Re: Re: Is it safe to go to the show?

["Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>]

I was concerned about that - but the vet didn't seem worried about it. 
Several people sort of encouraged me to continue - she didn't have a temp
or show many symptoms at the vet check - some even though she might be
"pulling my leg".  But I know her very well and she really wasn't right.  I
sure hope we didn't spread any germs.  I suppose it could have just as
easiliy been allergy symptoms.  But if I had realized she was coming down
with something, I sure would have kept her home, away from the other
horses.  Also, I'm not sure of the value of antibiotics for a virus - but I
guess that's usually how all the "bugs" get treated, to prevent secondary
infection.

Cel



> I have a question about this - isn't anyone concerned with transmitting
the
> bug to other horses?  Isn't it tough to get health papers with a sick
> animal?  Maybe I'm just really paranoid, but I haven't had many instances
of
> sick animals and want to keep it that way.
> 
> The only cold any of my horses have ever had was my gelding when he went
to
> a large facility for training.  He got a nasty cold that we got under
> control with penicillin right away.  But when I visited him, for 2 weeks
> after I took extra clothes and washed up real good before even going
home.
> I didn't want to give it to my other horses.  And I especially didn't
want
> one of them to be carrying anything, even if they weren't sick, to other
> horses on the rides.
> 
> Marlene
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Celia Krall [mailto:celiak@pcrs.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 07, 2000 7:37 PM
> To:	Ridecamp; Tracey
> Subject:	RC:  Re: Is it safe to go to the show?
> 
> Tracey,
> 
> We had slight symptoms similar to yours prior to what was going to be our
> first 50 here in Gunnison a few weeks ago.  Ended up going, signing up,
> paying my $75 bucks, and deciding 4 miles into it whether to try for the
> first vet check or head back to camp.  Just a minor cold, but I sure
wasn't
> going to ask my girl to trot 50 miles (she was snotty, and snuffly, and
> breathing hard on the tiniest little hills).  We pulled.  Go with your
gut.
>  I knew before we started my mare wasn't feeling normal (she was so calm!
> Heartrate was 32!!!!)  She just didn't feel good.  She had been crummy
for
> about 2 weeks, but nothing you could really put your finger on.  So, I
blew
> it - but live and learn, eh?
> 
> Now, my old gelding is showing symptoms of the same crud.  He went on a
> VERY mild trail ride carrying my kid's girl friend, but he started not
> feeling good on the trail, snuffling, etc. etc.
> 
> If Toc is still feeling good, why not just take him?
> 
> Cel
> 
> 
> ----------
> From: Tracey <tracey@tbt.co.za>
> To: ride <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:  Is it safe to go to the show?
> Date: Thursday, September 07, 2000 7:23 AM
> 
> Hi, all.  Am in somewhat of a quandary at present.  Conflicting advice
from
> all around me, and own mind has been eradicated by masses of boring facts
> taken in whilst studying for exam.  Need advice please.
> 
> 
> Piglet came down with a "mystery" virus on 2 September.  Temp of 39C, not
> eating, very lethargic.  Treated with massive Vit B injection and
> penicillin (slight cough, so worried about secondary infection).  Didn't
> eat til Sunday afternoon (spent Saturday and Sunday night outside stable,
> conveyancing notes in hand, telling myself that I was Sainted person to
be
> studying and watching over poor ill horse, definitely deserving of Nobel
> prize)
> 
> 
> Anyway, by Monday pm, Piglet was fine again.  Last penicillin shot
Sunday,
> and will keep him out of work till Saturday, then do light schooling
again.
> 
> 
> Toc is very flat at the moment.  No signs of virus apart from that,
> although he was coughing a bit when worked on Tuesday.  Might have been
> dust (very windy and dry), but not sure.  Pulse, temp, resp normal. 
Eating
> normally.  Problem is that he tends to fight these things then suddenly
> gets really ill.
> 
> 
> I had entered both of them for a two-phase show on 17 Sep.  Two novice
> dressage tests and a short, training, XC course (16 fences, max height
> 80cm, total length of course approx 1 km).  Will Piglet be over the virus
> sufficiently by then to go to the show?  He has not done XC before, and
is
> not as fit as Toc.  Should I take Toc, bearing in mind he has shown no
sign
> of getting the virus?  I have upped his concentrates from 1.5 kg per day
to
> 2.5 kg per day, but haven't ridden him since Sunday (studying, remember!)
> and won't ride till Friday / Saturday, depending on work.  If he is still
> flat, should I pull out of the show?
> 
> 
> My heart says to pull out, my head says I'm being paranoid.  My vet says
> I'm being paranoid.  My instructor says "wait and see" and will probably
> then tell me I'm being paranoid.  Husband says pull out, but he always
says
> that as I am Bitch from Hell before a show.
> 
> Any and all advice would be appreciated.  Except for "wait and see". 
That
> will receive terse response.
> 
> 
> Tracey
> 
> 
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