Asking others to pay your vet fees for a 33 year old...am i the only one who thinks..

That old chestnut said:
It's on her facebook page, or at least Fred's. Someone has suggests she lances it or gets the vet to do it, but she she admits it must be painful, but is basically going to let nature take it's course for now. He is getting painkillers and better food apparently, but still looks terrible.
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can you post the link please
 
HAB said:
it's a closed group, i can save the photo she posted and repost it here but it is VERY graphic. I wouldn't want to get myself banned for posting it.
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I'm not sure if you'd get banned for posting it or not. It is quite gory though so maybe a new thread with a warning would be better? :o
 
Parachute said:
I'm not sure if you'd get banned for posting it or not. It is quite gory though so maybe a new thread with a warning would be better? :o
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I'll post it here, if i start a new thread it would be out of context.

Give me a few minutes to find out how to do it.
 
If somebody can phone the BHS .etc then that would be fantastic.

I am so concerned about this horse, it breaks my heart to see this. I've had a horse that unfortunately had Strangles and it never looked as bad as this does.

Thank you.
 
Thanks for posting that HAB. I wasn't sure if I could. I know the village where she is now, but not where exactly the yard is. I am sure others on here do. If only someone could persuade her to do the right thing by Fred. She obviously cares for him, but is thinking of herself, not him. I was heartbroken when my 18 year old dog was pts, but I knew it had to be done. Luckily I've never been in that situation with a horse yet.
 
Is she on a livery yard? I can't understand why on earth the yard manager isn't stepping in. I know my yard manager wouldn't let a horse continuously suffer like this !
 
She actually has another horse too! Why would anybody in the right mind sell her a horse if it's going to end up like poor Fred :(
 
I know she was looking at a loan horse, did she actually get it?

Poor Fred needs to be out out his misery.
Hopefully someone with an address can contact the relevant bodies to get the poor horse sorted.
 
Shettie said:
I know she was looking at a loan horse, did she actually get it?

Poor Fred needs to be out out his misery.
Hopefully someone with an address can contact the relevant bodies to get the poor horse sorted.
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As far as I know, she has another horse, a youngster I believe and was looking at another horse on loan. But decided against a loan horse while she had Fred!
 
she is not at the same yard she was when baggy called the BHS, i will try and find out where it is, the lady she liveries with rents a few places so i'm not sure which one she's at, will do my hardest to find out:(
 
caramac said:
Is she on a livery yard? I can't understand why on earth the yard manager isn't stepping in. I know my yard manager wouldn't let a horse continuously suffer like this !
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I've just read this entire thread and have to say exactly the same thing as Caramac. Surely, if the YO is as responsible as has been mentioned, she would be doing the right thing by this horse.
 
for those concerned about Fred, I've had it confirmed that he is still under vet supervision, i guess strangles is never pretty but the vet must be happy with Freds progress and condition.
 
+1 to Ibblebibble.

Fred is actually gaining weight and is still under vet supervision. I have been getting updates via a mutual friend and her vet is also my vet. Fred is apparently in good spirits and doing really well considering. He is under vet care and is being visited regularly.

I can't say I agree with many things the owner does, but I can say that my vet has confirmed in the last week that Fred is ok.

Melksham is between Chippenham and Trowbridge but don't come here...you might bump into me and Ibblebibble :eek::eek::eek: lol

But seriously, Fred is not in Melksham anymore.
 
I realise I just said the same thing about three times in that last post...

I really need to proof read posts when I have a beer in hand :D
 
I saw some pictures of fred rolling with his rugs off on fb when we had that nice day last week & i have to say he looked alot better than i thought he would & the fact that he was rolling also tells me he is probably quite happy right now for an old boy!
 
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