In the same way as medical therapy for people, I have read some people use it for arthritis in horses.
Is this true, and if so does it work?
Good lord, that would be expensive :lol:
Really curious to see what sort of response you get here!
PS: if anyone else googles this, my antivirus alerted on the first google hit for “cannabis for equines.” Here’s an interesting article from the AVMA about it’s use in pets, though:
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Good lord, that would be expensive :lol:[/QUOTE]
I thought the same thing! I wonder if you could buy it in bulk?
I’ve personally never heard of it used as treatment for ailments in horses. I’d be curious to see if there is any support for its use. The pet article above is interesteing.
I have read that people that use it for their own use, have fed it to their old dogs. horses etc and saw results… of course not medically proven…or studied much but why not? If it helps people it surely could help horses I think.
A lot of meds started the other way around… ha and joint supplements were long used on horses before people right?
I’m not a pot user myself… but I am curious about this. The low THC strains… that are used for pain and sleep… I have read have promise.
You know what’s weird?
I was JUST thinking about it’s use in horses as an appetite stimulant THIS MORNING on my drive to the barn (after my gelding went off feed a little bit over the past few days from getting bute after his muscle biopsy)…
I was thinking “I wonder if it would encourage eating…”
Dogs do not do well on marijuana, convulsions etc. There are plenty of good, well researched appetite stimulants out there for that purpose without having to resort to an unresearched drug which at this point, is still not regulated well enough to even know strength and purity.
I have looked into it twice, once for an elderly dog with terminal cancer, and the other time for an elderly horse who was healthy and quite happily retired, but had always been a picky eater, hard keeper TB, and didn’t have a strong appetite in his later years. Both times, I was fortunate enough to consult with a specialist at NCSU-CVM, and both times I elected not to try Marisol or one of the other options. Evidently, horses and dogs frequently do not have the same type of reaction as people, and it is not considered very effective for either of them.
I think there are plenty of other good arthritis treatments for horses that are researched and proven that would be far higher on my list of choices. This wouldn’t even make my list. Ever.
[QUOTE=Simkie;7861858]
Good lord, that would be expensive :lol:
Really curious to see what sort of response you get here!
PS: if anyone else googles this, my antivirus alerted on the first google hit for “cannabis for equines.” Here’s an interesting article from the AVMA about it’s use in pets, though:
https://www.avma.org/news/javmanews/pages/130615a.aspx[/QUOTE]
“Hi, can I get a bale of marjuana delivered,please?” Lol sorry, I’ll go now!
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In the same way as medical therapy for people, I have read some people use it for arthritis in horses.
Is this true, and if so does it work?[/QUOTE]
You mean I should smoke pot in the stall? :lol: Nah!
I swear, at the track years ago in the receiving barn I smelled Pot…and I saw trainers “smoking” their horses…they would burn a piece of cotton with a substance on it in a bucket, put a towel over the horse’s head and hold him over the smoking bucket. It was for their sinus’ they said…but boy did it ever smell like Pot.
:lol:
Back when my horse was having mystery freak-out episodes (weaving, pacing, not eating, staring off in one direction like he was terrified) and NOTHING was working, I half-jokingly asked the owner of a horse cookie company if she could make my guy some pot horse cookies. :lol: Looking back, I think that was one of the early signs of EPM (and, yes, I had had the vet out many, many times!).
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I swear, at the track years ago in the receiving barn I smelled Pot…and I saw trainers “smoking” their horses…they would burn a piece of cotton with a substance on it in a bucket, put a towel over the horse’s head and hold him over the smoking bucket. It was for their sinus’ they said…but boy did it ever smell like Pot.[/QUOTE]
It probably was :winkgrin:
Some guys swear it helps take the edge off of a nervous horse.
There are several “doctors” in Colorado that will provide a Rx for “medical marijuana” – cheaper than recreation marijuana.
Will have to see if I can take the horse in…
Can’t see why it would not take the edge off - does for people - but it would test.
I always thought marijuana was toxic to horses.
I know marijuana affects different animals in different ways.
My mother has stories about how they observed a dog and cat under the influence of marijuana as part of her classes while getting her pharmaceutical degree.
She said the dogs appeared subdued, like you would expect in a human - but the cats? She said the cats went nuts - standing on their toes with backs arched, hair on end - clearly VERY agitated.
I would hate to “experiment” with a horse - and find out they had a cat like reaction!
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It probably was :winkgrin:
Some guys swear it helps take the edge off of a nervous horse.[/QUOTE]
Anecdotally, I’ve also heard folks used to use it as an appetite stimulant for race horses.
I think the amount you might have to keep on hand for a horse might be problematic if the DEA happened to stop by.
Really have nothing to add to the conversation, but it reminded me of this: http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/ididitguysimadeastonerjoke.png
