ibquackers20
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not sure if I should be happy or sad , my filly has been sick for 4 days now, thought she was bunged up and was having troubles trying to push her poop out, so she was given mineral oil in one end and an enma in the other plus the vet gave her a needle for pain, then spent a lot of time walking .She did not really get better the next day so the vet was out again and he put a tube in her nose and put a mixture of water and mineral oil again and another enema (sp)still not getting better and she really is straining to poop and is also making a strange sound so we took her to the vet this time and she has been there for 2 1/2 days with vet working at both ends plus an intervenus (sp)as well to over hydrate her - temperatures have been in the 30's . the next day the vet said she was doing better so we could take her home . well she did not improve and started to roll onto her back with her hooves up in the air.
I never want to see that again so we were told to keep her walking until we could take her back - this time the vet took blood work and also put a cathader in for a pee sample because I said she pooped only once since the night and very little plus her pee was just a few drops and very yellow looking and again straining, not worried at this time about the poop since she has had very little to eat in now 3 1/2 days and it is not that she does not want to eat - infact that is all she wants to do but vet said to give her verry little food. Well the test results are back and it seems the vet had been working on the wrong ends - she has a bladder infection and was given penacillian for it. Today on the now 4th day the vet said she is doing great and can come back home :aktion033: the boys are really missing her and so is my family . The vet wants to have her on penacillian for a while so she will show me how to give my girl a needle :no: never ever had to do this but I guess it is time to learn --- wish me luck hope it is easy to give a needle. Just glad that she is finally feeling better and not in so much pain --- wish the vet had checked for that earlier it sure would have made it easier for my filly .
Now I will have to let her graze on grass a little at a time till she is feeling 100% better or would giving her a little bit of timothy hay every hour be better for her ,she can be a pig and inhale her food ?? Thanks for listening and here is hopping for piles of poop and streams of pee :lol:
I never want to see that again so we were told to keep her walking until we could take her back - this time the vet took blood work and also put a cathader in for a pee sample because I said she pooped only once since the night and very little plus her pee was just a few drops and very yellow looking and again straining, not worried at this time about the poop since she has had very little to eat in now 3 1/2 days and it is not that she does not want to eat - infact that is all she wants to do but vet said to give her verry little food. Well the test results are back and it seems the vet had been working on the wrong ends - she has a bladder infection and was given penacillian for it. Today on the now 4th day the vet said she is doing great and can come back home :aktion033: the boys are really missing her and so is my family . The vet wants to have her on penacillian for a while so she will show me how to give my girl a needle :no: never ever had to do this but I guess it is time to learn --- wish me luck hope it is easy to give a needle. Just glad that she is finally feeling better and not in so much pain --- wish the vet had checked for that earlier it sure would have made it easier for my filly .
Now I will have to let her graze on grass a little at a time till she is feeling 100% better or would giving her a little bit of timothy hay every hour be better for her ,she can be a pig and inhale her food ?? Thanks for listening and here is hopping for piles of poop and streams of pee :lol:
