Re: swollen mouth, ideas?

On 29 Mar 2006 20:38:03 -0800, grosvenr@xxxxxxx wrote:

This has not been the best week for Aspen-- or me for that matter...
Thoughts on what happened are appreciated.

Aspen (my horse) got sick twice this week. She coliced on Sunday night
and I was up a lot of the night with her, and then Tuesday (last
night), I came home late from work to find out she'd gotten into
something that caused an allergic reaction in and around her mouth.////

He came, saw her swollen tongue and checked her mouth for sticks or
burrs, but there were none. He gave her an antibiotic, banamine and
something for the swelling (steroidal injection I think). She was able
to eat her food during the night and was better in the morning, but it
has still not completely gone.
///
Any thoughts on what might have caused this?
///
thanks,
cg

I am reaching with this one.
But IF
you were feeding alfalfa
and
the feed came from the mid west plains
and
the grass harvest had plenty of grass-hoppers
then
....it could be that the horse ate some blister beetles.

Stripey beetles can be lethal in 60+ quantity, others take 2 or 300 to
kill a horse.

Stiff tongue is not usually reported, I don't think


Brian Whatcott Altus OK
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