My friends Arab stallion is in O'Gormans vet hospital.
What they thought was a classic case of Tetanus is now a case of toxic poisoning . After a search of the fields and talking to the Poison Control people they believe it is a Mushroom that has caused the problem.
They Stallion is very very slowly improving.
If you can I would walk your fields and get rid of any Mushrooms (burn them) My friends Stallion was caught early, if he had been seen in the dark he may not be here today.
Thank you for the warning, it's something we should all be aware of, the old comment of 'he won't eat that' doesn't work after the damage has been done.
The Stallion is home after spending nearly 2 weeks in the vet hospital.
During his say he went blind but with good care etc he regained his sight . He did have a up and down time and yesterday when I went to pick him up it took us 2 hrs to load him(normally he loads well) he did not like going into a small darkest space. The vets thought this was his spacial awareness . He lives out 24/7. 365 days a year and has large barns/ field shelters to go in. The vets think that he will be fine and he just needs to be a horse for a while.
The vets do think it was toxic Poisoning and possibly the mushrooms.
Thank you for this Pauline. My field and my mum's field are next to each other, so the grass [and weeds] that grow in mine are also in her field. We have always got rid of the mushrooms in our fields, but people on the yard with neighbouring fields laugh at us, with the age old saying 'they won't eat that'. Goes to show, you can never be too careful. Glad the stallion is home and recovering xxx
A warning. Mushroom Poisening
England
Posted - 05 Oct 2013 : 11:19:05 AM
