A friend just called me last night, very worried about her horse. From the symptoms, I suggested it could be choke and she needed to call the vet quickly. She had to call 7 vets before finding one who could come out (she has no trailer). This is in a large city. He put the tube in the nose but it would not go down very far. He said there was an obstruction. He gave some muscle relaxers in the hope the esophagus would relax and the obstruction would pass. She is supposed to call him this morning on how he is doing. If it does not pass, he told her the horse would die. He said surgery on miniatures with this is usually not successful.
Her horses are on a dry lot; they eat the same thing every day. But, she does not know if someone might have thrown something over the fence into the lot. The horse is 17 and she's owned him for at least 10 years. His companion is fine.
Has anyone heard of this condition?
Her horses are on a dry lot; they eat the same thing every day. But, she does not know if someone might have thrown something over the fence into the lot. The horse is 17 and she's owned him for at least 10 years. His companion is fine.
Has anyone heard of this condition?