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Location: never in the right place | Please say a little prayer for my horse Tucson. He has been battling a bad infection in his shoulder and the strongest antibiotic is not working- it has been 6 weeks now. yesterday he was very uninterested in food or people so now they are going to try Naxcel- it will either help him or kill him. If he gets severe diahrrea I will have to make the decision to end it all. He is only 9. The infection is so deep they can't see it in xrays or ultra sound. Thank you all, your prayers always seem to work.
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Location: Midwest | Try biospongue while on the AB.... If the vets say it is okay
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Location: never in the right place | Is it a probiotic? I know they gave him a probiotic before shooting the Naxcel. Thank you for the suggestion, I will ask. He has been at the vets for 6 weeks. |
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I had a horse on Naxcel for two rounds and had a lot of success with it! Hope he gets better!!
I second a probiotic or some supplement. Started my horse on Forco! |
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| Has the infection been cultured? How did the horse get the infection? Has the horse been in intravenous antibiotics?
One other think to ask the vet is about doing formaldehyde intravenous. Had one horse develop an abscess on his neck, unknown origin, the vet swabbed and treated intravenous with formaldehyde. The culture came back as clostridium botulinum and after treatment he healed well no scar. |
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No Name Nancy
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Location: never in the right place | Don't know how he got an infection, could be abscess deep in shoulder. It is out of control and they don't think the Naxcel will work. He is having a difficult time getting up, lots of sores, lost alot of weight and not interested in eating much. He has had iv antibiobics, oral and now im antibiotics. They are recommending I put him down. He has been bone scanned, ultra sounded 3 times, and scoped they can't see anything. His white count is very high as well as his temp. banamine was keeping it under control but now it is not. He has been at the vets for 6 weeks and nothing has changed for the better.
thank you all for your prayers
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Are you around a vet that happens to have Hyperbaric Oxygen? Not sure where you're located but I think they have one at a vet in Weatherford, TX. Have they put a central line in yet? If the infection is that bad, he should've been on IV antibiotics, not oral or IM. And a probiotic needs to be given more than just once to rebuild the normal flora back up in his gut. The meds probably make him sick to his stomach or give him an awful taste in his mouth where he doesn't want to eat. Or both.
Sorry you're having to deal with this! Stay positive!
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Location: never in the right place | Sadly Tucson will be crossing the Rainbow Bridge today. RIP baby. |
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Location: Charlestown, IN | ctdrumrunr - 2014-05-06 8:24 AM Sadly Tucson will be crossing the Rainbow Bridge today. RIP baby.
So very sorry. RIP Tucson. |
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Location: In a happy place | I am so sorry. Prayers for you and Tucson as he crosses the Rainbow Bridge. |
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Location: Texas | I am so sorry. Prayers for you both |
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