Friend's horse pts

[algy666]

My friend's horse was pts this afternoon - vet says he's never seen anything like it so they're doing a post mortem.

He was found in the field this morning, had clearly been rolling and rolling for hours, you could see the flat areas in the field; he'd pawed a hole a foot and a half deep at the gate. He was bleeding from his bottom and passing what looked like bits of gut. When they got him to the vet hospital they found that his rectum had split and had to put him to sleep.

He was there a couple of months ago after his pancreas flipped round his intestines, but it was manipulated back into place and he's been fine since. He was 5, and a WBX (I think).

Has anyone else ever seen/heard of a horse with this kind of thing?

 

[Bossanova]

Oh god, how horrid- poor, poor horse

 

[lucy007]

That sounds awful, I am so very sorry for your friend. I do hope that the vet can find some answers as to the cause of this condition. R.I.P. horsey, I am sure you will be sorely missed.

 

[carthorse]

I feel so sorry for your friend and her poor horse , they must have been through a terrible time.

 

[Patches]

How utterly horrible for your poor friend. Her dear horse must've been in tremendous pain too.

What a devastating thing to happen. Five years old too...no age.

 

[Honeypots]

How awful...poor horse

please could you let us know the outcome of the postmortem?

 

[SirenaXVI]

That is so tragic, poor poor horse and poor owner too

 

[Tinseltoes]

Oh thats so sad,I feel for both your friend and the poor horse,who was only young.
Please let us know the results of the PM.

 

[algy666]

Sorry it took a while - apparently he had a hole in his gut, and he'd torn it open. By the time they got him in from the field he was in shock

Poor lad.