Skinny Mare...Hows She Looking?? + HACK FROM HELL (Long Sorry)

Jadey you need to start reading the posts.
Get a vet out ASAP (read that as tomorrow!)
Get a dentist out ASAP (as soon as can be booked)
Get advice on her diet ASAP (qualified advice, not "some lady up the yard")

Just so you understand the seriousness an example.....say Lady has something wrong with her liver. The longer you leave getting a vet to her to diagnose and treat, the more damage is done. Once the liver drops below a certain % it cannot recover! You would loose your mare. Gone. Forever.
Whatever is going on with your girl needs a vet to diagnose, advise, and treat any underlying issues.
Thats something you cannot do. Nor can your friend with 40+ years experience. Because like you, she is not a vet!
If you do not have the money to provide the care, then I am sorry, but you shouldnt have the mare.
 
Well done for getting some different feed. Step in the right direction. Is the vet doing the teeth or are you getting an EDT? Cause I would bring the vet appointment forward if you can? I actually thought from your previous post a vet had seen her recently? I am probably completely wrong.

I can understand why you haven't taken Weezy up on her offer. I have been on this forum for quite a while and know that Weezy is a genuine person, but Jadey hasn't been around that long. Could you imagine what her parents would say if she told them she was meeting a perfect stranger off a forum? It's on the news all the time! We know Weezy is genuine, but I can perfectly understand why she might be hesitant. It doesn't mean she isn't grateful or she's being difficult.
 
Jadey, Kingcharles stating what is obvious, looks like you asked for advice before and from the looks of it, not taken any notice. So you are either very young or very stupid!
 
I am sorry, but this mare looks worse than she did before. You MUST stop riding or lungeing her, and get a full vet check on her, including bloods. I cannot believe you are still considering either riding or lungeing.

When the RSPCA are called again, which they will be if this mare does not improve urgently, your only defence is to have had such a vet check and be following the vet's advice to the letter. I am not joking here.

You really have to wake up to this situation !!! I am shocked at your lack of action. Disgusted.

If I saw this horse, I WOULD CALL THE RSPCA MYSELF !!!! Please get a grip !!!! In fact, if I knew your location I would do it right now.
 
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johnrobert said:
Jadey, Kingcharles stating what is obvious, looks like you asked for advice before and from the looks of it, not taken any notice. So you are either very young or very stupid!
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why is everyone saying im not taking notice of their advice, of course i am :( if you read the things iver said before about calling my vet and arranging them to come out (earliest they can come out is beginning of april) and the fact i went out and got proffesional advice on feed and got some new feed to try her on....and id rather say im very young :p
 
To be honest I think you can give sound advice to the OP untill you are all blue in the face. I dont think she is listening, the fact that a vet is not coming to see this mare untill April beggars belief. The fact that she thinks that it is reasonable to even ride the poor thing in the first place make me think that she should not be looking after a thread worm let alone a poor old mare, who has obvious serious issues, it certainly doesnt take an expert to see that. The thing that seems to upset her most is the fact that she didnt enjoy her hack! Sorry to be so blunt but I dont think she will learn a thing from all this very good advice. As for the RSPCA well there is no suprise there. Sorry for the rant.
 
JadeyyAndLadyy said:
Who the hell do you think you are judging me and my horse like that. AS A MATTER OF FACT i share a field with someone with 40+ years of horse experience, we went out to find a nutritionalist and bought alpha A oil, sugarbeet, pink powder etc my vet is coming out in april and will get the dentist out aswell. so i HAVE been taking the advice from everyone on here so before you start with your sarcastic comments and terrible spelling i suggest you pm me if you really feel the need to B!tch like that.
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keep telling your self that your a good horse owner!!

If i knew where you lived that horse would be seized by a horse charity by now. You share your field with an experienced horse person? Are they blind??

That horse needs a vet now! Why now are you suddenly buying her feed and suppliments? You should of been feeding her correctly from the word go. Owning a horse is a privilidge, it isnt a god given right. That mare needs more than food chucked at her, she needs a good looking over by a vet at least. I don't know how you sleep at night! Im not bitching, im just disgusted at the state of your horse!!!
 
Why cant the vet come out until April? if that is the case what would you do in an emergency situation? i would be changing vets pronto.
 
Jadeyy

If I were you I would call your vet asap - hopefully they are a specialist equine vet and not a small animal vet - and stress to them the urgency. My vet will always come out the same day if necessary and certainly they should be able to give you an appointment within a day or two of your call.

