Little Bit
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I told a lady, who had originally written to me about my *Magic Shoes* for her little dwarf Miniature Horse, that I would post this on here, in hopes that someone would be able to make some suggestions for her wee one, named Hunny.
The vet gave her ALL of her vaccinations at one time!
I NEVER give any of my horses, large or small, ALL of their vaccinations at once....I spread them out, with a couple weeks in between.
Hunny's adverse reaction to the vaccinations, was not being able to breath well, at all!
...before this, she was breathing just fine.
I believe it was her vet's suggestion, to give her some Dexamethasone & Neo Synephrine nasal spray, which really did help her to be able to breath better.... she was weaned off the Dex, but still has a horrible time breathing if not given the nasal spray every so often!
My dwarf Mini, Little Bit, had the same reaction to his vaccinations years ago, but I had always blamed it on the intra-nasal strangles vaccine, that I thought he had probably aspirated into his lungs, because of his cleft pallet....but maybe it wasn't, as if I recall, Hunny was NOT given a strangles vaccination...but I do remember it was NOT the intra-nasal type for sure, don't know if they even give that anymore, couldn't find it in my Jeffer's catalog a minute ago.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has had an experience like this, or has any suggestions as what to do for this little horse?
Any and all ideas, sure would be appreciated.
The vet gave her ALL of her vaccinations at one time!
Hunny's adverse reaction to the vaccinations, was not being able to breath well, at all!
I believe it was her vet's suggestion, to give her some Dexamethasone & Neo Synephrine nasal spray, which really did help her to be able to breath better.... she was weaned off the Dex, but still has a horrible time breathing if not given the nasal spray every so often!
My dwarf Mini, Little Bit, had the same reaction to his vaccinations years ago, but I had always blamed it on the intra-nasal strangles vaccine, that I thought he had probably aspirated into his lungs, because of his cleft pallet....but maybe it wasn't, as if I recall, Hunny was NOT given a strangles vaccination...but I do remember it was NOT the intra-nasal type for sure, don't know if they even give that anymore, couldn't find it in my Jeffer's catalog a minute ago.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has had an experience like this, or has any suggestions as what to do for this little horse?
Any and all ideas, sure would be appreciated.