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Pony is 20 years old (grey) went down with colicky symptoms Friday night, Heart rate up, odd paw at ground, lay down once. Called vet, heart rate 70, rectal clear, gut sounds heard. Injected with painkiller. at 7am sat morning, pony uncomfortable again, vet called, heart rate 70, peritoneal tap done, blood in it, pony injected with pain killer and given antibiotics. Blood taken for tests.

Blood results show pony is anemic (not dangerously so) urea slightly up ( could be caused by dehydration) white blood cells normal, liver and kidney function normal, calcium slightly low.

Vet worried he is bleeding internally (due to peritoneal tap and he is anemic)

2 hours after painkiller pony still not right, vet called again... ( vet said it was probably time to PTS) vet took 45 mins to come as he was at a call, by time he came pony had picked up was alert and looked normal, heart rate was still 70. Vet said to leave him, and see what he did, and to turn him out in field ( he wont stable gets stressed out) pony went out and was grazing happily. Vet said he come again Sunday unless I needed him. Pony seemed fine. Vet came again Sunday heart rate was 60 pony eating and drinking fine, gave another painkiller and antibiotic, still showing signs of anemia.

Vet said to retest blood in a week and see what it shows.

What do you all think? Only time I have seen blood in a peritoneal tap it has resulted in the death of a horse in a few hours or was PTS straight away.
 
my mare suffers with spasmodic colic every year around this time! and not once has the vet suggested that she needs to be PTS.

I'd call a different vet if I were you?

what pain killer is he giving the boy? my mare has an antispasmodic injection and is as right as rain straight after it! I don't leave her in, but section her off, and make sure she'd had a drink and been to poo!

you don't want to cause anymore stress than necessary!

have you recently wormed? they often think of that as a reason for her doing it, so she gets an extra equitape in August just in case!

my mare is now 28 and has suffered with it for about the last 6yrs once of twice a summer! always in the summer!

also whats your grazing like? my vet suggested that lots of clover in the field can cause gas, and that they might over-react with the pain of the wind!

and finally, she is always pale, the vet always thinks she looks slightly animec but never worried as she's always like it!

Fingers x'd for your boy, hope you get him sorted! x
 
He suggested he was PTS because of the bleeding internally and he was in a pretty distressed state at the time, blood tests show he is anemic, not just the looks
 
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