>>> X is sick ..... he looked like he was colicing when I came home for
>>> lunch today ....... I immediately gave him some Bute and called the
> vet
 
>> Ahh you shouldn't give bute unless the vet tells you
>> to.. you're masking symptoms.. especially if they are
>> not dire or life threatening.
 
> I worded that incorrectly -- should have read called the vet and gave
> BUTE (as instructed on the phone from the vet).
 
Well I'm seriously unhappy.. they've pulled DIpyron off the market. 
Apperently the cattle industry was abusing it and it was found in meat meant 
for the markets. Best drug around for Colics.  
 
>> Always. :)
 
> He's doing OK now ...... fever and symptons ran about 4 days (Dr
> Moore said 4-5 days) ..... Doc said it was the flu but X never got the
> classic runny nose ..... it was a wild 3-4 days ..... I hosed him down
> when the fever was high and then wiped him down .....
 
Hmm  might ask the vet about this.. there are better ways to cool the horse 
down without completely getting him wet.
 
Take a note from the endurance riders.. take a cool and wet towel and place 
it over his neck. You might hose his legs.. but I'd be wary of getting him 
completely wet in fear of a chill.....  
 
 
 
> twice a day the injections of penicylin ...... Bute 2 times a day (he
> HATED that) ... of
 
 
There is a BUTE paste which they don't mind as much as the pills. It has an 
apple flavor to it which makes it a bit more palatble to the horses. 
 
 
 
> course I went out to the barn umpteen times a day and night "checking" on
> him ...... sure glad it's all overwith now!!
 
Always the case. ;)
 
 
                                     BK 
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