Buds_mum
Well-Known Member
Well I posted about my old lad last month, after the vet came out and said he has abscesses we still treated him for what we suspected was laminitis alongside the suspected abscesses... Farrier confirmed our suspicions so he has been restricted, off the grass and kept like a laminitic.
However a change of hay has really set him off again, I mean pounding digital pulses. I can see them! He is really miserable, hasn't been himself since the first bout of lameness and now he's moving less he has seized up behind due to arthritis. I think he has had enough...
I hate seeing him in pain, although he has been sound for about 3 weeks now having him restricted has made him fret and become miserable. I put a muzzle on him... He shook his head until his nose bled. He is no longer the happy retired horse he was, he isn't galloping around, bossing his mares.
I want the conformation from a senior vet that I have tried every level of management I can feasibly do, we have chatted on the phone already. I think i'm at peace with my decision if abit numb.
I can't see him in pain, he's 27 and owes me nothing.
Now its just the process of having him PTS.
Please would people recommend and give me some views and experiences.
My choices are vet, injection, disposal...£??? Hundreds?
or bluntly the knackerman, bullet and taken away... £30...
Its not about the money, i will find it! But I have no experience of this! I will say although down, once he has his friends all in the stables he's bright and still bolshy and a git to handle (as ever), and has always been difficult to sedate, would he 'fight' the injection...?
I'm sorry to be morbid but I need to be fully armed and in the know. Thank you in advance.
However a change of hay has really set him off again, I mean pounding digital pulses. I can see them! He is really miserable, hasn't been himself since the first bout of lameness and now he's moving less he has seized up behind due to arthritis. I think he has had enough...
I hate seeing him in pain, although he has been sound for about 3 weeks now having him restricted has made him fret and become miserable. I put a muzzle on him... He shook his head until his nose bled. He is no longer the happy retired horse he was, he isn't galloping around, bossing his mares.
I want the conformation from a senior vet that I have tried every level of management I can feasibly do, we have chatted on the phone already. I think i'm at peace with my decision if abit numb.
I can't see him in pain, he's 27 and owes me nothing.
Now its just the process of having him PTS.
Please would people recommend and give me some views and experiences.
My choices are vet, injection, disposal...£??? Hundreds?
or bluntly the knackerman, bullet and taken away... £30...
Its not about the money, i will find it! But I have no experience of this! I will say although down, once he has his friends all in the stables he's bright and still bolshy and a git to handle (as ever), and has always been difficult to sedate, would he 'fight' the injection...?
I'm sorry to be morbid but I need to be fully armed and in the know. Thank you in advance.