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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
1:49:00 PM EDT
Feeling Worried

Tuesday...no tails


It is Tuesday but I'm afraid a crisis has taken precedence over Tuesday Tails.

This morning I grained all the horses and everyone ate their grain, everything seemed normal.  A few minutes later I went to give Billy hay and found him lying on the floor of his stall, head tilted up with his gums pulled back showing teeth...the poor dear was in serious pain. 

I didn't hear any gut sounds & his breathing was rapid.

I gave him a dose of banamine.  He went down again & rolled around.  My step-dad had come over and after seeing this he phoned the vet.  (Billy is my mom's horse but I love & care for him as though he were mine.)

He was examined externally & had a rectal exam.  Evidently the banamine had some effect since he then had some gut sounds  & wasn't impacted. 

We have to keep an eye on him & have an emergency injection of banamine to give if the pain comes back as severe as this morning.

I am Praying Billy turns the corner. 

Watching a horse writhe around in pain is a horrible thing to see...talk about feeling helpless.  

 It hasn't been a good day.

 



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  • #25 Comment from fasttrack58 
    5/30/08 12:41 AM | Permalink
    Special thoughts for Billy....
    Linda...
  • #24 Comment from breakaway1968 
    5/28/08 9:12 PM | Permalink
    OH man I'm glad I read the other entry first!  Poor thing!  It's so hard to see animals in pain :(  Especially when there is really nothing you can do until they see the vet and sometimes it's longer then you like it to be!  
  • #23 Comment from gehi6 
    5/28/08 12:20 PM | Permalink
    A horse is so big.  There is so much of them to get sick.  When I look back my grandpa's forty horses and my dad's fifteen or so (coming into the farm machinery age) stayed amazingly healthy. But my dad was always doctoring some animal and trying to get the whole family involved.  Gerry  
  • #22 Comment from fowfies 
    5/28/08 11:21 AM | Permalink
    Oh Lisa, I am sorry you found him that way and I hope your next entry will be some good news about his condition. Poor horse. Let us know when you get time how he is doing. I know you are busy with all thats going on. Big Hugs, Kelly
  • #21 Comment from solace223 
    5/28/08 2:07 AM | Permalink
    Oh poor Billy.  Glad your quick thinking started helping him.  Colic is an awful thing to deal with.  
    Love,
    Jamie
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