Recent content by tanglefooted

Hi, I worked on the stud you mention around 10 years ago. Roger Hunt is a fantastic and highly selective breeder, who has a real passion for his horses. Penn Dandy is indeed a stunner and has been sucessfully shown under saddle and in harness. I seem to remember that he was a champion at the...

Yes, I wondered that, but I'm sure he thought the virus had caused a problem in her gut..i'm assuming by problem he meant a secondary bacterial infection. She hasn't picked up as quickly as I would have expected for something purely bacterial, and the vet says it can take a few weeks to bet...

Thanks so much everyone. Just to update you, the vet has given us some antibiotic injections, and now some paste (as she was getting tricky to jab) and she seems to have picked up really well. I will get a count done, though I am also making sure that the wormers are mixed to treat all...

Thanks for all the advice and support. We have wormed her regularly since birth, but that did cross my mind. The vet said to wait till after the antibiotics to look at that. Hopefully with the care she's getting and some luck she'll be fine.

My 7mth old filly (still with dam who is fine) had been having tummy aches, and after calling the vet out twice and two colic injections (suspected spasmodic colic) she was no better and a blood test was done...she had no temperature, heart rate normal, passing stools but high white blood cell...