What can I mix with Bute for horses?

Take some dried mint powder, some icing sugar (but only if your horse is ok with sugar), add the bute powder, add a tiny bit of water, mix it all up and form into bite size treats.

How do you cover the taste of Bute?

Occasionally these flavors are enough to disguise the medication in your horse’s feed. When the artificial flavor is not enough, you can top-dress medications with le slices, carrot slices, sugar-free apple sauce, or molasses.

How many days can a horse take Bute?

The official recommended dose of phenylbutazone is two to four grams per day for a 1,000-pound horse, by either the injectable or oral route. Intravenous dosage should be limited to five days, then continued dosage should be by the oral route.

How long does Bute last in a horse’s system?

The FEI recommendations for a 1000 pound horse are as follows: bute 2 grams orally: 7 days, Banamine® 9 cc (50mg/ml) IV: 6 days, and Ketofen® 10 cc (100mg/ml) IV: 4 days.

How many days can you give a horse Bute?

How long can my horse be on Bute?

After a discussion with your vet, your horse may be put on a trial period of ‘bute’ for two or three weeks and, if you find that your horse has a spring in his step that you haven’t seen for a while, regular ‘bute’ may well be the way forward for you.

What happens if you give your horse too much bute?

Bute toxicity can also cause ulcers or hemorrhages in the esophagus and gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea, low white blood cell count, anemia, and intestinal, kidney, and liver disease. “The kidney effects are usually clinically silent, unless you look for it with ultrasound,” Dowling says.

What are the side effects of bute in horses?

Toxic effects that have been reported in horses include oral and gastrointestinal erosions and ulcers, hypoalbuminemia (low blood albumen), diarrhea, anorexia and renal effects (azotemia, renal papillary necrosis).

How to give Bute to a horse orally?

Using a 60cc syringe, and dissolving the medication, 1 gram of Bute, in water, I am able to effectively inject the medication orally into my horses mouth. This is a great alternative way if your horse will not eat the bute in powder form on their feed. Loading…

Can you buy Bute over the counter for horses?

But, because of its dangerous side effects, Bute must be prescribed by your vet in order for you to purchase it; it is not a medicine that can be bought “over the counter.” Bute can be an extremely helpful tool for increasing a horse’s comfort through times of injury or sickness, but it also has detrimental side effects.

When to give Bute, Banamine, or Equioxx?

If your horse has a history of issues with bute or Banamine, or has a stomach issue, my Docs will reach for Equioxx first. Otherwise it’s going to be one of the options for you to try on your horse. Just like people respond differently to aspirin, Advil, and Aleve, horses respond differently to each of these NSAIDs.

Which is the best NSAID for horse pain?

Now, it is true that bute is generally the first NSAID my Docs reach for when it comes to pain relief, and it’s for a bunch of different reasons. First, bute is pretty darn cheap. Second, it is well-tolerated by nearly all horses. Third, it comes in easy options to get it into horses. There’s paste, powder, tablets, and injectable.