miss_bird
Well-Known Member
Went down to the field and 1 of the yearlings (9months) was lying down when i went to check, he could not get up and was stiff all down naer hind, anyway got a digger driver to scoop him up carefully in the front bucket, and laid him in the gateway of my other field and had to drag him into the box and take him back to the stables.
Had vet out and he said it is a cross between pneumonia and pleurisy, he has given him 3 jabs, painkiller, anti inflamatory, and antibiotic, just got home and the yearling is eating like it is going out of fashion, not really drinking much (having to syringe it into him) but he has never been a big drinker, but he still cannot get up.
Please can anyone give me advice on anything else i can be doing to keep him comfortable.
Also any experience of other peoples horses coming through this would be a great positive help at the moment as the vet has said we will just have to take one day at a time, and that he is really seriously ill.
Had vet out and he said it is a cross between pneumonia and pleurisy, he has given him 3 jabs, painkiller, anti inflamatory, and antibiotic, just got home and the yearling is eating like it is going out of fashion, not really drinking much (having to syringe it into him) but he has never been a big drinker, but he still cannot get up.
Please can anyone give me advice on anything else i can be doing to keep him comfortable.
Also any experience of other peoples horses coming through this would be a great positive help at the moment as the vet has said we will just have to take one day at a time, and that he is really seriously ill.