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mouse
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Posted - 07 Nov 2008 :  08:18:59 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add mouse to your friends list Send mouse a Private Message
I thought I'd ask this question again as I only got one reply on the main forum

Would you be happy to have a 5 and a half month old colt castrated and have his second flu and tet jab at the same time?

One vet I contacted said it would be okay and anothe vet said they weren't happy about it.

Any thoughts much appreciated

Mouse



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angel2002
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Posted - 07 Nov 2008 :  11:56:08 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add angel2002 to your friends list Send angel2002 a Private Message
I wouldn't find it a problem, but I am not a vet, did the vet say why they weren't happy about doing it?


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ashabarab
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Posted - 07 Nov 2008 :  3:49:56 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ashabarab to your friends list Send ashabarab a Private Message
l would not be happy to do it
often they can be quite ill with the flu jab
and with the added burden of being castrated at the same time l would prefer to wait a bit longer on the castration to make sure they are feeling 100% before l had them done

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angel2002
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Posted - 07 Nov 2008 :  4:12:32 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add angel2002 to your friends list Send angel2002 a Private Message
Must say mine have never been ill with a flu jab BUT have had bad reaction to tet jab. Now solved as vet mixes with a bit of antihistamine first :)

Mouse, did your foal have any reactions to his first vaccinations?

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mouse
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Posted - 08 Nov 2008 :  12:59:34 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mouse to your friends list Send mouse a Private Message
Hi Angel

He didn't have any reaction at all. I don't think I'm going to get them done together though. The vet said that the antibiotics they use for the castration works on the immune system and so do the jabs and kind of work against each other. I think for the sake of an extra call-out charge it's better to do safe than sorry.

Thanks for your input

Mouse



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Libby Frost
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Posted - 08 Nov 2008 :  4:27:44 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Libby Frost to your friends list Send Libby Frost a Private Message
Herb did- no problems at all. apart from colic after the castration : (

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