JanetGeorge
Well-Known Member
I may well regret posting this here - but it's so desperate I'll take the risk in the hope SOMEONE has an idea we haven't tried.
Sir John is 3 - hell, no, he's officially 4! He has been a nervous **** since before he was gelded. Absolutely NO reason for it. I know his mother, and his grandmother VERY well. I know his father well - and have had dozens by him, and grandfather even better! We backed his full sister 6 months ago - she's a kid's pony.
When I say 'nervous', most of the time he can't be caught in the stable without feed - sometimes he won't even come to feed. He has shown signs of nervous aggression. (Got me with both barrels when I was leaving the stable after 20 minutes of quiet talking to him!)
I tried him on Bromide (on vet suggestion) and for a few weeks he appeared to be getting a BIT better - then a standstill. Now I'm trying chelated calcium - it's a last resort. To make matters worse, he's currently on oral antibiotics as the only possible treatment for an abcess in a hind foot.
If I come to the decision to put him down (and I'm VERY close) I'll have to get the guy over from the safari park with a dart gun to trank him first - that's how bad he is. It breaks my heart - he's a good looking young horse and everything says he should be a sweetie - not a nut case. He hasn't actually deteriorated in the past 12 months, which makes brain tumour unlikely.
Does anyone have ANY idea of what it could be - or what I could try??
I AM trying to organise thermal imaging to see if we can isolate a point of pain.
Sir John is 3 - hell, no, he's officially 4! He has been a nervous **** since before he was gelded. Absolutely NO reason for it. I know his mother, and his grandmother VERY well. I know his father well - and have had dozens by him, and grandfather even better! We backed his full sister 6 months ago - she's a kid's pony.
When I say 'nervous', most of the time he can't be caught in the stable without feed - sometimes he won't even come to feed. He has shown signs of nervous aggression. (Got me with both barrels when I was leaving the stable after 20 minutes of quiet talking to him!)
I tried him on Bromide (on vet suggestion) and for a few weeks he appeared to be getting a BIT better - then a standstill. Now I'm trying chelated calcium - it's a last resort. To make matters worse, he's currently on oral antibiotics as the only possible treatment for an abcess in a hind foot.
If I come to the decision to put him down (and I'm VERY close) I'll have to get the guy over from the safari park with a dart gun to trank him first - that's how bad he is. It breaks my heart - he's a good looking young horse and everything says he should be a sweetie - not a nut case. He hasn't actually deteriorated in the past 12 months, which makes brain tumour unlikely.
Does anyone have ANY idea of what it could be - or what I could try??
I AM trying to organise thermal imaging to see if we can isolate a point of pain.