dearinge
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hi there-
so.. my mom tells me that tuesday (our mini donk) has not been acting right for the past few days. ( i have been trapped at school with all them evil teachers lol. so i havent been out with all the monsters as much).
here is the synopsis.
i go out there to look at her, and she didnt bray and was standing in the furthest corner of their shelter. (usually she brays when we flip a light switch in the house). so i trot towards her and no response. she keeps her head down, i am calling her name and she ignores me. i do a prelim. once over and realize her back is KILLING HER! i try to get her to move, but she wont.
i go grab a halter and lead and force her to come with me to the patio. then examine her closer. when i lightly touched her spine she dropped her back. (u know how with horses u run your fingers along either side of their spine and see if they are sore? well i was using a flat hand barely even touching her, basically a light stroke). the only other thing was she wasnt as in touch with her hind end as she should be. a slight bit "drunk". when i first grabbed her she forgot she had hind legs and kinda slid in the mud (the ground was level).
she is usually personality plus, and was now almost ignoring the world.
here is a basic description of her stall. she lives in a 30x60ish pen with 3 small llamas, and 2 minis. altho they are only in this when it has been raining (like it has for a few wks now...). she gets along with all the animals, so i highly doubt one of the minis kicked her. and she towers a few inches over the minis anyways. but she is on the bottom of the pecking order. there is a hill in their stall. so prolly 22ish ft are level, then a 5ft incline (steep) and then a 1.5ish walkway near the fence.
i called the vet and she suggested banamine (200lb dose) 2x/day, and 2tablets of baby aspirin 1x/day (to prevent blood clots if she has sustained a serious injury).
we are giving her the above recommendations. and then on tuesday we will cut back the banamine to 100lb 2x a day, or 200lb once a day. depending on how she is.
tuesday didnt want to bray before she was drugged up, but once on banamine she does.
vet was thinking- either a kid tryed to ride her (which i highly doubt b/c our place is the most disgusting place when is rains, and anyone stupid enough to try to ride my mini donkey probably wouldnt be willing to slog around in the mud), something fell on her (possible, we are putting in new pipe corrals, but i checked out all the poles and stuff, and none have fallen over...but who knows), she fell down the hill thingy in her stall area, or something nueralogical (sp?).
what is your input?
i feel so sorry for my lil baby.....
-Dearing
so.. my mom tells me that tuesday (our mini donk) has not been acting right for the past few days. ( i have been trapped at school with all them evil teachers lol. so i havent been out with all the monsters as much).
here is the synopsis.
i go out there to look at her, and she didnt bray and was standing in the furthest corner of their shelter. (usually she brays when we flip a light switch in the house). so i trot towards her and no response. she keeps her head down, i am calling her name and she ignores me. i do a prelim. once over and realize her back is KILLING HER! i try to get her to move, but she wont.
i go grab a halter and lead and force her to come with me to the patio. then examine her closer. when i lightly touched her spine she dropped her back. (u know how with horses u run your fingers along either side of their spine and see if they are sore? well i was using a flat hand barely even touching her, basically a light stroke). the only other thing was she wasnt as in touch with her hind end as she should be. a slight bit "drunk". when i first grabbed her she forgot she had hind legs and kinda slid in the mud (the ground was level).
she is usually personality plus, and was now almost ignoring the world.
here is a basic description of her stall. she lives in a 30x60ish pen with 3 small llamas, and 2 minis. altho they are only in this when it has been raining (like it has for a few wks now...). she gets along with all the animals, so i highly doubt one of the minis kicked her. and she towers a few inches over the minis anyways. but she is on the bottom of the pecking order. there is a hill in their stall. so prolly 22ish ft are level, then a 5ft incline (steep) and then a 1.5ish walkway near the fence.
i called the vet and she suggested banamine (200lb dose) 2x/day, and 2tablets of baby aspirin 1x/day (to prevent blood clots if she has sustained a serious injury).
we are giving her the above recommendations. and then on tuesday we will cut back the banamine to 100lb 2x a day, or 200lb once a day. depending on how she is.
tuesday didnt want to bray before she was drugged up, but once on banamine she does.
vet was thinking- either a kid tryed to ride her (which i highly doubt b/c our place is the most disgusting place when is rains, and anyone stupid enough to try to ride my mini donkey probably wouldnt be willing to slog around in the mud), something fell on her (possible, we are putting in new pipe corrals, but i checked out all the poles and stuff, and none have fallen over...but who knows), she fell down the hill thingy in her stall area, or something nueralogical (sp?).
what is your input?
-Dearing
