Tests came back!!!

BSJAShowjumper123 said:
Yes i did jump her 4foot ok? :) and i know my horse pretty well to know she wouldt of done it if she was in pain , i know when some thinks not right even if someone else thinks shes looks fine so please stop telling me off for jumpngi her 4foot and
ok ill was going to anyway thnaks :)
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Didn't tell you off. My lad would do whatever I ask him if he was hopping lame because he likes to please and Ebony sounds similar in that she would also want to please.

martlin said:
Farrierlover, I would like a cup of coffee, please, and while you at it, some valium for Cinnamontoast, perhaps?
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Huh? Am I the only one thinking that this child needs some advice/support?! No valium, thanks, don't do any drugs.


devilwoman said:
If she's stiff standing in her stable - what makes you think she can jump 4ft and is not in pain ?

I'll have the slug of whisky please and forget the tea, cheers :D
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Quite.

montyforever said:
Dont take this the wrong way but i wasnt this naive at 10 let alone 14! I waited 4 years to get a horse, and even then i was worried i didnt know enough! They are big complex animals with so many things that can go wrong with them!

We all make mistakes when we are young, but think how you would feel if Ebony went lame and the vet told you it was because of the jumping?

As for the ringworm, she should be in isolation with walks inhand or lunging, is there not a spare field you can lunge her in?
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As some of us have been saying!

Harper_Gal said:
When on EARTH did ringworm turn into the bogeyman's disease? Or is it just different for a bunch of stuck up snobs of horse owners who get their kicks off bullying a 14yo girl?

Ringworm is a teeny tiny fungal thing. It's not that hugely infectious that horses can spread it by looking at a jump wing, and all this talk of isolation and quarentine is laudable!
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Laudable=praiseworthy? Confused.

Stuck up snobs or actually concerned adults?

BSJAShowjumper123 said:
i know but i ask and get helpy advice on how to make teenagers feel great :| :/and make feel like im putting my horse is pain
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So stay in CR, dear.
 
cinammontoast said:
Didn't tell you off. My lad would do whatever I ask him if he was hopping lame because he likes to please and Ebony sounds similar in that she would also want to please.



Huh? Am I the only one thinking that this child needs some advice/support?! No valium, thanks, don't do any drugs.




Quite.



As some of us have been saying!



Laudable=praiseworthy? Confused.

Stuck up snobs or actually concerned adults?



So stay in CR, dear.
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stay in CR?
 
Woah i can see why you get confused in the vairying answers BSJA123 :p

Got 3 types on here ..

Ones who think your just a s**t stirrer.
Ones who think your a stupid naive teenager.
Ones who want to help and then you are rude back at.

Too late for me but i have just read every one of the 150 odd replies you have, some very good info there, why are you not satisfyed? :confused:

I barely get 3/4 replies most of the times, you popular girl :p
 
montyforever said:
Woah i can see why you get confused in the vairying answers BSJA123 :p

Got 3 types on here ..

Ones who think your just a s**t stirrer.
Ones who think your a stupid naive teenager.
Ones who want to help and then you are rude back at.

Too late for me but i have just read every one of the 150 odd replies you have, some very good info there, why are you not satisfyed? :confused:

I barely get 3/4 replies most of the times, you popular girl :p
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what? iv been very grateful for my replys, iv had a few PMs helping me out too :S
 
montyforever said:
You havent always been, ive read all your prev posts, so you can see why people get frustrated!
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for the post that are friendly and offer advice im grateful for
for the posts that tell me im hurting my horse ect - how would you feel as a teenger one horse that means ALOT to you being told you could be seriosuly hurting it? holding back tears as i type this?!!!
 
Good grief poor kid.

