Recent content by xenia1000

Oh right - sorry! I dont really know the answer to that one. I thought tetanus resulted in a much quicker illness / death than the month its taken Jack but I have never been involved in a case so dont really know. I can only refer to my first reply in that the vet specifically diagnosed nerve...

Amymay, I don't think he had tetnus - he had no wounds or sores and was kept in a well cleaned and disinfected stable for 3 weeks prior to the micro chip along with another miniture foal. He did not appear to suffer any spasming or convulsions. The vet never mentioned this as a possiblity and...

Thank you all for your replies. I cannot afford have a post mortem done for my little foal - but I absolutely know that he was perfectly fine until the day after he had his microchip. My objection is not to microchips but to having no choice. I fully agree that micro chipping can be of benefit...

In the UK we have no choice - all our foals must be micro chipped. This year we have just had three done - two miniture shetlands and one that will make around 14.2 Anyway I just wanted to share Jack's story with you and ask you please to consider it if you ever have the opportunity to stand...