone through ice and is stuck in pond-you need to come home now'
luckily I was at work at the vets, went in to office have to go horse emergency at home, went to equine for tips and home, to find poor elderly pony had indeed gone through 3 inches of ice into a pond that is 18ft deep whilst wearing a heavy weight rug with neck, luckily husband was home and somehow managed to get her out, she was thatched for the night then turned back out next morning (lived out)

'L*** has smashed her face in on way to hospital, meet me there' on arrival L*** had put her bottom teeth through her bottom lip and was fine.

he does not cope well with and emergency or blood

hope yours is a storm in a tea cup too OP
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Twiggy2 I think your ex may possibly be related to my mother. So many of these remind me of so many of hers, most notably the one where she said 'waiting for ambulance with dad, suspect heart attack' and I then could not get hold of her for hours nor discover where they were (not at home) or what on earth was going on, neither could my two brothers who were 150 miles away. And no, she had not run out of credit or battery died, neither were they somewhere she couldn't have phone on.....
OP hope situation is not as bad as it sounds...
 
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I had to say no to taking a mates horse in my lorry the other month cos he had ringworm, he is at a different yard. My YO was not happy bout using my lorry, so said no.
Best decision cos it's gone through her yard like wildfire and now whole yard has it.. Thinks it was brought to her yard on something.
 
OP, am I recollecting correctly that you livery on a working farm? I'm afraid that ringworm is always a risk where cattle are present. Do be careful, as it isn't species specific. The good news is that your YO/farmer should have some treatment available.
 
Disinfect all numnahs/brushes/grooming kit etc. Either keep separate tools for each box or disinfect them in between mucking out boxes, disinfect stables/fencing, wear disposable gloves when handling the horses and change gloves in between each horse, disinfect yourself between handling each horse. Try and isolate the 5 showing signs if you can, ringworm is a ****** as it can by transmitted by anything - field fencing/water troughs/buckets/sharing grooming kit/headcollars etc.
Virkon from scats would probably do it, it's what we used in the kennels when we had campylabactar.
 
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Pearlsacarolsinger said:
OP, am I recollecting correctly that you livery on a working farm? I'm afraid that ringworm is always a risk where cattle are present. Do be careful, as it isn't species specific. The good news is that your YO/farmer should have some treatment available.
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Different yard! Moved early Sept but there is a lot of comings and goings at new yard as YO breaks and schools so hopefully she will be used to this sort of thing and sort it quickly!
 
Broke_But_Happy said:
Disinfect all numnahs/brushes/grooming kit etc. Either keep separate tools for each box or disinfect them in between mucking out boxes, disinfect stables/fencing, wear disposable gloves when handling the horses and change gloves in between each horse, disinfect yourself between handling each horse. Try and isolate the 5 showing signs if you can, ringworm is a ****** as it can by transmitted by anything - field fencing/water troughs/buckets/sharing grooming kit/headcollars etc.
Virkon from scats would probably do it, it's what we used in the kennels when we had campylabactar.
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Thanks for this, will heed your advice.
 
Ah yes, same person that thinks they are showing signs I think though - and knowing the random scabs I have to deal with on Frank that definitely aren't ring worm (and lots of other things that could look like it) I would maybe not panic just yet.
 
I got home to find the vet stitching my horse together so that she looked like a nightie case as she had managed to stake herself on a fence rail. A very self-possessed, level headed and calm teenage friend had got her in, called the vet, stayed with her and got all the things that the vet needed. I was so impressed with her and still am to this today - so Melody, if you stuck with horses I am sure you are doing a fine job. (Horse survived because of her quick thinking.)
 
Ringworm is contagious and can transfer from animals to Humans, I've had it about six times (working farm) and yes it's annoying and itchy but hardly worth panicking about some fuciderm cream and wearing latex gloves and sterilising brushes etc it will clear itself up.

Wouldn't be dome thing if be fretting about at work or rushing home for :)
 
So went up and had a look at all the horses, 6 have circular patches on their muzzles. Told head girl and she brushed it off and said they'd just been fighting! They don't all go out in the same field together :confused3: so I'll tell YO when I see her on Boxing Day. Don't want to text her tonight or tell her tomorrow on Xmas day! Might be a slight annoyance but certainly nothing serious. :)
 
my cushings mare is recovering from ringworm at the moment, where her coat was soooo thick she had at least 10 patches that I couldn't see until I clipped her fully! so its been a mission to treat but I never caught it!! so its not too bad! just annoying, she was really itchy from it
 
kerrieberry2 said:
my cushings mare is recovering from ringworm at the moment, where her coat was soooo thick she had at least 10 patches that I couldn't see until I clipped her fully! so its been a mission to treat but I never caught it!! so its not too bad! just annoying, she was really itchy from it
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Poor thing! My mare has SI and winter is her respite from itching so I'll feel terrible if she gets it and becomes itchy.
 
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