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| MsCwick |
Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 4:56:07 PM
My mare is a 15 year old Chincoteague Pony(14.2hh and fat pony:)
She has never had an emergency vet visit.I've had her since I was 11, and I'm going on 26 I've called three vets, and they are all telling me that this is choke. This is the most awful thing. One vet told me to put the garden hose in her mouth and turn it on! Called another, and he can come out, but I don't know why this has happened. She does get just a bit of beet pulp, but only about a soup can full as a treat in with her sweet feed. Her teeth are great, and it's such a small amount that I didn't think it would pose this problem. Now that I read the posts about choke, she's always been yawning after eating, so I guess this is the beet pulp getting stuck in her thoat?? I found her like this at 11 am this morning, at the creek with all kinds of crap coming out of her nose. Looks like a little bit of chunky stuff like boogers too. But now it's starting to get a little more yellow. I've messaged her esophagus/throat area, and it's all tensed up. Ive tried patting her pretty hard on the throat when she's coughing, thinking I might be able to help her get this blockage loosened.
Does this mostly pass on it's own?
Vet is 2 hours away(no good horse vets here) and can come tonight emergency or tomorrow any time.
It's 9 hours later and still crap coming out...I've put the turkey baster up in her mouth, I'm messaging her thoat.
PLease keep us in your thoughts and prayers...
Thank youC
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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 8:28:54 PM
I soak it in pail of hot water and let it cool...it swells up like magic and breaks down better. The horses on the farm that I live on aren't mine, but I do take as good a care of them as I can
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| Love-in-a-Mist |
Posted - Nov 18 2007 : 6:30:23 PM
I just started feeding beet pulp. And did a bunch of research about it. You must soak it in twice the amount of water per amount of beet pulp. For at least 2 hours! Some people soak it all night and all day just to make sure. I think this is easier too, put the morning feed, soaking at night and the night feed, soaking in the morning.
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| Nin |
Posted - Nov 11 2007 : 09:05:26 AM
Poor baby! I hope she's feeling better now 
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| MsCwick |
Posted - Nov 09 2007 : 11:30:54 AM
You woudn't think that such a small amount(a soup can mixed in with the feed) could do that! The TB gets his soaked because he gets so much more than her. Learning experience!!! |
| goneriding |
Posted - Nov 09 2007 : 11:00:20 AM
Sounds like choke. When you feed beet pulp, pour the water on and let it sit for at least 15 mins before feeding.
Poor baby!!
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| MsCwick |
Posted - Nov 09 2007 : 10:06:33 AM
no...choke is when their food gets stuck in their throat and they can't swallow. Beet puls is very dehydrated and as is gets wet in the throat, it expands and literally clogged up her esophagus. Vet flushed it out. Esophagus and wind pipe are two differet things in horses, so that's why they can still breathe, just not swallow...
Strangles is a very very serious disease, and has been rare in this area, but my horses never go anywhere or do anything, so I hope it stays that way....
Thanks for all your thoughts,
Cristine |
| kitchensqueen |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 6:00:47 PM
For reference, there is a Q&A on "strangles" in horses in the Nov/Dec issue of Hobby Farms. Not sure if this is the same as choke, but it sounds like it. Might be worth checking out.
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Posted - Nov 06 2007 : 06:20:22 AM
Critine,
Just got to this thread, and I am wondering how your mare in doing now?
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| Tracey |
Posted - Nov 02 2007 : 4:36:37 PM
Hope things continue to look up for you! I've been wondering all day how she was doing.
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| MsCwick |
Posted - Nov 02 2007 : 1:08:55 PM
Vet came today. Worked on the blockage with the tube and got quite a bit out, but he had to stop because it was starting to get too irritated and bleed. It definitely was beetpulp...I usually just dump a lot of water on her food, but it didn't help. She has been confined with only water, and now she is sedated, and I have quite a bit of injections to give over the next 24 hours. He is hoping that the saliva that was coming out the nose will stay down in there enough to slide the food along...Thank you for your thoughts and advice. PS-nearly 300 dollars :(
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| Tracey |
Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 6:00:35 PM
Cristine, do you soak your beet pulp first? I know I've read somewhere that dry was okay, but I think not.
Make sure she hasn't got any food available to her. Are you using water or oil? I know they say you can spray water down, but I'd think oil would help ease things along. At least that's my gut reaction.
Is she dehydrated? Do you know how to check by pinching her at the shoulder/neck area? Pull the skin away and see if it snaps back into place. If it's slow to return and it seems to stick together, then she's dehydrated. You could try electrolytes to help rehydrate her with your turkey baster.
I'd sure be getting the vet there sooner rather than later.
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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 5:57:32 PM
Oh dear Cristine, I'm so sorry. Likely is the beet pulp mixing with feed and making a sticky lump. You need to get her tubed and that lump removed. It's not pleasant but choke isn't either. I don't have a lot of good horse information on how dangerous choke is for that long, since I've always had someone come to help in less than an hour. I've helped tube a few and I would call the vet back and see if you could get him out there or at least some advice. The turkey baster isn't gonna do any good, since the lump is way down in her esophagus. I haven't had a horse of my own for about 20 years, but we have a bunch on the farm that I'm renting property on. My prayers are sent and wishing you the best.
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