Recent content by apkelly01

Thanks again for all your replies. I'm devastated and heartbroken but nothing's going to bring him back. I just feel a huge sense of injustice for him. I have a beef with my sister as we wouldn't be here if she just took responsibility for his care and not take the easy way out. If she had...

Your girl sounds like Bandit. I'm glad she's doing well, I wish for you to have more time with her. One of the many vets said to have him scanned, just to see what's affected. I wished I'd done that now. But others said to monitor. I've attached a picture taken about last year. I don't think it...

That's crazy and sad. I know they took his passport away on the day so they would have seen the details inside.

I'm sorry to read about the horse with melanomas and the rider was injured. I hope they are ok. I understand about a ticking time but that's a chance we take. I've known horses, both young, who have collapsed and died from aneurysm but because they didn't have external signs of this, they were...

This was taken the day before he was PTS. He's the grey in the middle. His mother is on the right and that's his friend to the left. You can see the melanomas.

Because the weather has been good they've been living out. So I'd just go up and check them over and make sure they're good.

I could have done more. There's so many ifs but nothing will bring him back now. I havent spoken to my sister since. I know in time the pain will ease but he didn't deserve it.

Yes, I posted the story before fully completing it.

Thanks to everyone who answered. I suppose the questions are a little loaded. Ok, so here's the story. In 1999 I shared a mare with my sister and both our names are on the passport. I was riding the mare and getting more out of her. My sister didn't have the same level of commitment. Where I'd...

Just looking for answers to the following questions please. Before euthanasia of a horse, do you need to get consent from all names of owners on passport or just one? If you were presented with a 12 year old horse that had visible melanomas but was not suffering or in pain. Would you put this...

I came up today to find white stuff on the floor of the stable. I thought it was bird dirt but not that far in. Then I saw the syringe on the window and in the kitchen is this stuff, Orazole for cattle. It looks like they're giving my horse this stuff now. First a steroid injection and now...

I havent had or know of anyone but just want to wish you a speedy recovery.

No the sale of the property is for other genuine reasons. YM rents from the owner and sublets it to the liveries. We're hoping if it sells, the new owner will keep us on as tennents as the yard is not connected to the house and is a 3/4 mile hack away. Unless they want to turn it back into a...

They put her out in the morning and if I haven't done it yet, they'll bring her in. I do everything else - muck out, feed, hay, water etc

I haven't heard her coughing in 4 days now and she only got the steroid yesterday. I wasn't ignoring it, just didn't think it was worth a vet call as she was only coughing occasionally and not constantly. If she was continuously coughing then yes I would have called a vet. There's other horses...