HorseyGurl22
Well-Known Member
I called out a second vet to look at my Tinker (14y/o mare) as she's been coughing and having breathing problems. If you read my other post I talked about how the first vet really didn't impress me. He basicly listened to her chest and throat and said there wasn't really anything I could for her and that was it.
I called out a new vet and she was much more imformative and gave me some options to think about for Tinker. She did a much more through exame in my opinion. She said that Tinker seemed to only be in the early stages of COPD, which is good. As far as treatment, we are going to try Vantipulmen and see if that helps her. Normally she would also prescribe a steroid to use along with the vantipulmen, but she thinks that Tinker might have foundered before I got her and didn't want to risk her foundering agian.
Anyway, thank you all for your help. Please keep your fingers crossed that we will find a treatment that will make Tinker more comfortable.
For those who have horses with COPD/heaves what types of things do you do help make them more comfortable? Right now Tinker is out in grass paster 24/7 and doesn't get hay.
I called out a new vet and she was much more imformative and gave me some options to think about for Tinker. She did a much more through exame in my opinion. She said that Tinker seemed to only be in the early stages of COPD, which is good. As far as treatment, we are going to try Vantipulmen and see if that helps her. Normally she would also prescribe a steroid to use along with the vantipulmen, but she thinks that Tinker might have foundered before I got her and didn't want to risk her foundering agian.
Anyway, thank you all for your help. Please keep your fingers crossed that we will find a treatment that will make Tinker more comfortable.
For those who have horses with COPD/heaves what types of things do you do help make them more comfortable? Right now Tinker is out in grass paster 24/7 and doesn't get hay.