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Re: [RC] [CTR] Hives/Rabies/Neurological Symptoms - Stephanie E CaldwellThanks all who responded both publicly and privately. Your replies were really informative and caring, I was exhausted by the time my vet made it to my barn, so I didn't absorb as much as I could have when he was there. I talked to my ridign buddy that was with my when Star was attacked. She was on a green gelding in front of us, since I was on a mare who hates dogs I told her to go on up ahead and just keep her horse away from Star and we'd be fine. While Star was bucking and kicking at the dogs I wasn't really aware of where they were, I heard her squeal and tuck her butt later found what appeared to be teeth marks where she lost just the hair. Melissa told me after thinking about it last night that she doesn't ever remember seeing the dogs get within biting distance of Star, encounter lasted around 45 seconds max. So... That made me feel alot better. The vet inspected her hind legs and said there didn't appear to be any kind of bite wounds or evidence of any, so there's no reason for her to be quarantined. Yeah! I relaxed a little at that news. We did go ahead and give her another rabies vaccine just to be safe. Star's apparent neurological problems are actually a pulled muscle in her shoulder. She can't circle to the right or back. When she fell in the creek I thought she'd broken somethign, I heard a very loud crack. That little ordeal lasted about 30 seconds of her struggling to stay on her feet, then my buddies horse fell and slammed her right side. As soon as I got her out of the stall my vet told me something was wrong with her shoulder, she's to trackign that much too short, but she's extending her right leg way farther than her left to keep from using her shoulder. (Whew!) That's what I was feeling when I rode her, she's right sided and I noticed her bumping me onto the left diagonal. He told me no canter, no down hills, light rides for a few weeks, nothing strenous, increase her MSM to loading dose and be good to her. :) Her hives are a biting insect allergy, apparently. He told me with her first case either I'd never see hives again or she'd get them often. Last night he said to get her a nose to butt to hoof fly sheet and that would probably help. Yeah.... Sure... Houdini ain't gonna wear one of those, but I'm going to buy one anyhow and see how long it makes it. I just don't know what to do while I'm riding? Guess I'll find a way to ride with it. He said with her allergy she's probably been lethargic because she's always mildly inflamed (taht's not the word he used...) with hives and she probably feels lousy. Right now she's sprayed with 3 kidns of flyspray (two herbal and Repel X on her tail) and on NOMS, but that hasn't taken care of my problems. One thing that made me feel really good last night when my vet called he told me he'd be a few hours late (11:30 vs 9pm), but he knew I wasn't a life or death emergency. When he finally got to my barn he looked in Star's stall and I'd just mucked it and put out fresh Cedar bedding (takes care of bugs), commented on how my stalls are always spotless, every barn he's seen me at. When I open her door to get her out, she comes over and slides her head into the halter and stands calmly. I cross tie her for my own protection and the vet goes on to tell me how great it is to work with someone who know's their animal. I gave him my little chart of normal temps vs. temps yesterday, HR, Respiration, etc... Told him she wasn't drinking but was getting beet pulp and wet hay and salt in her food to promote drinking along with probiotics. He told me that the majority of illness cases he sees in teh summertime end up on IVs because of dehydration because people don't realize their horse isn't drinking (how can you not know when the horse is in a stall and no water's gone out of the buckets?). It made me feel like I'd done well by my horse getting complements on her care from a vet I respect. She was much better about needles thanks to some of the suggestions here, didn't have to twitch her or anything. Thanks, Steph =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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