Urgent please help.

If the horse is getting that cold, I would be stabling overnight with access to adlib hay (or haylage if you think he's looking a little poor), and ensuring he's rugged during the day (again with access to hay throughout the day if possible).

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Oh, no - just seen your update.

Hope the horse pulls through.
 
weebarney said:
I say haylage cos i feed my lot haylage over winter and have no weight loss problems.
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But haylage wouldn't be the choice of forage for a cob; they are better on hay as it's usually not as high protein and they can have more which takes them longer to chew - and chewing keeps them warm.

ETA another to only just read the later posts. Sincerely hope things are well with him today.
 
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Oh no OP :(
Well done for keeping a close eye on him and getting the vet straight away.

I m so sorry to hear that it may be very serious for him.

I am thinking of you both and hope for a positive outcome.
 
hi guys, its megan, i went back to check on frankie this morning and he was looking worse than ever, iave been down there since 9 o clock and only just got home. took a fresh coat to keep him as warm as possible and a hot water bottle for his head, the vet phoned me around 12:00 to comfirm the worst, Frankie has "AM" (atypical myopathy) unfortunately frankie was way past point of treatment as the "AM" had instantlly targeted his kidneys, of which had failed, he hasnt wee'd or poo'd all day nor were theere any mess in ste sstable from over night. he had been laid down from before i got there and not managed to stand all day, so with the bad knews about the kidneys and clearly his bladder packing in we have had no choice but to put him down :( there was too much damage :(

it has been the longest 2 days of my life and felt so helpless which such a big animal with soo much pain. i have some photos, as the disease is not wildely known. i will upload them in the next reply.

I seriously urge people to read up about "atypical myopathy", it is a killer and nothing less, and the earlyer you catch the symptoms the better, itt is such a fast working disease it can take as little as 3 hours for a PERFECTLY healthy horse to literally drop dead. please urge your friends yard owners and any oone with horses or donkeys llamas etc that this is spreading widely across the uk. it never came to the uk before 1987. and its increasly growing.

my little man is gone because we dont know what it is, the more people know about it. the sooner we WILL find a cure for it. please guys.

thanks for all the comments, ill try to keep replying, im just not in a happy place at the moment, thankyou all again for the help yesterday afternoon. Sadly there was nothing we could do.

Meg xx
 
Oh Megan, I am so sorry to hear that you lost your boy. This is such a sad story. As you say I hope that we can only learn to spot the symptoms sooner and to know the cause of the problem. You were so attentive and couldn't have done more.
 
Ah Meg I'm so very sorry to hear your tragic news :( he had you with him and you were very sensible to call the vet when you did but to be honest its such a dreadful illness that you really couldn't have done more and even if you'd discovered it earlier it would still have been the same tragic outcome :( take care you are in my thoughts XX
 
I am so sorry that he had to be PTS. It is a horrible illness and as you say, very fast and unstoppable in almost every case. At least he had you with him today and knew he was loved and cared for in his short life. RIP little cob. x
 
I am so sorry for your loss Meg.

You did everything you could, but sadly you would not have been able to change the outcome despite your loving care and attention.

I am sure it has been a long, stressful and heartbreaking day for you.

Sending you love and hugs at this difficult time.
 
so so sorry to hear the news, he was lucky to have you, you checked on him frequently, kept him warm, called the vet and did everything you could.

It is a scary disease, I have read on the link about it and think you are very strong at this horrible time to be thinking of others and making everyone aware of this nasty illness.

(((hugs)))
 
So very sorry and sad to read your update, what a tragedy.
I have just lost my mare out of the blue (different circumstances) but can understand how awful you feel.
Take care of yourself hunny and comfort yourself knowing you couldn't have done anymore :-( xx xx
 
thankyou so much everyone, its not been an easy day. I've never seen my othre half cry so much, not even when his grandad died. i'll be happy when tomorrow comes and it will be propperly over with, im just happy he isnt suffering any more, waiting all day with him for them to come and put him to sleep was agonising, and very cold. i took a spare quuilt down and wrapped him up, and got ssnuggled under with him, so at least i got a propper good cuddle.
 
So sorry op xxx had a look at your other threads and saw some pics of him when you first had him, he looked such a lovely little man and I'm sure you are hurting and will miss him terribly, you gave him a lovely home, lots of love and vigilant care for his short life (((hugs)))
 
Maesfen said:
But haylage wouldn't be the choice of forage for a cob; they are better on hay as it's usually not as high protein and they can have more which takes them longer to chew - and chewing keeps them warm.

ETA another to only just read the later posts. Sincerely hope things are well with him today.
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I wasnt saying this is what to feed, she asked what would other people do
 
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