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Location: USA | Had my horse tested for allergies as he is always itchy.... just got my results. Let's put it this way, what isn't he allergic to?? He is allergic to most grasses, mold, shavings, barley, air..... the list goes on and on. My vet is going to call the company to find out what I can do for him since he is basically allergic to his enviroment. Any suggestions from those with experience??? Do supplements work?? Shots? Meds? Any input would great be appreciated. |
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Location: North Dakota | Smokin girlie on here is gonna be a good example of how wrong those results can be. Her horses tested allergic to oats and alfalfa. Once the over reactive immune response was corrected.. now that's all her horse eats is oats and alfalfa. There are better answers out there than those allergy shots... Cur-OST is one of those answers. Total support and Immune and Repair would be a fantastic place to start. |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | My horse basically is allergic to the world - so the tests say. I've had 3 tests done, funny they all come back different. Tried so many supplements that didn't work. Used dex regularly and hydroxine. I did an overhaul on his feed program just to get some ulcers under control and everything changed! After 4 years of fighting hives, coughing and mucus, he is clean! Could be luck or it was what I was feeding him. I do just RG, and forage. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I was also told my horse was allergic to alfalfa. Tests are wrong all the time.
I wouldn't completely pull everything from him just yet.
I know lots of peoploe on here who have had great results with CurOst.
Maybe pull one thing at a time and see if you notice the itching going away. For example, pull shavings and get some other type of bedding. wait a week. If he's still itchy, give the shaving's back and pull something else he's "allergic" too. Wait a week. Repete. |
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Location: USA | IRunOnFaith - 2017-03-23 8:42 AM I was also told my horse was allergic to alfalfa. Tests are wrong all the time.
I wouldn't completely pull everything from him just yet.
I know lots of peoploe on here who have had great results with CurOst.
Maybe pull one thing at a time and see if you notice the itching going away. For example, pull shavings and get some other type of bedding. wait a week. If he's still itchy, give the shaving's back and pull something else he's "allergic" too. Wait a week. Repete.
Well the crazy thing is he's not allergic to his alfalfa or oats that I feed him. He does get pasture spring, summer, fall until the snow flys. The only place I use shaving is in my trailer and he hasn't been in that since Oct. BUT he is surrounded by pastures and hay fields and grain fields so when things are growing there is nothing I can do. I would like to find a supplement to put him on. Cur-ost is so expensive. Are there any alternatives that would work just as well? |
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Location: NE Texas | Lookin For Diamonds - 2017-03-23 8:54 AM IRunOnFaith - 2017-03-23 8:42 AM I was also told my horse was allergic to alfalfa. Tests are wrong all the time.
I wouldn't completely pull everything from him just yet.
I know lots of peoploe on here who have had great results with CurOst.
Maybe pull one thing at a time and see if you notice the itching going away. For example, pull shavings and get some other type of bedding. wait a week. If he's still itchy, give the shaving's back and pull something else he's "allergic" too. Wait a week. Repete. Well the crazy thing is he's not allergic to his alfalfa or oats that I feed him. He does get pasture spring, summer, fall until the snow flys. The only place I use shaving is in my trailer and he hasn't been in that since Oct. BUT he is surrounded by pastures and hay fields and grain fields so when things are growing there is nothing I can do. I would like to find a supplement to put him on. Cur-ost is so expensive. Are there any alternatives that would work just as well?
Actually with the changes in my feed program and everything else I was having to do, my feed/supplement program is cheaper WITH the Cur-Ost than it was before. All I feed is a pound of oats once a day (since i'm on the maintenance dose) to mix his Cur-Ost in, then a flake of alfalfa twice a day. Before, I was feeding 2 scoops twice a day of $35/bag feed with lots and lots of grass hay, plus Ventipulmin, Dex, Lung Aid, Forco, etc. Things are so much more simplified now, my pocketbook is much happier, I haven't had to take a horse to the vet in over 2 years, and everyone is thriving and doing great. Even my bad footed horse is now able to go barefoot thanks to getting his gut right and his foot growing so much faster. It is expensive to get started, but the juice is worth the squeeze with the Cur-Ost, I can guarantee you that! |
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Location: NE Texas | RunfastNTurn - 2017-03-23 1:30 PM Do your allergy horses live iutside 24/7?
Yes, mine does. Only time he goes up is if there is a storm coming, and even then he goes into a small pen with run in shed. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | odds are he has one maybe two reacters and a shot of Depo as needed and he never misses a beat.
Or you can spend Eleventy Zillion dollars a month of Cur-ost that has no scientific proof that it works.
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Location: Texas | skin testing for allergies in horses isn't very accurate |
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| casualdust07 - 2017-03-23 1:43 PM
skin testing for allergies in horses isn't very accurate
Same with the blood work to per my vet. SHe says that when they send blood in for allergy testing it ALWAYS comes back with a ton of things the horse is allergic to. |
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Location: USA | FLITASTIC - 2017-03-23 4:11 PM casualdust07 - 2017-03-23 1:43 PM skin testing for allergies in horses isn't very accurate Same with the blood work to per my vet. SHe says that when they send blood in for allergy testing it ALWAYS comes back with a ton of things the horse is allergic to.
Edited by Lookin For Diamonds 2017-03-23 4:43 PM
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | I have a very thin skinned mare who is allergic to the noseums in my area. She is the 2nd horse I have had here that has this reaction to them. I have wormed, flysprayed, set up fans, stalls, and spent lots of $ to make them comfortable.
The first one I ended up selling to get the one I have now.
Last year, I had her on garlic and tried the shot from the vet. Ended up with a deep abscess from the injection site. This year, I tried something else that so far seams to be working.
I bought some Anihist powder...yes. it is supposed to be for cough, however it is for allergies. She has been on it for about 3 weeks now and has not scrubbed her tail so far.
I also have a dog that had watery eyes and put her on it...her eyes have dried up and she is trying to grow the hair back that she rubbed off.
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