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 Serious Snap Trapper
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | What are symptoms that you guys are recognizing as respiratory issues? What are you doing to improve? My buttermilk buckskin is 14 this year. Not been used much in her life. Not a known bleeder. Not a roarer. We brought her to our elevation about 4 months ago. I work/ride her several days a week. She's in good shape. But is constantly huffing and puffing. Not sweating. Not over worked. Just seems overworked in a short period of time. Straight from a walk. Anything over walking, she is breathing heavily. I am more than willing to give her a lil something to assist. But just wondering how you guys deal with this. |
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  Sock eating dog owner
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Forco,vitamin E,C/K and Re-coup. Slowly recondition so he can adjust to altitude.if he's not sweating,you need to 2 table spoons of salt daily until he does. |
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Gettin Jiggy Wit It
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| ~BINGO~ - 2017-03-01 8:27 PM
What are symptoms that you guys are recognizing as respiratory issues? What are you doing to improve? My buttermilk buckskin is 14 this year. Not been used much in her life. Not a known bleeder. Not a roarer. We brought her to our elevation about 4 months ago. I work/ride her several days a week. She's in good shape. But is constantly huffing and puffing. Not sweating. Not over worked. Just seems overworked in a short period of time. Straight from a walk. Anything over walking, she is breathing heavily. I am more than willing to give her a lil something to assist. But just wondering how you guys deal with this.
Anything with respiratory is nothing to mess around with. Get a bal and scope done to see what you are dealing with. If it's a physical anatomical problem or inflammation of the air way, by getting a scope and bal you can figure out the proper way to treat it. To many people spend hundreds trying supplements and this and that before going to the vet. If they would have just went to the vet to begin with they could of put the money towards that instead of wasting it on things that won't help unless you know the actual problem. Just my opinion. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | WetSaddleBlankets - 2017-03-01 8:16 PM
~BINGO~ - 2017-03-01 8:27 PM
What are symptoms that you guys are recognizing as respiratory issues? What are you doing to improve? My buttermilk buckskin is 14 this year. Not been used much in her life. Not a known bleeder. Not a roarer. We brought her to our elevation about 4 months ago. I work/ride her several days a week. She's in good shape. But is constantly huffing and puffing. Not sweating. Not over worked. Just seems overworked in a short period of time. Straight from a walk. Anything over walking, she is breathing heavily. I am more than willing to give her a lil something to assist. But just wondering how you guys deal with this.
Anything with respiratory is nothing to mess around with. Get a bal and scope done to see what you are dealing with. If it's a physical anatomical problem or inflammation of the air way, by getting a scope and bal you can figure out the proper way to treat it. To many people spend hundreds trying supplements and this and that before going to the vet. If they would have just went to the vet to begin with they could of put the money towards that instead of wasting it on things that won't help unless you know the actual problem. Just my opinion.
THIS - If you suspect respiratory issues, don't mess around. Get a BAL. There is so much that could be going on and an infection won't just 'go away' with herbs and maintenance. |
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Location: Texas | WetSaddleBlankets - 2017-03-01 10:16 PM ~BINGO~ - 2017-03-01 8:27 PM What are symptoms that you guys are recognizing as respiratory issues? What are you doing to improve? My buttermilk buckskin is 14 this year. Not been used much in her life. Not a known bleeder. Not a roarer. We brought her to our elevation about 4 months ago. I work/ride her several days a week. She's in good shape. But is constantly huffing and puffing. Not sweating. Not over worked. Just seems overworked in a short period of time. Straight from a walk. Anything over walking, she is breathing heavily. I am more than willing to give her a lil something to assist. But just wondering how you guys deal with this. Anything with respiratory is nothing to mess around with. Get a bal and scope done to see what you are dealing with. If it's a physical anatomical problem or inflammation of the air way, by getting a scope and bal you can figure out the proper way to treat it. To many people spend hundreds trying supplements and this and that before going to the vet. If they would have just went to the vet to begin with they could of put the money towards that instead of wasting it on things that won't help unless you know the actual problem. Just my opinion.
Agree that you need a veterinary evaluation FIRST. i was one of those that spent lots of $$ on herbal supplements, when antibiotics were what was needed. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | WetSaddleBlankets - 2017-03-01 8:16 PM
~BINGO~ - 2017-03-01 8:27 PM
What are symptoms that you guys are recognizing as respiratory issues? What are you doing to improve? My buttermilk buckskin is 14 this year. Not been used much in her life. Not a known bleeder. Not a roarer. We brought her to our elevation about 4 months ago. I work/ride her several days a week. She's in good shape. But is constantly huffing and puffing. Not sweating. Not over worked. Just seems overworked in a short period of time. Straight from a walk. Anything over walking, she is breathing heavily. I am more than willing to give her a lil something to assist. But just wondering how you guys deal with this.
Anything with respiratory is nothing to mess around with. Get a bal and scope done to see what you are dealing with. If it's a physical anatomical problem or inflammation of the air way, by getting a scope and bal you can figure out the proper way to treat it. To many people spend hundreds trying supplements and this and that before going to the vet. If they would have just went to the vet to begin with they could of put the money towards that instead of wasting it on things that won't help unless you know the actual problem. Just my opinion.
I have the same opinion. I waited way too long to get a full work up done on my horse. Local vets kept telling me it was allergies, so I just kept soaking his hay and trying different supplements. By the time I took him to a respiratory specialist he had moderate-severe Inflammatory Airway Disease, and despite doing extreme maintenance (eliminating most of his hay and replacing it with pellets/beet pulp/cubes and what little hay he did get was steamed), steroids whenever he needed it, and ventipulmin to run him on, it still wasn't getting better and he started bleeding. He was reaching a point that I was really questioning whether or not it was morally right and fair to keep "medicating" him in order to run.
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