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| Just bumped the most recent discussion up for you. If you can't find it, search Trach in equine???? |
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Location: Wisconsin | we had a mare with one... she had a tumor that went almost from ear to ear under neath her neck and effected her breathing severely. The trach helped a lot but she was not a performance horse, just a broodmare. The hole in her neck got dirty often and we had to clean it daily but other than that it was fine to deal with. |
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Location: Gonzales texas | My horse had one due to scar tissue in the trachea caused by Cicatrix. (Rampant disease of unknown cause in my area) I tried laser surgery to avoid the trach but the scar tissue came right back. His tracheostomy is terrible. It began collapsing after less than a month, then I had to have it remodeled. It still collapsed and also is an ugly goopy mess. He sucks it almost shut with every breath. I can't face putting him down. He's ok when just quietly grazing. BUT I do know several in my area that had it done at Elgin Tx clinic and their horses were happy and usable for years. There's one right now that works in local feed lot every day. So best of luck to you! They can be fine and you just wipe it off once in a while. Make sure you do research on who's doing it/ how many have they actually done etc even if they say they are good at it! And maybe it's just our bad luck and his neck or something. A horse I love I would try it again to save it! |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | shelltc - 2015-11-08 6:05 AM My horse had one due to scar tissue in the trachea caused by Cicatrix. (Rampant disease of unknown cause in my area) I tried laser surgery to avoid the trach but the scar tissue came right back. His tracheostomy is terrible. It began collapsing after less than a month, then I had to have it remodeled. It still collapsed and also is an ugly goopy mess. He sucks it almost shut with every breath. I can't face putting him down. He's ok when just quietly grazing. BUT I do know several in my area that had it done at Elgin Tx clinic and their horses were happy and usable for years. There's one right now that works in local feed lot every day. So best of luck to you! They can be fine and you just wipe it off once in a while. Make sure you do research on who's doing it/ how many have they actually done etc even if they say they are good at it! And maybe it's just our bad luck and his neck or something. A horse I love I would try it again to save it!
My mare got hers a year ago Dec. 5th as an emergency surgery for the same reasons as shelltc. There is something in So. Texas that causes a build up of scar tissue. I had a totally different outcome, though. My mare has healed beautifully and while initially it required cleaning 2x a day, now, I just clean it once a day. She is doing great. She does everything she did before (at her age of 23) except swim. My mare was operated on at Retama Equine Hospital by Dr. Lamb. I couldn't be happier with the results. |
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Location: Gonzales texas | sophiebelle - 2015-11-08 8:16 AM
shelltc - 2015-11-08 6:05 AM My horse had one due to scar tissue in the trachea caused by Cicatrix. (Rampant disease of unknown cause in my area) I tried laser surgery to avoid the trach but the scar tissue came right back. His tracheostomy is terrible. It began collapsing after less than a month, then I had to have it remodeled. It still collapsed and also is an ugly goopy mess. He sucks it almost shut with every breath. I can't face putting him down. He's ok when just quietly grazing. BUT I do know several in my area that had it done at Elgin Tx clinic and their horses were happy and usable for years. There's one right now that works in local feed lot every day. So best of luck to you! They can be fine and you just wipe it off once in a while. Make sure you do research on who's doing it/ how many have they actually done etc even if they say they are good at it! And maybe it's just our bad luck and his neck or something. A horse I love I would try it again to save it!
My mare got hers a year ago Dec. 5th as an emergency surgery for the same reasons as shelltc. There is something in So. Texas that causes a build up of scar tissue. I had a totally different outcome, though. My mare has healed beautifully and while initially it required cleaning 2x a day, now, I just clean it once a day. She is doing great. She does everything she did before (at her age of 23) except swim. My mare was operated on at Retama Equine Hospital by Dr. Lamb. I couldn't be happier with the results.
I'm so glad to hear your good result. I'm thinking about taking him somewhere to see if it can be remodeled again. I just hate to put him through it again. But maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Otherwise I'm going to have to make the sad decision. If only someone would figure out what's causing this!!im so worried that my others will get it! I heard there is now someone working on it at A&M. |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | I'm sorry you didn't have good results. We took our mare in with a choke diagnosis and prayed she wouldn't wind up with pneumonia. We were shocked to see the blockage when she was scoped. Ours was a Johnny on the spot decision and I'm thankful I didn't have time to think about it. I also have a friend who had a horse with a trach that lived 29 years, so that gave me an idea what we were looking at. A lot of my friends say they wouldn't have spent the money as the mare was 22 at the time, but she's a great little horse. Perhaps someone can reconstruct your guy and he will have a full life. I have 9 other horses and worry about them getting the cicatrix as well. Sending prayers for your boy. |
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Location: Arkansas | shelltc - 2015-11-08 6:05 AM
My horse had one due to scar tissue in the trachea caused by Cicatrix. (Rampant disease of unknown cause in my area) I tried laser surgery to avoid the trach but the scar tissue came right back. His tracheostomy is terrible. It began collapsing after less than a month, then I had to have it remodeled. It still collapsed and also is an ugly goopy mess. He sucks it almost shut with every breath. I can't face putting him down. He's ok when just quietly grazing. BUT I do know several in my area that had it done at Elgin Tx clinic and their horses were happy and usable for years. There's one right now that works in local feed lot every day. So best of luck to you! They can be fine and you just wipe it off once in a while. Make sure you do research on who's doing it/ how many have they actually done etc even if they say they are good at it! And maybe it's just our bad luck and his neck or something. A horse I love I would try it again to save it!
Prayers for your boy. . . . |
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