Leeana
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Vet just left, Coco is sick agian. I really dont understand what is going on with this horse :no:. I go out of my way to keep him healthy bc i know how prone he is to getting ill. It has been really chilly around here the past few days and yesterday i wore a jacket out to the barn, compared to last week when you were sweating bullets before you made it out the door!
Well yesterday morning i noticed Coco had a slight cough and runny nose. I cleaned out his nose and put vicks in his nose to keep him opened up. I know that this is how it starts bc i've been around and around with this horse's health before. Called our vet and ran over to his office to get some penisilin (sp). Started him on the doses when we got home. He didnt have a temp yesterday either. It was really chilly last night so i blanketed him, cleaned his nose out once more and put on some vicks. This morning i went out and he had yellow/green snot running out of both nostrils, runny eyes and i took his temp and he has a slight temp. Called the vet agian and had him come out to look at him and gave us some more medicine that was a bit stronger.
I clean his nose out and put some vicks in his nose on average 3x a day. Its chilly out so i got him blanketed. He's was in his stall yesterday and i took him out last night to stretch his legs. The vet said to keep him inside and blanketed. We have to give him the shot 2x a day AM & PM. He also gave him a shot himself along with the meds were to give him. He noticed i had some Red Cell and he suggested started him on that to boost him up and keep him on that a month or so to get him back up.
He is supose to be going to the fair on the 21-27th and show on the 26th with Mellissa (MDMminis) showing him but i'm going to cancell his class this afternoon. There is no way i am going to take him and expose him to any germs or any horses if my life depended on it.
Is there anything else i can do to keep him comfy other then the vicks ext?
I'm a nervous wreck when he gets sick. I just dont understand him. I've never seen Royal or Harley get sick and i've only had 1 get sick before and that was only once. I just dont get how Coco can be this prone to it. I'm almost scared for this winter to come! They only thing i can think of is this cold weather triggering it. We just recently moved into our new barn about a week ago and i'm so happy we have full solid dividers so they cannot touch noses unlike our old barn, i dont need two sick horses. I'm a bit releived about that.
I wormed him 2 weeks ago and switch wormers almost every other month. He's deffently pooping enough and he's drunk nearly twice as much water as he normally does overnight. He's eating hay and i've divided up the portions he normally gets and am feeding him hay 5x a day instead of 2x but smaller amounts so he is not standing around in his stall doing nothing. I'm going to start him on Red Cell as the vet instructred and keep him on that for a while and hope that helps him along some.
I'm keeping an eye on him but can i just ask for prayors for him to get better soon?
Thank you so much!
I would appreciate that so much!!
Leeana H.
Well yesterday morning i noticed Coco had a slight cough and runny nose. I cleaned out his nose and put vicks in his nose to keep him opened up. I know that this is how it starts bc i've been around and around with this horse's health before. Called our vet and ran over to his office to get some penisilin (sp). Started him on the doses when we got home. He didnt have a temp yesterday either. It was really chilly last night so i blanketed him, cleaned his nose out once more and put on some vicks. This morning i went out and he had yellow/green snot running out of both nostrils, runny eyes and i took his temp and he has a slight temp. Called the vet agian and had him come out to look at him and gave us some more medicine that was a bit stronger.
I clean his nose out and put some vicks in his nose on average 3x a day. Its chilly out so i got him blanketed. He's was in his stall yesterday and i took him out last night to stretch his legs. The vet said to keep him inside and blanketed. We have to give him the shot 2x a day AM & PM. He also gave him a shot himself along with the meds were to give him. He noticed i had some Red Cell and he suggested started him on that to boost him up and keep him on that a month or so to get him back up.
He is supose to be going to the fair on the 21-27th and show on the 26th with Mellissa (MDMminis) showing him but i'm going to cancell his class this afternoon. There is no way i am going to take him and expose him to any germs or any horses if my life depended on it.
Is there anything else i can do to keep him comfy other then the vicks ext?
I'm a nervous wreck when he gets sick. I just dont understand him. I've never seen Royal or Harley get sick and i've only had 1 get sick before and that was only once. I just dont get how Coco can be this prone to it. I'm almost scared for this winter to come! They only thing i can think of is this cold weather triggering it. We just recently moved into our new barn about a week ago and i'm so happy we have full solid dividers so they cannot touch noses unlike our old barn, i dont need two sick horses. I'm a bit releived about that.
I wormed him 2 weeks ago and switch wormers almost every other month. He's deffently pooping enough and he's drunk nearly twice as much water as he normally does overnight. He's eating hay and i've divided up the portions he normally gets and am feeding him hay 5x a day instead of 2x but smaller amounts so he is not standing around in his stall doing nothing. I'm going to start him on Red Cell as the vet instructred and keep him on that for a while and hope that helps him along some.
I'm keeping an eye on him but can i just ask for prayors for him to get better soon?
Thank you so much!
I would appreciate that so much!!
Leeana H.
