trishmcd86
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I need some advice.
I recently purchased a foal from someone. It is still at her place since he is only 16 days old. He was diagnosed with navel ill and joint ill today. He had an egg test done when he was first born and the vet said he was registering above 800 and that was good.
The problem is that his back left stifle is swollen and has heat and he will not bear weight on it. He just started limping today, and the vet said that we caught it in really good time. The vet flushed the joint, and administrated massive doses of antibiotics.
He is on shots of penicillin 2x daily as well as two other antibiotics and bute for the pain. The vet will be back out tomorrow to give more fluids to my colt, and will be back out on Saturday to flush the fluids out again. This is going to be one expensive vet bill, but this little colt is worth it.
My question is, has anyone else dealt with joint ill in a foal before, and what were your results? From the research i have done, it all depends who you talk to. Some say give up he is not gonna make it, and others make it out to be like with treatment its not a big deal in the long run.
I recently purchased a foal from someone. It is still at her place since he is only 16 days old. He was diagnosed with navel ill and joint ill today. He had an egg test done when he was first born and the vet said he was registering above 800 and that was good.
The problem is that his back left stifle is swollen and has heat and he will not bear weight on it. He just started limping today, and the vet said that we caught it in really good time. The vet flushed the joint, and administrated massive doses of antibiotics.
He is on shots of penicillin 2x daily as well as two other antibiotics and bute for the pain. The vet will be back out tomorrow to give more fluids to my colt, and will be back out on Saturday to flush the fluids out again. This is going to be one expensive vet bill, but this little colt is worth it.
My question is, has anyone else dealt with joint ill in a foal before, and what were your results? From the research i have done, it all depends who you talk to. Some say give up he is not gonna make it, and others make it out to be like with treatment its not a big deal in the long run.