Its ringworm, a fungal infection that strangely enough will clear up on a horse by itself without any treatement within about 12 weeks as the horses immune systems kicks in fights it, to treat it quicker you can get stuff off of the vet or canistan cheaper and does the same job or even Boots own antifungal cream or an atheletes foot spray will do the job. Ringworm can live in wood for a long time, but also the British climate helps kill it off, horses that have been infected are less likely to be reinfected due to their immune system (much like a flu jab), mine came down with ringworm in a yard of 30 plus horses as a two year old, never been out, never been anyway yet he was the only one that got it?? Why would that be? She would be seriously unlikely by taking her horse in the school and loose schooling her to infected another horse, even direct contact, ie stroking someone elses horse after her own, is minimal more chances of winning the lottery two horses grazing and grooming each other then yes far more likely, brushing another horse with your grooming kit yes again prolonged contact again increasing the risk.

As for jumping her with hock spavins, these fuse and once formed as long as the horse becomes sound, does not affect the horse any more grief how cruel was I returning my Grade A to jumping large tracks after it fused and he became sound and pain free. The worse thing possible to do with a horse with spavins is to leave it stood in a stable.

The girl is asking for advise, got the vet even asking advice on a forum to be sceamed at in all directions by people that know better than her own vet, how will she ever learn (which she obviously wants to even though like most of us she gets it wrong occasionally like we all do), if this is the way she is treated.
 
scally said:
Good grief poor kid.

Its ringworm, a fungal infection that strangely enough will clear up on a horse by itself without any treatement within about 12 weeks as the horses immune systems kicks in fights it, to treat it quicker you can get stuff off of the vet or canistan cheaper and does the same job or even Boots own antifungal cream or an atheletes foot spray will do the job. Ringworm can live in wood for a long time, but also the British climate helps kill it off, horses that have been infected are less likely to be reinfected due to their immune system (much like a flu jab), mine came down with ringworm in a yard of 30 plus horses as a two year old, never been out, never been anyway yet he was the only one that got it?? Why would that be? She would be seriously unlikely by taking her horse in the school and loose schooling her to infected another horse, even direct contact, ie stroking someone elses horse after her own, is minimal more chances of winning the lottery two horses grazing and grooming each other then yes far more likely, brushing another horse with your grooming kit yes again prolonged contact again increasing the risk.

As for jumping her with hock spavins, these fuse and once formed as long as the horse becomes sound, does not affect the horse any more grief how cruel was I returning my Grade A to jumping large tracks after it fused and he became sound and pain free. The worse thing possible to do with a horse with spavins is to leave it stood in a stable.

The girl is asking for advise, got the vet even asking advice on a forum to be sceamed at in all directions by people that know better than her own vet, how will she ever learn (which she obviously wants to even though like most of us she gets it wrong occasionally like we all do), if this is the way she is treated.
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thanks you :)
so shes ok still be jumping what she jumps? :)
thanks alott xx
 
If your vet has given her the all clear, she is sound happy to do what you ask then yes. If she starts to stop, chip in small strides before a fence then I would have her reassessed. Always be aware it is there, try to avoid jumping on rock hard ground or heavy going (which is worse), and only jump a couple of times a week.

My chap was 10 when he first went lame, he then went sound 6 months later and carried on till he retired at 18 as he started to struggle due to other issues, his spavins never caused him a another problem till the day he died, however listen to her and if in any doubt speak to your vet.
 
She is fine to jump, you are OK to loose school her while the ringworm clears up, you don't need to shut her in 24/7, you are not hurting her, don't get upset.
You are doing just fine on here, your post are getting better and more readable:)
Some people just like to have a pop and somehow, it has become a fashion to have a pop at you, even to the extent of telling you not to post - ignore it, please.
To those who got their knickers in a twist - maybe don't read OP's threads? They obviously wind you up immensely.
 
jump a few times a week?
i jump one!! thats it so im not over jumping or working her :S
i know it seems every post no matter what i get a good shout at and it seems there the ones seeking addention not me?
thanks again xx
 
BSJAShowjumper123 said:
jump a few times a week?
i jump one!! thats it so im not over jumping or working her :S
i know it seems every post no matter what i get a good shout at and it seems there the ones seeking addention not me?
thanks again xx
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:)

With regard to jumping her, I'd be inclined to stick to whatever your vet said as he/she knows what state Ebs hocks are in. You've said anyway on this thread that she seems to jump better if you limit her jumping during the week.