You could be wasting your money on the extra feed if there is an underlying medical condition that needs resolving first.
 
johnrobert said:
Jadey, Kingcharles stating what is obvious, looks like you asked for advice before and from the looks of it, not taken any notice. So you are either very young or very stupid!
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she is young. and is probably finding the whole situation very upsetting. :( there's no doubt she loves the horse. but for some reason isn't (can't?) act quickly enough.

jadeyy, please get the vet out tomorrow. or take me up on my offer? just think how ace it'd be to get her fixed, so you can have her all beautiful and shiny again. xxx
 
I am hoping that this thread is removed from the forum, as this is a very serious situation. It is very distressing for members to see these pictures, give advice, and get no reassurances of a vet check back.

I am sorry, but if this is not resolved via a vet exam urgently, you are facing a possible prosecution under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 for failing to provide necessary care and attention, resulting in unneccessary suffering. I have PM'd the moderator, and hopefully he/she will close this thread down and/or be able to talk some sense into you.

Do you really want to be facing a possible prosecution Jadey ?
 
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So you found an equine nutritionist did you? Where did you find them to? What did they advise? What feed regime did they advise? Amounts ect? What is her body weight?

What exact feed are you now going to feed her and how often? When did you worm her and what did you use? (you would also need to know her body weight to worm her correctly)

Are you making allowances for the fact that she has missing teeth and may have problems with her mouth?

Does she have a field shelter? How many acers is the field and how many horses does she sahre it with.

What is the vet comeing out to do? What did the vet advise when you spoke to them?

Only when you can answer these questions will i be able to believe that you are actually , doing something productive about this mare.

You question who i am? I am someone who has spent years picking up the pieces from horse owners like you!!

I see you noticed my bad spelling, so you are able to comprehend the difference between right and wrong!
 
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I'm begining to think Jadeyy just wants the attention not the advice and buggar the poor mare.
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I read this thread at lunchtime and was appalled at the photos of the mare - I did look at the original thread but the photo on there has been moved in Photobucket so cannot be viewed.

Now I have come back and read some of the replies from the OP - which quite frankly border on the 'smart arse' type of response - I am beginning to think you are right here Johnrobert :o That poor mare :(
 
I agree with getting the vet out asap. Why can't your vets comeout till April? My vets comeout streight away if there is a prob. I would push them for an appointment sooner or call another vet out.
 
This is most distressing to us all, just to know this mare is in this dire straight and we cant do anything about it. If you post pictures of a horse in that condition you are bound to get a reaction. To all the people who have given sound advice you dont seem to have taken on board. We have got a grip, its you who needs to get one. Vets come out at a moments notice by the way!
 
I am not going to comment on the horses condition because I feel enough has been said. I agree she is very poor and the OP needs help.

However she does sound young and I can understand why she has not taken up the offer of help from a stranger over the internet. I am sure some of you know weezey and can vouch for her & I think her offer is very generous. But I do think we should be VERY carefull about encoraging young people to meet strangers of the internet.


OP you know your horse need help that is why you are asking on here. I commend you for that. Now follow up on their advice get a vet & an experienced person to look at your horse and give you advice. You could even get a knowledgable instructor to come have a look and give you advice. Even a knowlegable livery yard owner/manager would probably be willing to have a look at her if you ask them nicely and tell them you are struggling. Ask your parents to help support you with this.

Good luck x
 
Actually - is this poster for real ? Is this a horrible hoax ? I've had my suspicions for a while now. I know, absolutely know, that the RSPCA would not have left this if they had seen this horse. Lying about the vet - WHY ???Where the photos come from I don't know.

I think poster may not be what she claims to be. If she is, I've said what I think above.

Please please can this thread be removed, as either way there is nothing anyone can do in cyber-space, as the OP has had advice till we are blue in the face, ignoring it, and it is very distressing for all genuine horse lovers. Thankyou !
 
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Jadey, I've been reading the threads on you and your mare but haven't posted yet as everything I would have advised has already been said. But I do want to add my weight to the advice to get your vet out (or another vet if yours really can't come till April) within the next day or two. You strike me as really young - I'm probably old enough to be your granny, but I've been around horses even longer than your field sharer, and I know a sickly horse when I see one. I have a 20yo retired Arab and if he looked even half as poor as Lady I'd be really ashamed of myself.

