shelly
Well-Known Member
Well, I had quite a scare yesterday with Sahara...I had fed grain and small amount of hay to all at 4:30 am and all was well. Got home from work at 9:30 am and noticed Sahara had ALOT of shavings stuck in her mane and forlock! I looked inside her stall and you could plainly see that she had been rolling several times over. Also she had not eaten her hay. Grain was gone but not the hay and she looked "down in the dumps" per say. Not like her at all!!!!
So I took out the hay and took her temp. 97.2!!!! that is very low for her and she tried to roll again while I was in there examining her. No other signs, YET! I called my vet and proceeded to walk her.
Joyce was on her way(we had plans on giving Joey a bath-didn't happen!)The vet called back and said they were about a hour out, to keep watching her and walking.
So, we walked, walked and walked for 1.25 hours until they finally showed up. By then she was starting to paw the ground and panting somewhat. They took her temp. now at 100 and did a rectal. Found watery manure and what seemed to be a large gas bubble in the colon, but couldn't get in far enough to do a complete exam.
So next they tubed her with warm water and found lots of gas in her stomach but nothing else. They figured she didn't have an impaction, maybe just the gas, but were still worried as they couldn't get in far enough rectally to feel all of the intestines to be sure. They gave her some electrolytes in the water tube and some banamine and we watched her for about 1/2 hour. She seemed to calm down and heart rate and breathing returned to normal. They left with instructions to watch her closely for any signs of discomfort.
As soon as they left she started looking much better and searching her stall for any little strands of hay that I might have missed, lapping at her grain bucket and whinnying for food. This was around 2:30...still no poop so NO food! Boy was she peeved when I fed everyone else at 6pm! Still no poop at 10pm when I finally went to bed. I cat napped of and on until 2 am when she finally passed some manure!!!!!!YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I waited until 4:30 to give her anything and I only gave her a very small handful of grain and the same of hay and went to work. Got home at 9:30 and she had pooped again and was definitely interested in more food. I called the vet and they said to give her another small feeding the same as the one this morning, though to moisten the grain and hay. If she did well with that then repeat in 2 hours and so forth. She seems to be doing fine....
Now for the questions:
She doesn't seem to be drinking much---should I be worried?
She is lapping her mineral/salt lick like she has never had one before---constant interest!!! Should she have that and why would she be so interested in it now? Never showed much interest before, just occasional lapping.
What kinds of things should I have on hand for such emergencies?(besides Banamine-which I have)
So I took out the hay and took her temp. 97.2!!!! that is very low for her and she tried to roll again while I was in there examining her. No other signs, YET! I called my vet and proceeded to walk her.
Joyce was on her way(we had plans on giving Joey a bath-didn't happen!)The vet called back and said they were about a hour out, to keep watching her and walking.
So, we walked, walked and walked for 1.25 hours until they finally showed up. By then she was starting to paw the ground and panting somewhat. They took her temp. now at 100 and did a rectal. Found watery manure and what seemed to be a large gas bubble in the colon, but couldn't get in far enough to do a complete exam.
So next they tubed her with warm water and found lots of gas in her stomach but nothing else. They figured she didn't have an impaction, maybe just the gas, but were still worried as they couldn't get in far enough rectally to feel all of the intestines to be sure. They gave her some electrolytes in the water tube and some banamine and we watched her for about 1/2 hour. She seemed to calm down and heart rate and breathing returned to normal. They left with instructions to watch her closely for any signs of discomfort.
As soon as they left she started looking much better and searching her stall for any little strands of hay that I might have missed, lapping at her grain bucket and whinnying for food. This was around 2:30...still no poop so NO food! Boy was she peeved when I fed everyone else at 6pm! Still no poop at 10pm when I finally went to bed. I cat napped of and on until 2 am when she finally passed some manure!!!!!!YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I waited until 4:30 to give her anything and I only gave her a very small handful of grain and the same of hay and went to work. Got home at 9:30 and she had pooped again and was definitely interested in more food. I called the vet and they said to give her another small feeding the same as the one this morning, though to moisten the grain and hay. If she did well with that then repeat in 2 hours and so forth. She seems to be doing fine....
Now for the questions:
She doesn't seem to be drinking much---should I be worried?
She is lapping her mineral/salt lick like she has never had one before---constant interest!!! Should she have that and why would she be so interested in it now? Never showed much interest before, just occasional lapping.
What kinds of things should I have on hand for such emergencies?(besides Banamine-which I have)