Re: Allergy Neuteralisation

Did your vet make any comment on the high white blood count?

I think it can be a sign of infection, as the blood cells increase to help combat things like that, so it's possible your pony could need antibiotics or something, as I'm guessing the breathing problems are the cause? Don't know, but I think I'd ask what should happen about it all.

Hope he/she feels better soon :o)

Re: Allergy Neuteralisation

Thanks guys for your valuable input.

As well as having wheezy, puffy breathing he also has a smelly, extra discharge, sores and little growths on his penis and inside his sheath.  He wees normally, but occasionally he'll sit down like a dog and give his sheath area a bit of a rub.  The vet took samples of little growths and results were benign.  Will have results on swap taken next week.  He has already been on a course of antibiotics a couple of weeks ago, and it is since then that vet has been again, so I'm thinking the antibiotics would have got rid of any infection, so the high white cell count currently is not to do with an infection, or is that not correct?

So he's got a couple of things going on - his breathing and his willy.

I defininitely don't want the chance of anaphylactic shock, so will be giving that a miss.  The vet has advised that I up his inhaler (preventer) for a couple of weeks to see if that helps.  If not, she's then suggesting I give him tablets instead to make sure he's taking it all in, ie. maybe all the inhaler isn't reaching his lungs.  With the inhaler there's a tiny tiny chance of laminitis, and that increases slightly with tablets.  I'm sure all the inhaler is going in, he's very good at taking it, I clean the inhaler, block his nostrils on his breath out and let him breath in.  The word laminitis scares me, so I don't want him having tablets. He lives out and is unridden.

Any more advice or things I might be missing would be much appreciated.  I will be speaking to the vet next week, so will ask more about the blood then.

Here's a photo of him .............

xx

Re: Allergy Neuteralisation

Thanks for that rhapsody.  How often do you reckon to clean?  I don't want to interfere too much with the balance of things in there if you know what I mean.  I sometimes use a very diluted warm salt water solution, do you think that would be okay, or is that no good?  He does actually love me to clean it (he won't "drop" but he'll let me get right in there!), he puts his nose in the air as if to say "more, more"!