Waiting for the vet😔

[PinkvSantaboots]

Arabi started rubbing his rail raw last week thought it was pin worm or a sheath problem, cleaned his sheath and he seemed better I also thought I would put him on a 5 day panacur just incase.

This morning I just thought his sheath and the surrounding area looks swollen and he just seems a but quiet so I wanted a vet out.

Please keep your fingers crossed for him that it's something simple.

 

[Ladybird L]

Will do

 

[RHM]

Fingers crossed

 

[ycbm]

 

[slimjim86]

Crossing fingers and toes x

 

[webble]

Fingers crossed. Might be completely irrelevant but a friends horse has EMS and his sheath swelling is always a warning sign things arent right

 

[cauda equina]

Fingers crossed here too

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Oh no, poor Arabi. Hopefully it’s just something minor and he’s back to himself shortly. Fingers crossed.

 

[wren123]

Hoping it's nothing serious.

 

[View]

Oh fingers and toes crossed

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Fingers crossed

 

[pinkfluffy]

fingers crossed

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Couldn't find anything wrong with his sheath he gave it a good look and clean and he didn't think it was that swollen, he said it could have been pin worm so got 3 more days of treatment of that and his given me a steroid cream for his tail.

I think his quiet because the itchy is getting him down a bit must be miserable.

He said if his still rubbing after the worming to ring him him.

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Couldn't find anything wrong with his sheath he gave it a good look and clean and he didn't think it was that swollen, he said it could have been pin worm so got 3 more days of treatment of that and his given me a steroid cream for his tail.

I think his quiet because the itchy is getting him down a bit must be miserable.

He said if his still rubbing after the worming to ring him him.

In one way it's great that the veterinarian didn't find anything bad, but at the same time it's frustrating when you don't get a definitive answer explaining why Arabi seems a bit quiet.
Fingers crossed he soon starts feeling like his usual self again. {{{{{{Vibes}}}}}}

 

[FieldOrnaments]

oh not what you need. Will keep everything crossed it's just stubborn pinworm issue and clears up promptly. I agree with FL that no concrete diagnosis can be worse knowing for sure.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

In one way it's great that the veterinarian didn't find anything bad, but at the same time it's frustrating when you don't get a definitive answer explaining why Arabi seems a bit quiet.
Fingers crossed he soon starts feeling like his usual self again. {{{{{{Vibes}}}}}}

Yeah it is a bit I just hope the being quiet is just the discomfort his in.

 

[cauda equina]

This weather is awful too, you don't know whether to put on a fly rug or a rain sheet and the flies love the humid days
I hope the worming helps xx

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

This weather is awful too, you don't know whether to put on a fly rug or a rain sheet and the flies love the humid days
I hope the worming helps xx

I know I've been putting him out at night in a turnout because he hates the rain and his got no coat and it's not been that warm went down to 7 last night.

Thanks I hope it works as well.

 

[ester]

Iirc pinworm normally needs dosing from the other end

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Could he have rolled in something like ants? Or those awful little midges that travel in clusters?

 

[Reacher]

Hope the worming etc do their stuff and he is looking better in the morning.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Iirc pinworm normally needs dosing from the other end

How do you do that ?

 

[Kunoichi73]

Fingers crossed the worming works.

 

[Goldenstar]

Pesky things wash his bum twice a day particularly in the morning times a day dispose of what you use carefully then use Vaseline or coconut oil on area .
I would do a sellotape test .

 

[clairebearnz]

My old boy was suddenly extremely itchy around his back end. Turns out it was maggots in his sheath but it seems you've ruled that out.

 

[Glitterandrainbows]

Couldn't find anything wrong with his sheath he gave it a good look and clean and he didn't think it was that swollen, he said it could have been pin worm so got 3 more days of treatment of that and his given me a steroid cream for his tail.

I think his quiet because the itchy is getting him down a bit must be miserable.

He said if his still rubbing after the worming to ring him him.

My friends gelding had a swollen sheath it was going on for ages vets couldn’t find a cause i by chance work count my horses every few months and 2 came back red worm so I told everyone else to check there horses and his was extremely high he has been on a worming program and doesn’t leave the yard, so we had no idea how he got them he had to have a pramox to get rid of them

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

My friends gelding had a swollen sheath it was going on for ages vets couldn’t find a cause i by chance work count my horses every few months and 2 came back red worm so I told everyone else to check there horses and his was extremely high he has been on a worming program and doesn’t leave the yard, so we had no idea how he got them he had to have a pramox to get rid of them

Thanks his been wormed properly all his life and his been kept at home for 12 years just with my other horse, worm counts always low and when he got colic a few times they ran bloods for worms and was clear.

I would be surprised if he has worms.

I did notice last night alot of those small bitey flies around his sheath so I put some fly gel on and they all went, so maybe his being bitten there although the vet didn't think it looked swollen.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

My old boy was suddenly extremely itchy around his back end. Turns out it was maggots in his sheath but it seems you've ruled that out.

It's so clean there now I've cleaned it twice and the vet had a look yesterday no signs of anything.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

If it is the pinworm I'm a bit surprised how his picked it up his never had it in his life his 20 now.

The only thing i can think of is to get out hacking I walk down a grass track along side next doors grazing field, the grass is so long he eats some of it and the liveries in that field chuck the droppings from their field over the fence onto the track, so if a horse had them out there it's a possibility his picked them up there.

I'm going to ask the farmer that owns it if he can cut it down for me.

My other horse has been fine.

 

[ester]

How do you do that ?

shove pyrantel up their bum.

you can test for them, presume vet didn't?