As far as getting shouted at, tbh you were a bit of a pain when you started posting but you have learnt from it. You have also learnt from what people have told you to help you with Ebs. The trouble now is that some people see you as an easy target both to have a go at and to offer their not necessarily very well informed opinions to. The trick is to work out whose advice is correct, sensible and manageable from the swathes of idiotic tripe that gets spouted at you! It's not always those that shout loudest or most hysterically who have the most accurate advice.

Now, I think that the comment to go to the CR (Common Room) was uncalled for BUT if you didn't know it existed you might like to pop in there and try out some social stuff with younger people as well as getting horsy advice in here.

Oh and I'm another one who's used a finger to diagnose ringworm and never caught it. Keep to what the vet said on the ringworm, then I'd get a definitive answer from your YO about where you are allowed to take Ebs until she is clear of it. Remember to keep up your hygiene by not touching the other horses and then her once she is clear in case the first horse to get it has passed it on to others as well and they're not being treated yet! You don't want all this hassle again:)
 
Ruthnmeg said:
Totally agree.. if you were on the same yard as me, I'd be furious with you to even think its a good idea to do what you have done regarding jumping. - The jumping is not the direct issue, but its EVERYTHING you touch that is. You and your mare should be on isolation until it clears up.
I know it happens and sorry its happened to you. but as a horse owner PLEASE be more aware of what your doing.
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I've been trying to keep my gob shut but this thread is really winding me up... It's RINGWORM... It's not the plague, or even strangles, a small tube of canestan, daktacort or any other antifungal will clear it up in two or 3 days... yeah before effective treatment it was a problem but I don't see a load of women being banished from a yard every time they get thrush and it's basically the same bug.

Blitz
 
I've had a lot of experience with horse with ringworm due to working with lots of youngsters. We always continue to ride them BUT they all have their own set of tack and brushes, all the girth sleeves and saddle pads are washed (we use a stable rubber straight on the skin - can be washed daily and a towelling (sp!) girth sleeve) In the machine with some Virkon. Providing the horses temperatures are the same and they are bright and eating up they will continue to gallop twice a week. Horses cannot race with ringworm but I am sure in the passed there have been a few which have! Ringworm isn't anything to get too het up about other than it's a bugger when it spreads. OP only has the one horse (I'm assuming) so theoretically isn't going to cause any dramas providing she's not then touching other horses in the yard. I'd carry on as normal but not take her to shows etc obviously. Go to Boots and get some Lamisil or Canesten which is for fungal infections and this will help relieve the itching and speed up the healing if you want to put a topical lotion on.
 
blitznbobs said:
I've been trying to keep my gob shut but this thread is really winding me up... It's RINGWORM... It's not the plague, or even strangles, a small tube of canestan, daktacort or any other antifungal will clear it up in two or 3 days... yeah before effective treatment it was a problem but I don't see a load of women being banished from a yard every time they get thrush and it's basically the same bug.

Blitz
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Just seen your post as didn't read many - TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!! :cool:
 
Some of you are behaving like a pack of dogs. She's 14 for heavens sake.

It seems like there are a few people on here who log-on just to see who they can humiliate next. It's really very unnatractive.
 
This thread has gone on for far too long, what is wrong with some people.
With regards to keeping the poor horse confined to four walls in order to contain the virus- ringworm is spread through air anyway. I live on a diary farm, we constantly have youngstock with ringworm, my horses are stabled but 100yards from their buildings and (touch wood) have never contracted it, I handle the cows and have caught the virus once in 20years.
I have no doubt the advice to not share grooming equipment and tack is wise, but not taking her into the menage is a little extreme.
Good luck with the mare, she seems to me to have had the same speed isssues as my coloured when I was 15. xx
 
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