Heidi, my vet told me that horses have died having
selenium given as an IV. I was not willing to take a chance. Another
vet who vets rides, told me that one shot would not be enough. She had a
horse herself that was low on selenium. Because it did not cost her
anything to test, she tested the horse everytime she gave it a selenium
shot. The horse only went up by 10 points each time. . She suggested
that I would need more than one shot. My vet agreed. Since my horse's
level was 240 a couple of years ago, my vet and I thought that was just a
tad too high. I like my guys to be around 180 - 200 but I am done with the
shots. Mags will have to get a higher level with the supplement. My
vet does not give the shot in the thigh unless I haul to his clinic and he can
put the horse in stocks. He doesn't want to get kicked, almost has gotten
kicked and by my usually quite easy going guys. I am not willing for my
vet to get kicked since he is a good vet and comes whenever I need him and
quickly at that if it is an emergency. I can't feed megasel since my mare
won't eat it!! It is a good supplement too. But I can give ABC
selenium vitamin E which all our guys eat. This is a good supplement too
and in fact is the one that got my mare up to 240. So these are the
reasons why I went the way I did. Jeanie
