I got Splash when he was 18 months old, i had no intention of getting him.. took one look at him and just remember the money, time and heart ache of my first two rescued minis... but after i had time to think about it i took pity on him and he came home with me!
He was very poorly, crawling in lice, riddled with worms, very under weight and was pretty much a shell of a pony. We didn't think he'd survive, he had problems with snotty nose, cold, cough, various lots of antibiotics, he was scoped, had his head xray'd and finished with injectable antibiotics.
He did pick up and started to improve. He is now 7yrs old but he definatly isn't like my other minis. His comfortable is very bad, i know that! Past few years the medical problems have croped up, suffered from laminitis (founders) once or twice, prone to repeat episodes after visits from the farrier, suffered from uveitis in the past and now his eyes are weak, prone to conjuntivitis, he doesn't appear to have a great deal of temperature control, suffers from the heat in the summer and from the cold in the winter, he's stabled in winter at night and very well rugged. This year he also has suffered with his joints, really struggled to get down on the floor and after a chat with vet who on first appearances couldn't really find much of a reason why, he was put on pain relief to keep him comfortable which helped him but he proberly is a bit arthritic. He also has missing teeth that vet thinks are still in his jaw but just never came through.
Past couple of months though he really does seem to be getting worse, its almost like he's getting old and even a friend who hadn't seem him since august said he is suddenly looking old! And he's been having a lot of muscle tightness, he's seen regularally by a back specialist but past couple of months thats got bad as well, normally he loves his treatments but now he doesn't even want her to touch him.
In the past people have commented that he looks like a dwarf.. i'm in the UK and not a lot is known about them where i am.. medically my vet can't really find much wrong with him, he's not lame, done a few blood tests nothing really shown up...
Any ideas?
These are the most recent photos of him taken this summer.. He seems to have gone more high withered over the past 12-18months as well..
But there are lots more here In his photo album
He was very poorly, crawling in lice, riddled with worms, very under weight and was pretty much a shell of a pony. We didn't think he'd survive, he had problems with snotty nose, cold, cough, various lots of antibiotics, he was scoped, had his head xray'd and finished with injectable antibiotics.
He did pick up and started to improve. He is now 7yrs old but he definatly isn't like my other minis. His comfortable is very bad, i know that! Past few years the medical problems have croped up, suffered from laminitis (founders) once or twice, prone to repeat episodes after visits from the farrier, suffered from uveitis in the past and now his eyes are weak, prone to conjuntivitis, he doesn't appear to have a great deal of temperature control, suffers from the heat in the summer and from the cold in the winter, he's stabled in winter at night and very well rugged. This year he also has suffered with his joints, really struggled to get down on the floor and after a chat with vet who on first appearances couldn't really find much of a reason why, he was put on pain relief to keep him comfortable which helped him but he proberly is a bit arthritic. He also has missing teeth that vet thinks are still in his jaw but just never came through.
Past couple of months though he really does seem to be getting worse, its almost like he's getting old and even a friend who hadn't seem him since august said he is suddenly looking old! And he's been having a lot of muscle tightness, he's seen regularally by a back specialist but past couple of months thats got bad as well, normally he loves his treatments but now he doesn't even want her to touch him.
In the past people have commented that he looks like a dwarf.. i'm in the UK and not a lot is known about them where i am.. medically my vet can't really find much wrong with him, he's not lame, done a few blood tests nothing really shown up...
Any ideas?
These are the most recent photos of him taken this summer.. He seems to have gone more high withered over the past 12-18months as well..
But there are lots more here In his photo album