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It's about time I post yet another update. Curio (surprise mini colt) is now 28 months old and I've been able to get him driving. Yes, I did a lot of ground work and ground driving first. The first time I put him to the cart, I couldn't believe how calm he was about the whole thing. He is now...

I am having him go in the biggest circle possible as I do not want to add undue stress to his joints. I'm only lunging him at a trot at all because the vet said I needed to for a week to help keep the swelling down from him being gelded. (Lunge at a trot twice a day for 15 minutes) I only...

Just thought I'd post another update. I had my mom bring her big body clippers since Curio still had a ton of baby fuzz/winter hair on his barrel & legs. I've included the before and after photos of him. All I can say is, "Wow! What a difference!" I can definitely say that I no longer think he...

Thanks. How common is it for mini x mini to equal monster size baby? And when do minis stop growing? It doesn't matter to me what size he ends up being, but I'm still thinking he looks like a mini Haflinger.

Not sure if anyone will get any notifications of this post, but I thought this is where I should put the update on my surprise colt. He's growing up to be a very flashy boy. He has a good brain, though I am looking forward to gelding him. Having a stallion is not something I care to deal with...

Well, we thought she was going to make it, but she didn't. Even the vet thought she was going to pull through since she had hung on for so long. Her ventral colon ruptured tonight and I held her sweet head in my lap and stroked her face as she died. It was awful. The vet did a necropsy and...

She was acting almost herself today - except for not pooping. She only got out something like 6 turds today. I haven't seen her straining and not having anything come out (like she was doing last week), but I did see her poop and only have 3 'apples' come out. They seemed pretty sandy. I...

I can't really say if she's over this hump or not. She's only pooped out one turd today, so that worries me. She's still pawing and laying down more than I like, but is eating some and drinking and peeing normally. It's a challenge to get her to eat the Psyllium pellets. Tomorrow I'm going to...

Yes, as I said in post #19 of this thread, I have ulcer meds on the way. She continues to improve with appetite and attitude. It's always nice to see an animal start to be difficult to give meds to when they've been sick for so long. I left a message with my vet yesterday, but didn't hear back...

I actually took a photo of how she was laying so I could show people. I'll include it below. She isn't laying like this anymore - not since all the bloating she had has gone away, but I've got ulcer meds on the way. Her appetite has picked up and she's still pooping cow patty poop, but I...

Today's update is: She's drinking, eating some, peeing and pooping. The poop is mostly like cow patty consistency. I'm not concerned right now about firming up her stool, I'm just glad she's pooping. I do think she had at least a partial blockage - maybe it was the large intestinal swelling...

Thanks for asking. I will try to make my response more concise than my original post. In a nutshell, she's about the same. I had the vet come out on Thursday evening and he looked her over and said that she's basically not doing that bad - except that its been going on for so long. We talked...

I didn't ask about the Metronidazole because even though she was having diarrhea, it wasn't frequent, and we were just happy that she was still pooping.

I asked about ulcer meds, but instead my vet wanted me to stop the Banamine since he didn't like how much she was getting (since this has been going on so long). I'm going to get some though since it seems like she starts getting pretty painful in the evenings. I've given her a Banamine IM inj...

Maybe, but she had been doing really well since she had the colt in May and my vet said I was doing a good job of helping her maintain the weight she did have while she had that monster of a baby.