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A quick update on Fin. Yesterday morning his owner arrived at the yard to find the most revolting, vile smelling 'stuff' coming out of Fins nose. She called the vet and cleaned him up while managing to get most of the goo into a carrier bag for the vet even though the smell was making her heave. The vet came straight away and checked Fin over. Her worry was that the stuff was coming from his stomach, which would have been a very bad sign. Fortunately it wasn't, it is coming from his airway. His breathing the last week or so has sounded very loud and laboured but since this muck has come out you can barely hear his breathing and he seems brighter. He also ate a couple of grated carrots yesterday morning, some ready brek, some soaked topline cubes and I spent 10 mins last night watching him eating chopped hay He ate more yesterday after this muck had come out than he has any other day. There was some more discharge last night that I cleared away and then he again ate more hay. We are really hoping this has helped him turn a corner. His owner has been spending a long time on the phone to Dick Vet and the GS Fund - thank you for those numbers and especially to Peteralfred for the contact names. Fins owner is trying everything you have suggested - as someone said, what works one day doesn't the next but we have our fingers crossed very firmly for him. Thank you all again.
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