My oldest gelding got a cold or flu one winter in So.
Cal. I was slow to get the vet and he got pretty sick (very, very
weak). I think (it's been years) that the vet gave him antibiotics but I
had to really rest him (he couldn't even walk around the block--boarded in the
city at the time).
I am a nurse so feel really dumb about posting this.I wouldn't be worried
if my children had a cold!
I have a 15 yo Arab mare that lives in pasture with my 8 yo gelding. We
live in the high desert of southern California. we have had an abrubt winter
change here and it has been dipping down in the high 20's and 30's at night. I
am breaking the ice on their water every morning (if they haven't done it
first). anyway I thought I heard a little coughing from my mare this morning.
This afternoon I heard snuffley breathing & noticed mucous on the
nostrils.
So far she is eating and drinking walking around with the gelding and
sunbathing in their favorite spot and eating sticks off the greasebrush...the
usual stuff they do. Am I to assume as long as she is content and doing her
normal thing that this is a viral deal and going to run its course or do I
rush out for some antibiotics? With the humans I tend to assume that the
healthy immune system will prevail.. What do you all think??
Lucinda
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