I have a horse that was recently kicked (although seemed to
be healing well) and has a cold and today is developing strange symptoms.
This horse is not currently on my property as I am in the
process of doing a trade and once he got a cold it made more sense for him to
go ahead and go to the new place to keep from spreading the cold to more horses
at our place. At the time we
realized he was sick, his temp was 102. But I think this might have had something
to do with his leg because of the other horses that got the cold, none have had
a temperature.The leg was healing
nicely at this point, (it’s on the middle of the upper leg), we’d
kept the wound open for a while because there was a good sized lump around it,
but has now closed up.
So on Tuesday we saw he was snotty, the vet was already
coming to do teeth (we didn’t do his because of the cold) and gave him an
injection of banamine IV and Gentocin(sp?)
IM and then put him on sulfa and bute
and he went to his new home. He’s
been fine until this morning.Now
his temp is 93 and he’s shivering (we did also have a temperature drop
and it’s only 46 right now) and he keeps laying
down. He is pooping, so not
necessarily colicky.They’ve
given him banamine, blanketed him and are walking him
while trying to get in touch with a vet.He’s a lot snottier than the other horses who’ve
gotten sick.
I’ve never dealt with a horse with a cold at all
before so have no idea what the risks are. I know the horse has had bute, banamine
and sulfa before.Probably not Gentocin, but don’t know.They don’t feel any different
warmth at the wound site or anything to indicate infection there.He’s 10 and basically a healthy
horse.
I’m worried that there is something more going on with
the kick wound or else a combination of that wound and the drugs are putting
him in shock?I figured I’d
do some research and ask you guys if you’ve had any experience with this
in case it takes a bit to get a vet to see him. If you have any ideas, please respond
directly to me as I am on digest and it might take a while to get to me.
