DyemondRabbitry
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Oh no... that's horrible. How long is the quarantine? My spelling is horrible.. sorry.
Careful what you say.......
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Bo B Bunny
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Well, the vet told her that until they were free of open wounds from the abscesses (they lanced one and one broke open on its own) and the snots are gone (and fever)..... but I've heard they are contagious for 6 weeks, 2 years and some even for life (carriers/shedders)..... but a shedder has to be around horses who haven't been exposed (usually young horses) and during a shedding of the bacteria. He has a bad case so he might be a carrier for awhile.
SIL had given him something (maybe an antibiotic) that the other vet thought would be ok. Well, most everyone believes and has experienced that giving them something like that can caused b@stard strangles which are abscesses anyplace in the body and can kill them. So, it's best to let it go on its own.
Pokie will most likely be ok in about 6 weeks since she only has the snots and no fever.
It's hard to know how he got it. Pokie didn't get it until she had contact with him and was with Dakota for 2 or 3 weeks and drinking from the same water and stealing food from each others buckets. That's why I don't think it's what Kota had and that worries me. Kota never had the snots like these guys. However, that barn he was in DID have strangles there last year from what I know now.
Good news? they'll be immune for a long time now and if they ever get it again they'll not get as sick.
BUT Harley was gone several times with her to different riding trails/barns/trainer/areas/states. He's only 4 so he's not had a lot of exposure that the others have had. He might have gotten them anywhere.....
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SIL had given him something (maybe an antibiotic) that the other vet thought would be ok. Well, most everyone believes and has experienced that giving them something like that can caused b@stard strangles which are abscesses anyplace in the body and can kill them. So, it's best to let it go on its own.
Pokie will most likely be ok in about 6 weeks since she only has the snots and no fever.
It's hard to know how he got it. Pokie didn't get it until she had contact with him and was with Dakota for 2 or 3 weeks and drinking from the same water and stealing food from each others buckets. That's why I don't think it's what Kota had and that worries me. Kota never had the snots like these guys. However, that barn he was in DID have strangles there last year from what I know now.
Good news? they'll be immune for a long time now and if they ever get it again they'll not get as sick.
BUT Harley was gone several times with her to different riding trails/barns/trainer/areas/states. He's only 4 so he's not had a lot of exposure that the others have had. He might have gotten them anywhere.....
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