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| How many of you give banamine to your horses before your run them? Can you give it orally? how long before the run do you administer it? |
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| love2ridepre - 2018-05-07 9:10 AM
How many of you give banamine to your horses before your run them? Can you give it orally? how long before the run do you administer it?
I use previcox rather than banamine. But I know people who do. You can use Banamine orally ( It comes in an oral paste form, I would use that rather than squirting the inject able into the mouth). Those that I know who use it orally give it 2 hours out and IV is 1 hour. |
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Location: Illinois | I'll occasionally give mine a small dose during long weekends when we're stalled for 3-4 days. I just do it in the morning, it's not really for the run. He's on Previcox now so I don't use it anymore. I have given it orally before, just squirt it in. Paste here is $40 a tube and it's 2 doses, so it's a lot cheaper to use the inject-able. I tend to do an extra cc when using orally because it typically dribbles a bit, but I also still don't give the normal dose either. I do about 5-6cc instead of the 10cc. |
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| JLazyT_perf_horses - 2018-05-07 1:19 PM
I'll occasionally give mine a small dose during long weekends when we're stalled for 3-4 days. I just do it in the morning, it's not really for the run. He's on Previcox now so I don't use it anymore. I have given it orally before, just squirt it in. Paste here is $40 a tube and it's 2 doses, so it's a lot cheaper to use the inject-able. I tend to do an extra cc when using orally because it typically dribbles a bit, but I also still don't give the normal dose either. I do about 5-6cc instead of the 10cc.
Holy smokes thats expensive banamine paste!!! I get the 3 dose tubes from my vet or her online pharmacy for about 22.00 a tube. |
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Location: Illinois | My local vet is expensive for everything. I made the mistake of having them do my spring vaccinations and 2 sheath cleanings and it was $700. A dental is $160 now I think even. I started going to other people, I even haul 4 hours to get my injections because it's still a lot cheaper lol. |
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Location: Texas | The injectable is perfectly fine given orally and saves the risk of giving it in the muscle and getting a clostridial myositis. Each person has their preference on when to give it prior to running. |
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Location: Arkansas | JLazyT_perf_horses - 2018-05-07 3:35 PM
My local vet is expensive for everything. I made the mistake of having them do my spring vaccinations and 2 sheath cleanings and it was $700. A dental is $160 now I think even. I started going to other people, I even haul 4 hours to get my injections because it's still a lot cheaper lol.
How many horses was this? Just asking cause that amount sounds familiar!! |
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| My horse gets a shot of pentosan a month and we have pervicox but with pervicox don't you have to give it for a whole week prior in order to work? Also, I figured with the banamine, any ache of pain will dismiss. I don't know, I've never done it but I want him to run comfortably and horses are like us, they can wake up the day of the race with a little ache here and there. Is it safe to do it 3 days in a row? I understand these probably are questions that I should ask my vet but I am also interested in other people's experiences.
And yes, I will use IV banamine BUT ORALLY! I don't want to risk doing it IV and messing up. |
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