That time of the year
Well it appears to be that time of year all round.
Rosie has been confirmed to quarters since last week as she started looking "footie". The farrier had been not long before and not seen any warning signs. She really only has a small patch of very very short grass to move around on. However we are not sure (and neither was the vet) whether it was a bruise, an abcess, or incipient laminitis so we just treated for the worst case (laminitis).
He (vet) was back a week later for Fi's annual jags, and teeth checks all round. Fi has reacted quite strongly to her annual jags for the last few years. She didn't do this when I first owned her so I am not sure what has changed. But after the poor girl couldn't get her neck and head down to the ground to eat grass or dinner, I asked the vet to change what he did. So the next time the injection was in her chest instead. She got a quite large (small melon) sized swelling on the injection site. It didn't seem to bother her too much but I limited exercise til it had gone down.
So this time he did the same thing, and she was fine. And fine when we turned them all out after the dozy ponies could walk in a straight line again. But by 4pm she was feeling really quite sorry for herself and at one stage was shaking all over :(
We checked her at 6pm and she was a bit brighter. She does, once again, have a quite large swelling at the injection site (two days later).
I also trotted Rosie up for the vet to check. She had been on bute for a few days but had not had any for 24 hours. She looked a lot better.
The other two need sedating for their teeth to be done, so first step was sedate Rosie. She went "under" pretty quickly and was swaying on her feet. She was really quite dopey but we got her teeth done. She was having trouble standing up at one stage !
Then Duds - he's in his twenties so his teeth are quite important to keeping him in sensible condition. He was slightly less doped up.
Rosie seems to be a little stiff since (yesterday and today) and we are in two minds as to whether it is the reduced level of bute, or whether she is stiff from some of the more bizarre positions she got herself into when doped up ! We will keep an eye on her but have our fingers crossed that it is not the dreaded laminitis back :(
Rosie has been confirmed to quarters since last week as she started looking "footie". The farrier had been not long before and not seen any warning signs. She really only has a small patch of very very short grass to move around on. However we are not sure (and neither was the vet) whether it was a bruise, an abcess, or incipient laminitis so we just treated for the worst case (laminitis).
He (vet) was back a week later for Fi's annual jags, and teeth checks all round. Fi has reacted quite strongly to her annual jags for the last few years. She didn't do this when I first owned her so I am not sure what has changed. But after the poor girl couldn't get her neck and head down to the ground to eat grass or dinner, I asked the vet to change what he did. So the next time the injection was in her chest instead. She got a quite large (small melon) sized swelling on the injection site. It didn't seem to bother her too much but I limited exercise til it had gone down.
So this time he did the same thing, and she was fine. And fine when we turned them all out after the dozy ponies could walk in a straight line again. But by 4pm she was feeling really quite sorry for herself and at one stage was shaking all over :(
We checked her at 6pm and she was a bit brighter. She does, once again, have a quite large swelling at the injection site (two days later).
I also trotted Rosie up for the vet to check. She had been on bute for a few days but had not had any for 24 hours. She looked a lot better.
The other two need sedating for their teeth to be done, so first step was sedate Rosie. She went "under" pretty quickly and was swaying on her feet. She was really quite dopey but we got her teeth done. She was having trouble standing up at one stage !
Then Duds - he's in his twenties so his teeth are quite important to keeping him in sensible condition. He was slightly less doped up.
Rosie seems to be a little stiff since (yesterday and today) and we are in two minds as to whether it is the reduced level of bute, or whether she is stiff from some of the more bizarre positions she got herself into when doped up ! We will keep an eye on her but have our fingers crossed that it is not the dreaded laminitis back :(
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