Mustard
Well-Known Member
We went up late this morning to our black mare and her little friend because we'd been moving the horses on the yard to a new field. They were on a field a couple of hundred yards along the road, so we left them till last. We'd checked them at 6 last night and she was bouncing around looking fabulous, with a black-patent coat.
When we found her today she was collapsed in absolute agony. Her eyelids had all the hair burnt off, and the skin underneath was bright red. They were very swollen and I'm pretty sure she was blind - her eyes looked milky. There were also similar patches inside one ear and between her forelegs. She'd obviously been like it for some time, as much of the field was churned up. She was beyond colicking and every breath was a groan. We called the vet but had to wait for an hour; it was horrendous. My thoughts are some sort of chemical attack, though the field is quite tucked away, and her companion, who is much smaller and older, was unharmed.
The only other thing we could think off was some kind of allergic reaction to an insect or something in the field. Has anyone got any ideas? The vet's first thought was that the colic had come first, and she had rubbed herself on the ground with pain, but the hairless areas were smooth, not scuffed, and how could she rub between her forelegs? He came round to our thoughts when the person with him said she thought there was a chemically smell.
It was a relief for her to go, for her and us.
My beautiful black girl, Dexie.
When we found her today she was collapsed in absolute agony. Her eyelids had all the hair burnt off, and the skin underneath was bright red. They were very swollen and I'm pretty sure she was blind - her eyes looked milky. There were also similar patches inside one ear and between her forelegs. She'd obviously been like it for some time, as much of the field was churned up. She was beyond colicking and every breath was a groan. We called the vet but had to wait for an hour; it was horrendous. My thoughts are some sort of chemical attack, though the field is quite tucked away, and her companion, who is much smaller and older, was unharmed.
The only other thing we could think off was some kind of allergic reaction to an insect or something in the field. Has anyone got any ideas? The vet's first thought was that the colic had come first, and she had rubbed herself on the ground with pain, but the hairless areas were smooth, not scuffed, and how could she rub between her forelegs? He came round to our thoughts when the person with him said she thought there was a chemically smell.
It was a relief for her to go, for her and us.
My beautiful black girl, Dexie.
