It wasnt colic that killed her...........

My horse had to be PTS suddenly lat August- 23rd. He was fit and fine - we were out on the cornfields the day before.

He was colicking- and he had never had colic in all the time I had owned him. He got very ill, very quickly- he was not fit to travel for surgery and had to be PTS at home......it was the same thing as your horse and I had never heard of it either. I was devastated. The vet said the same to me- you can't predict it, you don't know its there. Theres nothing you can do.

I'm so sorry for your loss. I miss my horse very much even though I have a new one now. It does get easier- its the suddeness that makes it harder as you don't have any time to prepare.:(

((((hugs))))
 
Sorry to hear about you loosing your mare, I can understand why it means a lot to you though to find out exactly what caused her death, doesn't make it any easier I know but it does help to draw some kind of conclusion and in a way a closure, RIP Jamin.
 
I lost my boy on April 5th six years ago with what the vet suspected to be PLS (didn't have a PM). He was six weeks off his 27th birthday and showed no sign of any problems before. He was semi-retired due to arthritis but was still full of life and had p***ed off with me the week before. He went into his stable at 8pm on the Monday absolutely fine and when I went back up at 7am on the Tuesday he was down in his stable. The hardest bit was he was calling to me when I got there and got up to say hello even though he must have been in awful pain. The vet was there by 7.30 and by 8 it was all over. He said it was quite common in older horses, particularly those who are quite active still?

It was awful at the time, the shock was terrible but now when I look back at it, it was the best way for him to go. He had eaten all his hay so can't have been suffering very long, the vet thinks 2-3 hours at most. I never had to make that decision as it was clear there was no chance, and I never had to watch him deteriorate slowly as I've seen other older horses do. As he was already down I didn't even have the trauma of seeing him fall. He just put his head in my lap and went. He always looked after me and I think he was even then.

I know it's probably really hard for you at the moment, but I hope that with a bit of distance, you'll be able to come to the same conclusion.

Hugs.
 
annagain said:
It was awful at the time, the shock was terrible but now when I look back at it, it was the best way for him to go. He had eaten all his hay so can't have been suffering very long, the vet thinks 2-3 hours at most. I never had to make that decision as it was clear there was no chance, and I never had to watch him deteriorate slowly as I've seen other older horses do. As he was already down I didn't even have the trauma of seeing him fall. He just put his head in my lap and went. He always looked after me and I think he was even then.

I know it's probably really hard for you at the moment, but I hope that with a bit of distance, you'll be able to come to the same conclusion.

Hugs.
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Thats the conclusion I have come to- my horse was 22- still very active. I never had to see him become old and dodery which is a blessing.
 
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