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| Anyone ever dealt with a horse who is having abdomen pain to the touch of a hand(not even pressing hard). Long story short, last week he had a high fever and was not eating or drinking normal for 2 1/2 days. The night the fever broke, I noticed he was extremely sensitive to the touch around his abdomen(the further back you go, the more annoyed he gets). There is no major swelling, he is now back to eating, drinking and feeling normal... but is still sensitive to the touch. Sensitive to the point that he will nip at you or lift a leg, which is totally out of the ordinary. He's usually so laid back and you can rub him anywhere without him flickering an ear. My local vet is wondering if it's ulcers bothering him? Or a urinary tract infection? any ideas to what I could be looking at? |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | What all did your vet do
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Location: Michigan | My gelding acted like this after he was on a long course of banamine (months). We attributed it to hind gut ulcers. Is it worse on the right side by chance? My gelding was-- and this is typical of right dorsal colitis.
Another thing you may want to do is check him for a bean. Could be making urination painful or impossible for him. |
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| The only thing she's had me do is keep him on smz's for a week as a precaution.(I'm WISHING she'd look more into it... hence is why I'm here asking for opinions before I haul somewhere to have him looked at) It doesn't seem to be on one side more than the other. And he seems to be peeing normal. He did have 2 doses of banamine, one Tuesday night(the day I found his sickness) and one Wed night.
Edited by redrodeo72 2013-11-26 8:44 PM
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Location: Michigan | redrodeo72 - 2013-11-26 8:41 PM The only thing she's had me do is keep him on smz's for a week as a precaution.(I'm WISHING she'd look more into it... hence is why I'm here asking for opinions before I haul somewhere to have him looked at) It doesn't seem to be on one side more than the other. And he seems to be peeing normal.
UTI in a male horse would be very unlikely. Could possibly be stones but then you would probably expect him to act differently when urinating. I would say ulcers or potentially even back pain could manifest like this. |
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| I would do a urinanalysis, if there is blood probably stones. If that comes back normal I would do a peritoneal tap to ensure no bowel contents.
Is your horse voiding and passing stool well? |
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| redrodeo72 - 2013-11-26 8:41 PM
The only thing she's had me do is keep him on smz's for a week as a precaution.(I'm WISHING she'd look more into it... hence is why I'm here asking for opinions before I haul somewhere to have him looked at) It doesn't seem to be on one side more than the other. And he seems to be peeing normal. He did have 2 doses of banamine, one Tuesday night(the day I found his sickness) and one Wed night.
Your vet is treating for a low form of infection that is not showing itself ........
Your horse being body sore along the bottom of his rib cage is more than likely the crud his lymph glands have been and are filtering out of his body.... so they are inflamed and sore.
From the short synopsis you gave ...of his original fever could be from some bad feed/hay .. a virus he overcame due to his immune system being good at the time and some of his body soreness is from the fever in his muscles and he may have rolled a few times when you were not there... or even stocked in a stall.
I would do another round of SMZ since it is a mild wide range antibiotic and buy some cheap vanilla yogurt and give a cup each day for 5 days to help good gut bacteria .... just mix it in his feed. Turn him out so he can play or run/walk freely to flex his muscles and if they are toxic with something his moving around will cleanse his muscles.
GOOD LUCK ... |
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Location: Great NW | Blood Work or urinalysis? If not, I would be getting a 2nd opinion. |
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| He's fed good quality 2nd cutting hay and good quality grain. He's been getting turned out during the day since Saturday after he started eating normal again. He was up and down a lot in his stall while sick, but not rolling much(I do know he could have rolled while I wasn't around). THe only thing my vet suggested was to take him to have him scoped.... and I do have a call into Cornell to do that. Thanks for the other opinions and options! |
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