If your vet is fobbing you off because you're 'just a kid', please get your field sharer or your parents to speak to him/her and insist on an early visit. Lady is relying on you totally for the help she needs; it's quite a responsibility and I think you too need help to make her better. Weezy's offer to come over and advise is generous and would be very useful to you; to allay fears about meeting 'a stranger from the internet' you could make sure someone else was there too - in any case, two people listening to and remembering advice is always better than one!

You've done the right thing in asking for advice - very clearly it's 'get a vet asap'. So please do it.
 
Hey peeps. Let's just all chill a bit yeah?

For all those saying she's not taking advice, the vet is coming out and the dentist it coming out. All booked, advice taken. Progress.
Feed is upped, hay is upped,ruggies are upped.
Progres, progress, progress.

Right now you have one girl who is scared to open her own help post thread! So I think we all just need to back off, leave this post to ashes now, and then in 4 weeks times, all be awaiting a lovely post of a very much different mare no doubt :)

I cannot commend Jadey enough at the minute, for how much lynching there has been on this, she's still come on each time and faced it like it or not,and HAS taken everyone's comments on board as all have been saying the same thing!

So I'm going to put a lovely happy post up, and hope to the heavens this post will lie dormant...sound good to everyone else?


:)
 
Its great you have asked for peoples advice, perhaps ask a vet to have a look at her and give her a general health check and talk through a new feeding plan for your horse, and like others have suggested, maybe some time off to gain some weight and recover from losing so much over the winter. Good luck with your mare. Hopefully she makes a grand recovery and you can post some lovely new photos of her for everyone to see.
 
Binky01 said:
Hey peeps. Let's just all chill a bit yeah?

For all those saying she's not taking advice, the vet is coming out and the dentist it coming out. All booked, advice taken. Progress.
Feed is upped, hay is upped,ruggies are upped.
Progres, progress, progress.

Right now you have one girl who is scared to open her own help post thread! So I think we all just need to back off, leave this post to ashes now, and then in 4 weeks times, all be awaiting a lovely post of a very much different mare no doubt :)

I cannot commend Jadey enough at the minute, for how much lynching there has been on this, she's still come on each time and faced it like it or not,and HAS taken everyone's comments on board as all have been saying the same thing!

So I'm going to put a lovely happy post up, and hope to the heavens this post will lie dormant...sound good to everyone else?


:)
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sorry, i really wanted to say i agree, but in doing so i've stopped it lying dormant...

anyway, i agree with every word. let's let it lie and look forward to the pictures of lady looking FABULOUS soon. xxx
 
Hi, you have some good advise, please listen, you do sound very young, and i know if i was attacked like this i wouldnt come and ask for help again on here!! Any vet will come asap if asked, please ring your vet and ask for an urgent visit, i know its hard but you want your mares best interest tended too. Your yard owners is also liable if a horse is not looked after properly, as most have said, stop riding her, just gentle walks on the lead, make sure she eats here food on here own, bring her out of the field if she shares with others, and ask a local farmer to put a big bale in the field(if your aloud?). Some horse are slow eaters so when they get into there food the others have eaten it!! i know i have one who i have to bring in daily to feed due to being a slow eater, and the fact she cut her leg and cut the artery and nearly bled to death but there you go!!!! hope things improve soon and good luck. spring is nearly here some the grass will come through one day.
 
koeffee said:
Hi, you have some good advise, please listen, you do sound very young, and i know if i was attacked like this i wouldnt come and ask for help again on here!! Any vet will come asap if asked, please ring your vet and ask for an urgent visit, i know its hard but you want your mares best interest tended too. Your yard owners is also liable if a horse is not looked after properly, as most have said, stop riding her, just gentle walks on the lead, make sure she eats here food on here own, bring her out of the field if she shares with others, and ask a local farmer to put a big bale in the field(if your aloud?). Some horse are slow eaters so when they get into there food the others have eaten it!! i know i have one who i have to bring in daily to feed due to being a slow eater, and the fact she cut her leg and cut the artery and nearly bled to death but there you go!!!! hope things improve soon and good luck. spring is nearly here some the grass will come through one day.
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Pkease read the previous post.

Is now not exercised. At all.
Vet is booked to come.
Dentist is booked to come.
Feed has now been changed and upped on advice.

Sorted. End.

:)
 
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