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New Member:
Slhays

Posted on Friday, Aug 27, 2004 - 12:17 am:

dear dr.o,i have a 24yr.old arabian stallion who sustained a broken jaw 2 mo.ago a mare that lives amile away in heat escaped,came to the farm broke down the fence and was bred asi was securing the fence he tried tobreed heragain and she kicked him breaking his jaw.our vet came &set his jaw he was unable to eat for 7 days.was given quick start by stomach tube until he was able toeat equine sr that we grinded in achipper shreader.he has been chronically loosing weight.he has been wormed and teeth floated.his stoolis loose and has afoul odor.we also give him red cell supplement by siringe.when he was wormed with equimectrin he had a reaction and was given steriod shot to counteract the swelling as his stomach,sheath,and testicles swelled.he looks like a skeleton.he can eat grass that is cut for him but very little hay unless it is very fine.i would appreciate any help in turning him around.thank you.s.l.
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Mrose

Posted on Friday, Aug 27, 2004 - 9:55 am:

OH, Sharon, how awful!! We have two Arab stallions, and something like this is one of our worst nightmares. You are lucky the mare owners aren't after you for breeding their mare, on top of your stallion's problems.

I sure hope your boy does o.k. and recovers. I bet he's a sweetheart,too. I'll be reading what the dr. has to say. Have you tried giving him probiotics? I wonder if getting his gut and stomach back into balance would help? Keep us posted.
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Friday, Aug 27, 2004 - 1:49 pm:

Hello Sharon,
we have an article that addresses the issue of horses having trouble masticating, see Care for Horses » Particular Situations & Procedures » Geriatric Horse: Problems and Care. Be sure you check out other sections of the article that might apply to your horse particularly the section on Cushings.
DrO
PS: It is very difficult to read a post without proper capitalization and spacing. You will probably find you get more responses if you will correct this. Thanks.
New Member:
Chohler

Posted on Friday, Aug 27, 2004 - 3:09 pm:

Sharon I rescued an abused injured 16 year old almost 400 lbs underweight I know its not the same thing but maybe this will help.
I used soaked beet pulp alot or soaked senior, equates(walmart) version of tagament,10 a day(my vets Idea for the stools), and probios.
Don't give him a lot of food all at once give him multiple feedings it helps a lot and their stomach is not so upset.
Member:
Deggert

Posted on Friday, Aug 27, 2004 - 3:36 pm:

Soaked good quality hay pellets put weight on well without going overboard on the protein and sugar. I say soaked because unless they are really picky I worry about bolting pellets and choke. (its happened ) I feed my old mare about half her ration in orchard/oathay pellets. I have used soaked senior when there is chewing problem, they can lap it up. Good luck
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