Spike the spare is sick!

mjcssjw2 said:
aww poor boy, is he still not allowed to eat?
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Not til he poos! Vet pulled some out this morning, but he hasn't produced anything under his own steam since Saturday. Now walking him to try and get things moving, and wishing i had a lorry, so I could take him for a spin round the block to liven his guts up!

Muzzle is because I got a big bale of the most beautiful straw delivered this morning, and he thought all his Christmasses had come at once! Alf is chugging it down too - ignoring his hay. Blimmin horses!
 
And this is how fed up Alf is!

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This is one very unimpressed bottom - wouldn't you agree! The nostrils still flutter when I talk to him, but he can't help that!
 
Glad that Spike is chirpier again, let's hope that he produces some unassisted poo shortly and can have some grub.

What with a sick horse, a cross and sulking horse, some vociferous mares and a looming deadline, you are being put through the mill at the mo. I'd join your party of relief helpers if I was closer (I believe that you live near where my brother used to live) but instead am sending my best remote vibes to you and the creatures.
 
Tiddlypom said:
Glad that Spike is chirpier again, let's hope that he produces some unassisted poo shortly and can have some grub.

What with a sick horse, a cross and sulking horse, some vociferous mares and a looming deadline, you are being put through the mill at the mo. I'd join your party of relief helpers if I was closer (I believe that you live near where my brother used to live) but instead am sending my best remote vibes to you and the creatures.
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Thanks!
He does need some grub, poor lad. Beginning to look a bit gaunt. His middle aged spread has all but disappeared :-(
 
Only just seen this. Really hope he is better soon, that Alf stops being grumpy, that the mares stop calling and that you manage to meet your deadline x
 
Probably a daft thought, but if hes not allowed to eat, and the vet has been managing to manually remove poo, will he have anything there to poo unassisted
 
Auslander said:
Vet has just left. He's a lot brighter today, but still no poo. Things are moving though-vet removed another pile. He's been tuned with fluids again, had more painkillers and anti-inflamnatories, and I can start walking him every couple of hours. Blood results back this afternoon
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god, what a rollercoaster for you both! Im glad he is brighter today, it broke my heart just reading that you had found him lying down in the field yesterday - cant imagine how you must have felt. keeping everything crossed for you.
 
Right Mrs....you need a stress free night and some decent sleep, so I think you should have a good chat with Mr. Spike tonight and do a little poo dance to the poo Gods and hope that they hear you.

You must be emotionally drained and physically exhausted so please pamper yourself a bit when you get a chance.

Hope the night and the morning bring even more improvements :) xx
 
Just got the bloods back - and the vet started the call with "Interesting results" Eek

He's on his way back out to tube some more fluids in, and get him started on antibiotics - will go into proper detail later, but it's looking like he has an infection - peritonitis/colitis. It's good that he's so much brighter, so not panicking - just need to change his management a bit to sort this out.
 
Keeping everything crossed for you xx Hopefully the new 'management' will involve a bit of grub, and you will have a happier Spike :)
 
dunkley said:
Keeping everything crossed for you xx Hopefully the new 'management' will involve a bit of grub, and you will have a happier Spike :)
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He is definitely hungry now! He wasn't interested in food at all over the weekend/yesterday, but he whinnied at me when I fed Alf and not him earlier! Good sign, but boy did I feel mean!
 
Poor old man has been tubed again, had more bute, and antibiotics as well now - plus another rectal exam/removal of poo! Vet coming back in the morning, unless I find a stable full to the eaves with poo tomorrow morning! Next step, unless there is a massive improvement, is a peritoneal tap to diagnose/rule out peritonitis.
I'm exhausted - and my back is starting to go. Joy!
 
Tiddlypom said:
Oh heck. Can you transport him to an equine hospital, so that he can be nursed? You are going to knacker yourself at this rate.
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No chance - he's insured, but only on a veteran policy for external injury, so i will be footing the bill! I don't begrudge a penny of it, but need to be careful it doesn't get completely out of control!
 
Find out how the cost of him being there compares to a daily visit - it might surprise you. If it is only a few quid more, it might be worth it for the benefit to your health ................
 
Fingers still crossed.

It's great that he kissed you last night. I do so hope that he's still a happier bunny today, and that he continues to mend without more intensive treatment.

As another poster said though, as he has been starved for so long, surely he is not ingesting anything that he can then poo out?
 
Tiddlypom said:
Fingers still crossed.

It's great that he kissed you last night. I do so hope that he's still a happier bunny today, and that he continues to mend without more intensive treatment.

As another poster said though, as he has been starved for so long, surely he is not ingesting anything that he can then poo out?
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We have talked about that - but vet can still feel poo just out of reach, so there is still stuff in there waiting to come out! We're going to have to start feeding him today - he's starting to look really skinny and tucked up. Trying to find someone with a lorry to take him for a drive to see if that gets things moving!
 
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