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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 10 2007, 03:06 PM (327 Views) | |
| Petey's Mom | Jun 10 2007, 03:06 PM Post #1 |
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I Visited Candy Mountain and All I Got Was This Lousy Incision
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Alright I have a horse with several issues and want to see what other opinions are on him. He has terrbile allergies which cause headshaking. I have been trying for 3 years to make him comfortable and happy. His allergies start in the spring time and don't stop until mid November. This makes him miserable and unrideable. I live in Georgia where the pollen is awful. Secondly, he has to be turned out alone. He doesn't play well with others and I'm afraid for any other horse to be out with him. He's great around people and fine turned out by himself but does need other horses around to keep him company. Electric betwen him and another horse is all he needs. He's a 7y.o. OTTB who is learning to jump, doing 2' courses so far and learning lead changes but he's not a beginner horse. He really does want to please and I love him to death but hate seeing him so miserable. So, I feel like I have several choices with him: 1. Keep him and just give him April thru November off each year but then I can't really get much training done on him. He is also better to deal with when he's in more consistent work. 2. Donate him to a college with a riding team but would a college even take him? 3. Find him a home maybe up norrh where the pollen isn't as bad. I can't keep trying to make him into my hunter and spending time and money when I have tried about everything for him. Plus I have found a mare that I hope will be my next hunter who I'm going to have vetted this week. If I bring her in I have to build another stall. What do I do??!!!! |
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| Crackerjack | Jun 10 2007, 05:03 PM Post #2 |
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We're on a bridge, Chaaaaaaaaarlie!
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I may be way off course here as I personally have never had a horse with allery problems but I've known others who have. They used the nose nets and medication. As for coming up north... here in Ontario the pollen and other allergens are pretty bad.... you may have to go up to the Arctic to escape the allergens!! |
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| Petey's Mom | Jun 10 2007, 06:20 PM Post #3 |
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I Visited Candy Mountain and All I Got Was This Lousy Incision
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Been there, tried that. He is worse with a nose net and been on many different meds, supplements and he's on allergy shots now. None of it has relieved the syptoms. This may sound horrible of me, but I can't keep spending money on things that don't work. I have so many supplements that I have tried with him and none of it works. I'm so damn frustrated with it. If I can't find him a place where he can have more months of the year not in pain then I will keep him. I will not give him away unless I believe he will be better off and his problem must be understood by others. Maybe the best thing is for me to keep him. I just wish he could have a better life without his allergies. I just put him back out for the night and he was HS...my poor baby. So, does anyone have any experience with donating a horse. The reason why I have thought about donating him to a college is I figured he could have summers off since that is a bad time of the year for him. Or maybe he could be a foxhunter... LOL. Summers off there, too. |
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| vxf111 | Jun 10 2007, 06:38 PM Post #4 |
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You're BANNED!
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What about in a more arid climate, say Las Vegas etc. Would that help? I am really ignorant about headshaking. |
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| Petey's Mom | Jun 10 2007, 06:46 PM Post #5 |
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I Visited Candy Mountain and All I Got Was This Lousy Incision
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LOL - Las Vegas or somewhere similiar would probably be a good place for him. My trainer is moving to Arizona once his farm sells and I have tried to talk him into taking Petey with him. So far I haven't convinced him yet (and probably won't). But yea, out west might be a good place for him. I looked on the internet about pollen counts - lowest pollen counts are in Idaho. |
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| HeartofGoldFarm | Jun 10 2007, 06:57 PM Post #6 |
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Shunnnnn the unbeliever. Shunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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Don't know if you've already tried this, but I have a mare with horrible allergy problems. We put her on Hydroxyzine(sp?) HC (11-50mg tabs twice a day in her feed) and it's made a world of difference. My vet says it doesn't work for every horse, but for her the change was immediate. I hesitated using it for months because I had tried it on another horse one time and it hadn't worked, but it sure works for her. And it's simplet enough to try, either he will feel better fairly quickly or it's probably not going to work. Good luck. I feel your pain. Sorry, I have no better suggestions. |
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| kinsella | Jun 10 2007, 07:13 PM Post #7 |
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Shunnnnn the unbeliever. Shunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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I second Hydroxyzine... I use it for me and my dogs... Have used it in horses with great success. I use it on me for allergy and motion sickness relief, on the dog as a sedative for long trips (he can get frantic in the car) and on the horse for allergies. If you haven't already tried it, I second the recommendation. |
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| vxf111 | Jun 11 2007, 05:05 AM Post #8 |
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You're BANNED!
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It sounds to me like, aside from the headshaking, he's a greenie that needs private turnout. That doesn't seem SO impossible. I would think there might be a school, in an appropriate climate, that would be happy to have a horse like Petey. I know my alma mater wouldn't have turned down a greenie that needed private turnout. Alas, Happy Valley is not exactly arid-- but perhaps you can find a school in the right climate. |
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