applecart14
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What a night last night proved to be.
I was at the yard about 7.45pm and someone said they were getting the vet for one of the liveries horses. I went to see if I could offer some help and the horse was lying down unable to rise and looking like it had colic. The YO called the vet and whilst we were waiting for the vet a horse in one of the stables opposite started choking really badly, and spat out a plastic bag it was choking on that had contained carotts! Luckily it was alright no lasting damage.
When the vet arrived she said the horse hadn’t got colic it was just old age and couldn’t get up. As she gave it a pain killing injection ‘I went to the muck heap with my wheelbarrow. On the way round someone called me onto the back yard to say a horse had blood coming from its nose. I went to look and there was big spots of blood on the floor, and blood pooling from its mouth. Had a quick look but the light was really poor so went to tell the YO and vet.
Vet was getting something out of her car for the horse on the ground, so I went back to see if it the horse had lost a tooth (is old horse) and had a better look and the poor thing had completely broken its lower jaw, half the bottom jaw was pointing one way, the other half the other. Ran round to get the vet, she came, looked and gave it a pain killing injection and the owner got it up to the hospital for xray and assessment.
We went round the prone horse and managed to get it onto its feet thank God.
What a night!
The horse who broke his jaw has been operated on under standing operation this morning and has his jaw wired together.
Sadly the other horse didn’t make it, and died/was pts this morning, I don’t know the details just had a hell of a shock when I went onto FB just and found out.
Weird as the one we thought would have to be pts was the one who made it and the one we thought would didn't. Felt quite shell shocked when I got home last night.
Feel so sad for the owner of the horse wo died, she had owned him for about 25 years and was on holiday. I hope she got back for him in time.
I was at the yard about 7.45pm and someone said they were getting the vet for one of the liveries horses. I went to see if I could offer some help and the horse was lying down unable to rise and looking like it had colic. The YO called the vet and whilst we were waiting for the vet a horse in one of the stables opposite started choking really badly, and spat out a plastic bag it was choking on that had contained carotts! Luckily it was alright no lasting damage.
When the vet arrived she said the horse hadn’t got colic it was just old age and couldn’t get up. As she gave it a pain killing injection ‘I went to the muck heap with my wheelbarrow. On the way round someone called me onto the back yard to say a horse had blood coming from its nose. I went to look and there was big spots of blood on the floor, and blood pooling from its mouth. Had a quick look but the light was really poor so went to tell the YO and vet.
Vet was getting something out of her car for the horse on the ground, so I went back to see if it the horse had lost a tooth (is old horse) and had a better look and the poor thing had completely broken its lower jaw, half the bottom jaw was pointing one way, the other half the other. Ran round to get the vet, she came, looked and gave it a pain killing injection and the owner got it up to the hospital for xray and assessment.
We went round the prone horse and managed to get it onto its feet thank God.
What a night!
The horse who broke his jaw has been operated on under standing operation this morning and has his jaw wired together.
Sadly the other horse didn’t make it, and died/was pts this morning, I don’t know the details just had a hell of a shock when I went onto FB just and found out.
Weird as the one we thought would have to be pts was the one who made it and the one we thought would didn't. Felt quite shell shocked when I got home last night.
Feel so sad for the owner of the horse wo died, she had owned him for about 25 years and was on holiday. I hope she got back for him in time.
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