hamdamster
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The little bay mulethat I posted about earlier got septic, only a day old.
I went out to check on him this morning 8:30 and was fine, 11:30 rolled around and he had diarrhea and was very weak. Called the vet (which was closed) and got the answering service, they said they would page a vet. 8 calls and an hour and a half later we finally got a call saying there was someone at the clinic. Rushed him out there. He is on fluids and got some sedative and anitbiotics, he was trying to roll, we were holding him still. Extremely dehydrated, gums were very blue, temp was alright, he would stand then colapse. I hope we caught it in time. They ran a white blood count test, very low, tested to see if he got enough colostrum, no result yet. It's amazing how fast they can go down hill. If he is standing and has that IV ripped out by tomorrow, you know he'll be OK, you know how mules are!! He is definitely a fighter, wasn't happy that we weren't letting him roll. Thanks, Susan.
I went out to check on him this morning 8:30 and was fine, 11:30 rolled around and he had diarrhea and was very weak. Called the vet (which was closed) and got the answering service, they said they would page a vet. 8 calls and an hour and a half later we finally got a call saying there was someone at the clinic. Rushed him out there. He is on fluids and got some sedative and anitbiotics, he was trying to roll, we were holding him still. Extremely dehydrated, gums were very blue, temp was alright, he would stand then colapse. I hope we caught it in time. They ran a white blood count test, very low, tested to see if he got enough colostrum, no result yet. It's amazing how fast they can go down hill. If he is standing and has that IV ripped out by tomorrow, you know he'll be OK, you know how mules are!! He is definitely a fighter, wasn't happy that we weren't letting him roll. Thanks, Susan.