misterjinglejay
Well-Known Member
Right, complicated story coming up:
My horse and my friends horse moved to a new yard about 2 months ago; my lad settled in well, but his mate didn't and was intimidated by the 2 existing horses.
This all came to a head on Sunday night.
My freind is away on a course during the week, and left me in charge of the horse. This is a normal thing, and we both know each others horses well.
On Sunday, when my friend was doing the evening shift, her horse was found to have a lot of bites and kick on him, but ate his tea and seemed okay in himself. She separated our lads, from the others for the night. And went off on her course.
He was fine in the morning and ate breakfast, etc.
Monday night: found him down, but calm, couldn't seem/didn't want to get up. He'd only been down for 5 mins max. Rang vet, who came out.
Meanwhile, we'd got him on his feet, and walked him to his stable. He seemed weak behind but otherwise okay - pulse, gums, etc.
Vet examined him v thoroughly IMO, and ruled out concussion, stroke, colic etc. putting it down to a kick on his loin area (there were scrapes there). Gave him a long acting painkiller, said to turn him out with my lad for the night, and he would be a lot better by morning.
This morning, he was down again; we got him up, and he was still wobbly, not interested in food, water or anything much, just walking around.
Rang vet again, who was most reassuring. This was all to be expected, the painkillers were still reaching maximum effectivness.
I didn't contact his owner as she was miles away and couldn't do much from there. Should I have done?
Went up at lunchtime - he was the same - mooching around.
Tonight, found him dead! *****, *****, *****! Had been dead for a while. Checked for vital signs - nothing.
Rang his owners OH, who came up to the yard. Should we have rung the vet for conformation that he was dead (like with people)? The OH asked if we had and to be honest it hadn't crossed my mind - he was defo dead!
Just a spot of advice - did we do all we could? Should we have rung the vet for death conformation?? (I know he'll need to be contacted to sort out post mortum/disposal - but her family are doing that).
If there's any gin left after I've finished with it, you are welcome to it if you've made it this far!
My horse and my friends horse moved to a new yard about 2 months ago; my lad settled in well, but his mate didn't and was intimidated by the 2 existing horses.
This all came to a head on Sunday night.
My freind is away on a course during the week, and left me in charge of the horse. This is a normal thing, and we both know each others horses well.
On Sunday, when my friend was doing the evening shift, her horse was found to have a lot of bites and kick on him, but ate his tea and seemed okay in himself. She separated our lads, from the others for the night. And went off on her course.
He was fine in the morning and ate breakfast, etc.
Monday night: found him down, but calm, couldn't seem/didn't want to get up. He'd only been down for 5 mins max. Rang vet, who came out.
Meanwhile, we'd got him on his feet, and walked him to his stable. He seemed weak behind but otherwise okay - pulse, gums, etc.
Vet examined him v thoroughly IMO, and ruled out concussion, stroke, colic etc. putting it down to a kick on his loin area (there were scrapes there). Gave him a long acting painkiller, said to turn him out with my lad for the night, and he would be a lot better by morning.
This morning, he was down again; we got him up, and he was still wobbly, not interested in food, water or anything much, just walking around.
Rang vet again, who was most reassuring. This was all to be expected, the painkillers were still reaching maximum effectivness.
I didn't contact his owner as she was miles away and couldn't do much from there. Should I have done?
Went up at lunchtime - he was the same - mooching around.
Tonight, found him dead! *****, *****, *****! Had been dead for a while. Checked for vital signs - nothing.
Rang his owners OH, who came up to the yard. Should we have rung the vet for conformation that he was dead (like with people)? The OH asked if we had and to be honest it hadn't crossed my mind - he was defo dead!
Just a spot of advice - did we do all we could? Should we have rung the vet for death conformation?? (I know he'll need to be contacted to sort out post mortum/disposal - but her family are doing that).
If there's any gin left after I've finished with it, you are welcome to it if you've made it this far!
