crazychickmia wrote:
Turcaill wrote:
My horses used to be hard fed, yarded, turned out etc. They were healthy and cared for daily. They had so many injuries in a ridiculously safe, well-made place over one year it wasn't funny. One horse had a low immunity and took a long time to overcome his injuries. Most of them were scrapes, cuts, that kind of thing, but we had colic, stomach ulcers, bites, kicks etc.

Changed their lifestyle to a 25acre paddock with good fences and plenty of grass - one major injury (by which I mean I called the vet for advice). Just one. They're also mentally happier, more relaxed and in better shape.

I have been thinking about making a thread and asking about this. I have one horse that takes forever to overcome the smallest bumps and scrapes. How did you diagnosed the low immunity and was there was anything you could do to help it? 
  
Basically it was obvious that he was taking longer to heal, developed an infection in EVERY small cut, bite or bruise, and had three courses of penicillin and one course of Gentam 100 in under a year. I talked to my vet about 'Equimmune', which is apparently expensive but can help boost their immune system - it's a one-off injection, I think. Really all I could do was be extremely careful (i.e. obsessive) about keeping his injuries totally clean and flushed out, watching him for any sign of ill health at all, doing my best to keep him off antibiotics and getting him onto really good pasture for a long time. I gave him about two months off work just to rest and recover. He's really improved a lot and I can comfortably look at a small cut or scrape on him without panicking and rushing home to get a saline solution, wash my hands and lots of apples.