Troylimbo1
Well-Known Member
Bit of history:
I have a little Section A on loan as a companion and for my daughter to ride.
When he came to me (a year ago) he was a very overweight and depressed uncared for field ornament and on iron as well as many other supplements.
He settled well with us and is now off all his 'much needed' supplements after seeking advice and is now just on pink powder for his occasionally upset tummy.
In the awful winter he had he got a bit run down coughing etc. After informing his owner she told me he had had bronchitis and pneumonia,oh and has a heart murmer, so this was not unusual.(wasn't told this at the beginning) Her advice was to keep him well rugged and all would come right. So after realising all his rugs that he came with were not waterproof I spent a small fortune in kitting him out.
Fast forward to 2 months ago. We had to move from the field the horses were living in to a nearby yard where the owner is based.
She doesn't have much to do with us but texted me one day saying she had been round to look at the pony and his chest was heaving when he was breathing. Called the vet who diagnosed COPD. He was already being bedded down on paper with soaked hay anyway so nothing else advised just keep an eye.
Well, Monday I was at the yard and had just got the boys in (in during the day now) when said pony went down like a sack of spuds and was making the most awful noise and could hardly breath.
Luckily the vet was at the yard for another horse so I grabbed him. We managed to get him up and his resp rate was 24, nostrils flared, sides heaving. Vet gave ventapulmin IV and a 2 week oral course too. If this doesn't work then he will have to start steroids and possibly inhalers too.
So again I phone the owner to ask if he has a history of this as I want to claim on his insurance (my policy as at £60 per tub for two weeks is very expensive to fund myself) to which she informs me YES!
You can probably understand that I am a little p'd off by now. I took on this pony at her request as she didn't have the time for him and he was wasted etc and it looks like I have landed myself with a money sapping ticking time bomb.
Don't get me wrong, we love him to bits but i'm feeling pretty put out that none of this was mentioned at the start before we had chance to get attached to him.
I am now in a situation whereby I cannot afford to lay out this amount of money on a regular basis but feel I cannot give up on him as it is a fate worse than death to go back to his owner. (long story surrounding her current horse).
Advice and fairy tale wishes please
I have a little Section A on loan as a companion and for my daughter to ride.
When he came to me (a year ago) he was a very overweight and depressed uncared for field ornament and on iron as well as many other supplements.
He settled well with us and is now off all his 'much needed' supplements after seeking advice and is now just on pink powder for his occasionally upset tummy.
In the awful winter he had he got a bit run down coughing etc. After informing his owner she told me he had had bronchitis and pneumonia,oh and has a heart murmer, so this was not unusual.(wasn't told this at the beginning) Her advice was to keep him well rugged and all would come right. So after realising all his rugs that he came with were not waterproof I spent a small fortune in kitting him out.
Fast forward to 2 months ago. We had to move from the field the horses were living in to a nearby yard where the owner is based.
She doesn't have much to do with us but texted me one day saying she had been round to look at the pony and his chest was heaving when he was breathing. Called the vet who diagnosed COPD. He was already being bedded down on paper with soaked hay anyway so nothing else advised just keep an eye.
Well, Monday I was at the yard and had just got the boys in (in during the day now) when said pony went down like a sack of spuds and was making the most awful noise and could hardly breath.
Luckily the vet was at the yard for another horse so I grabbed him. We managed to get him up and his resp rate was 24, nostrils flared, sides heaving. Vet gave ventapulmin IV and a 2 week oral course too. If this doesn't work then he will have to start steroids and possibly inhalers too.
So again I phone the owner to ask if he has a history of this as I want to claim on his insurance (my policy as at £60 per tub for two weeks is very expensive to fund myself) to which she informs me YES!
You can probably understand that I am a little p'd off by now. I took on this pony at her request as she didn't have the time for him and he was wasted etc and it looks like I have landed myself with a money sapping ticking time bomb.
Don't get me wrong, we love him to bits but i'm feeling pretty put out that none of this was mentioned at the start before we had chance to get attached to him.
I am now in a situation whereby I cannot afford to lay out this amount of money on a regular basis but feel I cannot give up on him as it is a fate worse than death to go back to his owner. (long story surrounding her current horse).
Advice and fairy tale wishes please
