My horse weighs about 1200 lbs. he has an infected weewee...he gets this infection at least once a year...anyway last time the vet came he secretly poored a bag of terramycin $13 in a gallon of water and told me to give him 1 1/2 cup or 2 cups in a bucket of water a day,I think it lasted 7 days...It beats the price of having the vet come costing $125 last vist...my problem is I have seen these packets that are smaller than this one,so I don't know if he gave me the same sized packet as I bought....the packet says it treats 10,240 lbs. at 10 mg.per 1 lb. my question I guess is am I giving him the right dose...I can't afford to call the vet out right now...I thought I'd try to treat it myself and in 5-7 days if he's not better I'll call the vet but only if I have to,I also gave him a gram of bute this morning for his pain and I will have to argue with him to clean out his winky...in a few minutes after the bute kicks in...I already poured the whole packet into a gallon water jug..and gave him 1 cup in his water...I'm no good at math...please tell me I'm doing this right...I could have just bought injectable antibotic but I'm alone and it's a pain in the rear to give him 2 shots a day..this is way easier...:-) Thanks ahead of time...
Need HELP figuring out the dose of antibotics for my horse
How about calling your vet and ask him the dosage?
Do you routinely wash his sheath out?
No but I need to start to clean it more often,I have to fight with him unless he doesn't feel good from an infection,I had the shoer out yesterday and he trimed him and cleaned him all up...I went ahead and bought some penicillin and he had it hanging out yesterday after it was cleaned out,and I gave him some bute...
I'm not in good shape myself right now,they just found a mass/cyst on my right kidney..so I'm in pain along with my horse and I just got done clearing a urinary infection in my female cat..weird all of us having the same problems at the same time...I sometimes wonder if it the well water...
Do you have horses Cottage_Rose? sure sounds like it,cause you know what your talking about,not many would know what a sheath even was...See you on the rose forum...:-)
Sorry you aren't feeling well Jody. Its bad when you are feeling yukky and have to deal with thats kind of stuff.
I use to have horses but we sold out when the kids grew up and left home.
I miss them dearly but it would of been too much work for me to do alone.
You may have to just resort to twitching him to clean his sheath more often thus possibly prevent further infections.
i think you need 12 grams, but don't understand if that is for the full seven days treatment, or per day... how many grams are in the packet?
so if you dumped the whole thing in one gallon of water, which equals 16 cups... divide the total number of grams you put in the gallon by 12, that will give you the number of servings, then divide that into 128 ounces, and you will know how many ounces [8 per cup] to give him per dose. hopefully it will come out to enough for seven days worth.
sorry i didn't see this sooner, our pc has been down. i have been so grumpy from not being able to ge tonline, i came to the library LOL
at least i know i am not alone in my addictions
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Thanks both of you...I usually give him Ace and he relaxes enough to let it all hang out,makes him drowsey and cleaning is a breeze that way...I finally figured it out and I gave him 2 cups for two days then today I started him on shots...he seems to be doing much better..tomorrow I have to go get a Ct scan... ;-( they found something on the Ultrasound on Friday...yes it's a real pain when I'm the only person here,no rest for the wicked..lol...wish me luck...I'm scared...
Jody
Cysts are usually benign.
I will be praying for you.
Thanks Cottage_Rose...I needed that :-)
Hey, I am new to horses and also to cleaning out the sheath. At his first teeth floating the vet said to do while he was still under the drug influence. I then noticed later on that at bath time, I can usually get a warm cloth around it with not much fuss. I am sure it is not pleasant if infected. My horse now actually doesn't mind it... it is something I do often enough that it became no big deal. I use a nice warm bath of tea tree oil (a few drops) in a mild soap base, sometimes I put in peroxide. I know you don't want to use anything that dries out the skin, as the lubrication is necessary. There is not much information out there on this subject. Make sure you complete the antibiotics for the entire time as before. (what kind of antibiotics was prescribed for oral consumption?) I agree that an injection is alot easier.. it acts a lot quicker as it doesn't have to deal with the stomach and digestive enzymes etc. What kind of infection is it? If it is an annual occurence can you pinpoint the commmonality at the time he contracts it?
PS, I hope you are doing well - hang in there.
hilary007
None were prescribed...I've been doing this for about 25 years..I knew what to do,but last time I had the vet out he used terramycin powder and dumped it all in a gallon water jug and I gave him 1 1/2 to 2 cups a day...that's what I was wondering and TamaraFaye was right on the money...
He usually gets it between spring and late summer almost every year...I think feeding to much alfalfa doesn't help..I now have him out in the pasture...I just hate giving him shots...he's an appaloosa...who has grayed out and lost his huge black spots,he is registered as a leopard..he's about 15.3 hands and is 15 years old... I don't ride any more,he was bought by my Mom when his owner disappeared,one of her best friends anyway they have never found his body..Mom bought 3 of his horses to remember him by...he's only green broke,he was left a stud for 7 years so he has a pretty heavy neck,probably some draft in his background too..and I've only riden him a few times,and none in the last 5 years,he's sort of my pasture ornament..Mom gave him to me several years ago,she still hasn't moved up here so her two horses are still down there with her..she's building up here this summer...I've been up here alone for about 4 years now,it will be nice to have her back on the same land as I am..lol..
I just got my results back and they really don't see anything but a dromadary hump on the right kidney and a small stone on the left,they started me on an antibotic and I still see the specialist on the 30th...thanks for asking about both of us...Here's a photo I took a few minutes ago while I was roaming taking photo's on my roses...oh I borrowed this mule to keep him company until Mom's horses are moved up here...you can still see the black spots on his hind leg...:-) he was covered with them before he grayed out...bummer...
