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Re: [RC] hives - Mickie NewnamLinda, It's been a number of years so I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but a friend of mine used to have a horse with grass allergies and did the testing and injections. It helped a lot and he was rideable, tho we still took care to try to keep him away from the stuff he'd tested worst for. As for riding now, if the saddle wouldn't make him itch more, and the hives aren't painful, it might not hurt. but if the sweating under the saddle would make him itch he'd probably be unhappy. I picked up a friend to ride once and her horse had just gotten into something and was covered in hives. It was a contact thing, not a chronic food allergy, but she rode him without any issues that day. Good luck; I have a dog with food allergies and environmental allergies and it's a pain -- the environmental are worse for her but then it's easier to find dog food without allergies than keep a horse off grass. From: Linda Winkel <lwinkel@xxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:37:06 AM Subject: [RC] hives I am giving him 10 ml of benadryl twice a day and
that does not seem to help. I am going to limit his grass time to basically only
hay time and see if that makes a difference.. Was hoping someone had done the
vaccines to build up their immune system and had positive results with that
route.. I wil not dex him..
Linda
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