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| I have been posting about getting my lazy gelding motivated. I am having the blood work done to rule out any deficiencies so I am still waiting for that. I asked him to run (breezing) last night (finally have some decent ground) and he loved it. However, he did a fair share of coughing after I untacked him and put him back in the pasture. This was quite a while after we had been done running. His breathing seemed just fine and he has never had any issues but it clicked that he does cough as he’s warming up with me about ½ the time. It isn’t major and goes away but I wanted to know if anyone has had “breathing” issues affect a horse’s drive to run? Obviously I will have him vetted but I wanted to know what people have done for something like this and if maybe this is what we are trying to fix, not his energy due to a supplement or personality. Thanks! |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | He could be a bleeder. It doesn't have to come out of their nose for them to have this condition. My horse would cough when I warmed him up and after he ran. Also, he would only run hard for a little bit. But it is very manageable and now he is fine. I would have your horse scoped and see what they find. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | Yep, your horse is exibiting sings of a possible bleeder. You need to have him scopped. They need to do it immediatelly after a work. |
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| I have had him on Previcox in the past for "feet" concerns and we were thinking Dex for competeting. What are the risks with those and a "bleeder"?? |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Those are fine for bleeders but he needs to be scoped. If he is bleeding he will need a round of antibiotics and then will probably need to run on Lasix. There are also supplements you can give them for bleeding and breathing issues to make it easier on them. Basically when they bleed, they feel like they are suffocating or drowning and they panic. I wouldn't like it either! Hope you can get him fixed up :) |
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| Definitely get him scoped. It could be something simple, could be serious. My horse was doing the same thing, scoped him and discovered he has nasopharyngeal cicatrix - which if left untreated can develope to the point of needing a trachea to breath.
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| I would recommend to stop giving your horse previcox first off if you are trying to get more run. I have heard that previcox can make horses feel drowsy. Secondly, it sounds like he is a bleeder, which means lasix before runs. I have a bleeder that needs breezed, but I only let her run out for about 20 yards before coming down to a walk. I do that about 2-3 times on days that I "breeze." I make sure I walk her good between each short sprint and let her breathing come down. I have had no coughing or any signs of bleeding. The short distance is just enough to get some fast twitch muscle work, but not enough to exert a lot of energy. If I want to breeze a longer distance, I will go ahead and give ventipulmon and lasix beforehand. |
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