Post by jerseyrose on Sept 21, 2017 14:00:01 GMT -5
I have only been through this maybe 3 times before (over the last 25 years) . Dry weather, turned hot the last week.
I let the horses out of their overnight dry lot . Hay consumption was normal, water trough was down as usual, normal amount of manure to be picked up.
Daughters mare looks to have rolled , Hmmm. I free lunge them in the pasture since it has been a couple days since we've ridden ( due to heat, flies) and daughter's mare who is always in the lead is lagging behind, Hmmm again.
'They walk out to the grass which is greening up since a much needed 3/4" rain Monday night. Her head is down, then up, then she just stands there.
I finish my chores and check her again. She has gone to towards the hay, but upon seeing me lets out a loud whinny. I go call the vet. He just left for a 2 week vacation. I call the practice they refer and they can't get in touch with the vet or his tech, who are out on calls, so I call the practice in town ( who I don't care to use for large animals) but he can come right out.
By now she is standing with head down, tail lifted, looking at her flank and walks very slowly toward the barn.
Gives her a check over, then banamine, muscle relaxer and ends up tubing her. He used a twitch ( didn't want to sedate her) because she doesn't like her head messed with. It took me 3 years to be able to deworm her without snubbing her head flush with a post. I thank God I just dewormed them and hope the twitch incident ( was quite an ordeal to get it on) does not set us back to square 1.
She was noticeably better and interested in food when he left and was still grazing when I checked last. He thought she would be fine ( i think she will be too) but wouldn't take payment in case he had to come back and commented about surgery and the cost etc..
I was glad he could come out and he seems like a nice person in general, but I just don't like his way with horses ( or cows for that manner). I sure wish my regular vet had come.....
I let the horses out of their overnight dry lot . Hay consumption was normal, water trough was down as usual, normal amount of manure to be picked up.
Daughters mare looks to have rolled , Hmmm. I free lunge them in the pasture since it has been a couple days since we've ridden ( due to heat, flies) and daughter's mare who is always in the lead is lagging behind, Hmmm again.
'They walk out to the grass which is greening up since a much needed 3/4" rain Monday night. Her head is down, then up, then she just stands there.
I finish my chores and check her again. She has gone to towards the hay, but upon seeing me lets out a loud whinny. I go call the vet. He just left for a 2 week vacation. I call the practice they refer and they can't get in touch with the vet or his tech, who are out on calls, so I call the practice in town ( who I don't care to use for large animals) but he can come right out.
By now she is standing with head down, tail lifted, looking at her flank and walks very slowly toward the barn.
Gives her a check over, then banamine, muscle relaxer and ends up tubing her. He used a twitch ( didn't want to sedate her) because she doesn't like her head messed with. It took me 3 years to be able to deworm her without snubbing her head flush with a post. I thank God I just dewormed them and hope the twitch incident ( was quite an ordeal to get it on) does not set us back to square 1.
She was noticeably better and interested in food when he left and was still grazing when I checked last. He thought she would be fine ( i think she will be too) but wouldn't take payment in case he had to come back and commented about surgery and the cost etc..
I was glad he could come out and he seems like a nice person in general, but I just don't like his way with horses ( or cows for that manner). I sure wish my regular vet had come.....
