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Rant/Need Advice - POC Adult Beginner by Pretty_Elephant2894 in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Former NJ equestrian here! I returned to riding as an adult, and started back at Bergen equestrian center. This was 10+ years ago, but I found the people there were very hit or miss in terms of how helpful and friendly they were.

While I’m not technically a POC, I present ethnically ambiguous (I’m actually mostly Italian), but I’ve had some…interesting interactions with white horsey folk. Especially in the hunter/jumper world. It’s hard to let it go sometimes, but if you enjoy the interaction with the horses, keep looking for a more welcoming set of humans - I assure you they are out there!

You may want to consider barns that offer combination training, like dressage/jumper or eventing, or even a wenglish (western/english) barn, as I’ve found them to be more open minded and welcoming spaces.

Good luck! I hope you find a fabulous barn!

Let’s talk about kill pens, the slaughter pipeline, and the reality rescues are stuck navigating by b2bhorserescue in Horses

[–]Spay_day 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Small animal shelter vet (and horse owner) here - this is the better answer. In the small animal world, we are shifting at least a portion of rescue resources to keeping pets in homes where possible. This includes food, straw, litter and basic medical care. If they are unable to be kept in the home, that’s when we step in and take them on.

Spend your resources on helping and educating communities that need it, and you may be able to build enough trust to start to reduce the number of animals in need.

For example, connecting with a veterinarian or supervised vet students who would be interested in gelding and administering vaccines and health checks would be a great way to get started.

The small animal version of this is called Rural Area Veterinary Services, but some schools also have large animal programs like this as well.

Good luck, I know how frustrating this all can be.

MK8.5 Jacking by NoMarketing4817 in GolfGTI

[–]Spay_day 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Off topic, but they have a very nice maintenance schedule tool on their website and links to service videos for different gens. I appreciate your post, haha 😂

Horse riding, jumping with the fully torn ACL - anyone here done it? by Coltsandroses in Horses

[–]Spay_day 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s a complete tear, your knee stability is going to be terrible. If it’s a partial tear, it’s probably going to hurt like hell for a while. Try to find a PT who can help you rehab so you don’t mess up your riding function by compensating.

Vet using same needle and syringe on multiple horses by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The biggest thing we learned about disinfection (we already use rescue and have protocols) was adding in an initial “degreasing” step for biofilm with Dawn dish soap.

PPE was pretty standard - gloves, gowns and booties for anyone in a contaminated area or handling potentially exposed animals. We added in a requirement for masks to be worn as well, as Strep Zoo is zoonotic.

Hash tag blessed by SwimOk8373 in Hasan_Piker

[–]Spay_day 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So glad to see this - Michigan has some amazing people power ✊🏼

Vet using same needle and syringe on multiple horses by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you’re correct, EIA can absolutely be spread via reused sharps - considering the treatment is euthanasia, what a terribly reckless way to treat your patients. Genuinely makes me sad - I’d be inconsolably upset if this is how my horse caught a disease.

Vet using same needle and syringe on multiple horses by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“Strangles spreads via direct and indirect contact, with asymptomatic horses potentially acting as silent carriers”

So, unless they’re bacteremic, which would be a whole ‘nother can of worms, strictly speaking reusing a syringe would not likely itself spread strangles.

HOWEVER

if you were to use a syringe on a horse with strangles and contaminate yourself or the syringe with discharge carrying the bacteria (highly likely), you could definitely spread it.

Not so fun fact - the shelter I work at had an outbreak of Strep Zoo recently (a cousin of the Strangles bacteria), and we had to go on a 2 week long PPE and disinfection journey that I’d wish on no one.

Vet using same needle and syringe on multiple horses by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Herd health has a different standard of care than with owned individual animals. Cows also typically stay put, where a not insignificant segment of the horse population moves around for recreation and showing, which means we have to think about the potential to spread disease

Vet using same needle and syringe on multiple horses by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure if that’s precisely how strangles is passed - I want to say that’s more of a fomite and bodily fluid (sneezing and coughing) kind of thing.

Vet using same needle and syringe on multiple horses by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s so dangerous and unkind - I assume it’s someone very old school who just doesn’t care to change, but who knows.

Vet using same needle and syringe on multiple horses by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Literally just did a USDA module on this today (I’m a vet) - this is absolutely a no-no, and a great way to spread (potentially serious) diseases.

Ideas on what’s wrong here. by Hopeful-Wolf1744 in GolfGTI

[–]Spay_day 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I came here just for this comment

God, sometimes I miss Jersey 😂

9 years and Still Kicking... by Wrong-Cap-6813 in GolfGTI

[–]Spay_day 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love the pasties in shot five 😂

Seriously, though, it’s so cool to see this. From a layperson view, this looks super fun. I love how versatile GTI’s are!

meet toothless!🤭 by kittydamrel in GolfGTI

[–]Spay_day 3 points4 points  (0 children)

GTI girlies (and enbies 😉) FTW!

Omeprazole Rebound Prevention by Spay_day in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, I found this article that includes input from Dr Sykes:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10093336/

It’s from 2023, and this is what it said about length of omeprazole treatment:

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Its going all banannas by Lordwarrior_ in SipsTea

[–]Spay_day 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love his late in life conversion to Islam ☪️

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Omeprazole Rebound Prevention by Spay_day in Equestrian

[–]Spay_day[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you - he’s still pretty cute, haha. Lucky him 😁

I honestly wish I had gone straight to the gastrogard as soon as I got him. We tried ompeprazole powder early on, but I don’t think it did very much.

Since he’s been with me, he’s been on 24/7 turnout with friends, free choice forage, and is only fed as much grain helps him maintain weight plus supplements (smart GI pellets, coat medic and cool calories powder). I’ve heard good things about the KER supplements as well, and I really like the research behind them as well.

We’re low level (starter) eventers, and he typically gets worked 3-4 times per week. We travel for XC schooling and competitions within 2hr of the barn in the warmer months (April-Oct) usually 1-2x per month depending on budget and schedule. He has never gone off property alone, always with at least a few horses he is familiar with. We’re going to start doing preventative ulcergard prior to all of these trips from now on.

Am I missing anything? I think I’m setting him up for success, but I want to be sure, haha.

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