okay not my fault but.........

sulphurfire · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject: okay not my fault but.........

Taffy my mustang was colicky acting Monday, and being very anti-social about being given a shot of Banamine.Long story short the boy helping my other half gave her the shot too high and missed the muscle... Well she's currently on stall rest(per the vet), cold water hosings, and DMSO being put on the site. Has anyone else ever had this happen? I'm trying to figure out a progressive time frame on her healing, not to mention I hate seeing her so unhappy and uncomfortable. And i'm very concerned about her, she's slightly off her feed, and quite passive(which is not her normal self)...The vet did tell me that more than likely she will have an abcess from this....

MackinacWhiskey · Member Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 155 Location: MI

http://www.horse-previews.com/1196articles/1196vetcorner.html
http://www.banamine.com/disclosure/index.html
"CONTRAINDICATIONS:
Horse: There are no known contraindications to this drug when used as directed. Intra-arterial injection should be avoided. Horses inadvertently injected intra-arterially can show adverse reactions. Signs can be ataxia, incoordination, hyperventilation, hysteria, and muscle weakness. Signs are transient and disappear without antidotal medication within a few minutes. Do not use in horses showing hypersensitivity to flunixin meglumine."

No I've had this happen, but I'm a trained vet tech and if I wasn't I would not inject my animals with drugs. That's the vet's job.

Hope everything works out for her.
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CHIRON · Yearling Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 28

I had just been told within the last 3 weeks that one of the large referring Vet Hospitals here in So. Cal. will no longer give Banamine in the muscle.
They seem to feel they are seeing too many abscesses Exclamation

I & my circle of horse friends have been using Banamine for some 15 years & have never had a problem. Go Figure Cool

Inyureye · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject:

I think the mare's reaction to the banamine inproperly injected was acute and short acting. By this time, she is acting on other processes in her system, whether that's colick or virus or whatever. That's my opinion.
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sulphurfire · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject:

Well the missed im injection has abscessed and opened. It's now draining , egads but it is nasty to say the least. And it's rather large to say the least, but her appetite is back, and Taffy's once again getting her I don't like this attitude(but she's letting us treat her allright). It's just going to be a long heal, hopefully no complications wiht the healing occur.

runnin' roan · Member Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 99

I had a friend that the same thing happend. The filly ended up with a terrible abcess. She is fine now and a good riding mare. The biggest thing is keeping it clean.
Everyone makes mistakes. Don't knock yourself down because of it. I have always injected my horses myself, within reason, and I know that most horse people do. Good luck and keep us posted.

sulphurfire · Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject:

Well I'm currnlty at methodist hospital in Houston waitnign on my father to come out of surgery, for a blocked carotoid artery... <y fiance's taking care of Taffy, because my father needed me here...I'll update ya'll later after I get back home.

dctrainingandlessons · Very Active Member Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 548

Sulpher, I send my prayers out to your family and hope for a speedy recovery!!

I also vaccinate all my animals myself except for the rabies vaccine which is illegal to administer unless you are a vet, so they come out and vaccinate that one, and usually some other odds and ends stuff at the same time. Otherwise, I see nothing wrong with people doing their own vaccinations, and pretty much everyone I know does their own. I did work for a vet for some time and the large majority of all the clients who owned horses did their own vaccinations. I think it's a lot easier on the vets that way too, no running here and there when there is emergencies and more important things going on then some WNV shots!

Don't take it so hard, we all have made mistakes with our horses, and this is just one of them. You'll learn some things from this and do things differently next time! I'm sure she'll be fine and come out of this with little or no set backs! Heck, if she gets a scar from it, it's no worse than the things horses can get into turned out! HA HA! Well, keep your head up and know that we're all here pulling for Taffy and your father!

sulphurfire · Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 10:59 am Post subject:

Well the wound site is much better, originally I could have put my fingers inside of it since then it has started filling in closing up, no more drainage(stll doing hydrotherapy 2x daily,more when we can)...Her appetite and general demaenor are mostly back, but she untied herse4lf the other day and was much easier to catch than she's ever been. I'll post before and after pics later when I ghet a chance, but for now I have to go help with the new filly. A sale barn purchase, grade yearling filly, picjked up for 90 dollars..needs weight already wormed her, and to learn how to lead. She earned herself the name Flip, because she flipped herself over when we tried to get her to lead.She's somewhere between 10 and 14 months of age been around people but knows nothing.

sulphurfire · Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 11:01 am Post subject:

Oh and my Dad's 1st surgey was successful, now we are waiting for an appointment for another surgery this tiem for an aortic aneurysum thats in his abdomenal area. It's another potentially scary procedure.

Black Kasar · Yearling Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 10 Location: Ohio

I don't like to give shots so I checked with vet and you can give bamamine orally, it will be 85% effective in 15 minutes he told me.

Or use the paste which is like giving them a wormer.

hope your father and horse both make speedy recoverise

Inyureye · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

This is an old thread/topic. Please open a new thread rather than bring up finished topics to comment. If folks want to revive and old topic, please open a new topic and link to the old one. Thanks.
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