EMERGENCY - Horse People: Please help!

[Karen sn]

What human pain relief (if any) can a horse take?
Will tell ya all about it later........

[Ottakee]

I don't know. Call your local horse friends and ask if anyone has any BUTE tablets at home---of course, depending on what is going on.

We keep bute tablets, bute paste and BL paste and pellets in the barn.

What is going on?

What human pain relief (if any) can a horse take?
Will tell ya all about it later........

[Remudamom]

What happening? Do you have a colic?

[Cindyg]

I wouldn't give my horse anything designed for a human. Besides the obvious size issue, sometimes there are species differences that can make a huge difference.

I hope by now you've called your vet. Somebody will be on call after hours. Be sure to tell us what happened. Good luck.

[Liz CA]

It would be hard to have enough "human pills" on hand for the dosage to affect a horse.
Is it a wound? Will hot/cold packs help? Pigeon fever?
I also keep Bute in case of an ER.

I know one herbal pain reliever that is used by humans and horses: Jiagoluan (I think I butchered the spelling a bit) but it's so specific, I never knew anyone who had it just "on hand".

[Mekanamom]

Oh Dear... call the vet...

Depending on what is wrong, your vet may give you Bute or Banamine... both only available from the vet I think.

Call your vet first anyway, because bute can mask some symptoms that your vet may need to see to diagnose properly.

What have you got? Colic? Laminitis/Founder?

As Liz mentioned, jioagulan (I probably spelled that wrong; let's just call it the j-herb) works wonders on my old horse and also on horses suffering from laminitis. BUT, don't use it in conjunction with bute (or any NASID) they will cancel each other out and you won't get the benefit of either.

[Karen sn]

She ended up getting cut on some fence (very long story short) and we had to wrap her front left leg with neosporin and cling bandage. She is fine we think. Just sore. Neighbors came and looked.

We will be keeping a close eye on her.
Our vet will call us in the am I am sure - we need him out here anyway so he might as well come tomorrow or Monday.

Thanks everyone.

[Ottakee]

When the vet comes, ask for some Bute tablets and/or paste and some Banamine to keep on hand (just keep from freezing). That way, in an emergency, you will have it on hand if they tell you to use it.

[Soph the vet]

For future reference, horses can be given Aspirin but I doubt you have any horse size pills on hand. I would not have recommended it for a leg wound. Phenylbutazone is an excellent pain killer and inflammation reducer for musculoskeletal injuries. Banamine is better for visceral problems like colic. Antibiotics and a current tetanus status should be your concern with a wound. You may also need to have it regularly debrided if you are not having it sutured.

[Cindyg]

A vet on board! Are you a large or small animal vet? And do you homeschool? I hope you'll stay around. There are several of us who like to talk about horses; and we have lots of dog and cat questions.

[Soph the vet]

I love to talk animals so bring on the questions. I did a residency in large animal internal medicine, so horses and cows will always be my personal favorites. But now I practice small animal part-time due to being home with my 3 kids.
I currently have no pets, if you can believe that, but someday I would love to have a farm.:rolleyes:

[Cindyg]

Well, hi! Nice to meet you!

[Remudamom]

We would love to have a vet around here. Actually we do have one but she's never open, and the other one is about to retire and keeps very limited hours.

Come and live on our ranch, I'll give you your pick of our younguns (horses, not children) and teach you how to cook mountain oysters. You cut em and I'll clean em.

[RoughCollie]

No way! Do you really eat mountain oysters? I always thought that was a joke. It is, isn't it?

teach you how to cook mountain oysters. You cut em and I'll clean em.

[Remudamom]

They are one of my favorite things. I like them so much I learned how to clean them, and that is a nasty job. You clean them, slice them and then coat them in corn meal and deep fat fry them.

I'll look for pics, I know I have some somewhere.

[Soph the vet]

I actually saw your other post first and replied to that about the oysters...been there, done that. Believe me, if I didn't have three kids to educate and a husband who is a city boy I would be living on a ranch myself!:D