Sylph
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I am at Osberton all weekend quiet weekend for the ponies!
Had XC training yesterday. Mr H isn’t too keen on ditches, so we went to jump a Liverpool (basically a telegraph pole front and back and flat wood base about 3 foot wide - no jump above it) and mr H stamped on the brakes and I landed length-ways very neatly in between the telegraph poles on my back. Air vest went off so very comfortable landing but I was like an upturned turtle that couldn’t right itself. Mr H beat a hasty retreat.
Haha this made me laugh! 😀 Glad you’re Ok!Had XC training yesterday. Mr H isn’t too keen on ditches, so we went to jump a Liverpool (basically a telegraph pole front and back and flat wood base about 3 foot wide - no jump above it) and mr H stamped on the brakes and I landed length-ways very neatly in between the telegraph poles on my back. Air vest went off so very comfortable landing but I was like an upturned turtle that couldn’t right itself. Mr H beat a hasty retreat.
I went shopping! Tried out a baby cob, who seems promising enough that I'm going back this week with my instructor.
Oh bless your little cob in hospital! Your dressage boy is very smart. Do you show him?
Is it an eye ulcer dressage cob? My mare recently had a huge one, took about 6 weeks to mend, was putting in 3 different drops 3 times a day at one point - I can check the details if that is any help?
I'd have said hi if I'd known! I think I went in for my test not long after you came into warm up. For boy is gorgeous.So Field House petplan finals didn’t go to plan. My big cob worked in beautifully and all was going well. The test started well but part way through, just before the first canter, a photographer popped out of nowhere and the cob found it very offensive indeed. He spent the rest of the test with a tense neck and with an eye fixed on the offending photographer 😄 but it’s his first big competition so he’s allowed to find things scary.
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I think this photo sums it up!
My little cob remains in horsepital. His eye has not improved at all so he is being referred to an eye specialist in the practice (albeit a small animal vet!). I’m getting increasingly worried about whether he will keep the eye, but trying to stay positive. He has had eye ulcers before, but this one covers most of the surface of the eye and is not responding to treatment. Thankfully, he is happy in himself, save for when the pump blasts his eye with antibiotics!
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Dressage cob - my horse was treated with Tiacil , Mydriacyl and EDTA. I got the impression the EDTA was a novel treatment for eye ulcers - my vet had read a paper about it working well in combination with the anti biotics.
This describes the theory (from The Horse.com):
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acic (EDTA, a chelating agent and anticoagulant at 0.2%) can also be administered several times a day as eye medication to reduce corneal melting.
I expect your vet is well aware of it but just in case it is of any help.
Poor lamb, hope he responds to treatment soon
exciting stuff make sure you tell us all the details
oooooh fab! when is the vetting? i.e. will this be on next week's weekend plans