What's wrong with these first two pictures?
Give up? Tucker is lame again and unable to put weight on the front right foot! After a vet visit, 200 ml of penicillin and 4 days of Bute, she was doing well! Yesterday she was walking and running normally and I was figuring that she was maybe good enough to ride. This morning, she was totally lame again. Same foot, same symptoms. I went down to the vet to pay the last bill and got another dose of penicillin. He figured that the hole that he dug must have plugged up and given the bacteria another go. I soaked the foot and dug out all the old crud in there and dug a little deeper to take the pressure off. She was very good until I got down to the quick. I will be soaking the foot 3 or 4 times a day and hoping the penicillin works. In the meantime, she is on grass to keep the mud from packing in and away from the other horses so that she isn't trying to follow them all over the place. In other words, bed rest.
It was not pretty watching her try to move on three feet! Mean time, Boots is back on duty keeping an eye on her. Injecting a 1100 pound horse with 4 needles for a total of 100 ml is not my favourite thing! She was very good and didn't even flinch!
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i'm sorry, tucker! be a good girl and let ian doctor you! he's a real pain, i know, but he means well!!! :)
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Poor girl! So painful. Get better soon, Tucker.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! so sorry Tucker has to go through that. I hope for her sake and yours, too, that she'll get better quick.
ReplyDeleteThe poor thing and the hard part is, she can't explain the pain. Its not arthritis is it??? When you soak if put some epsom salts in the water.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't spot anything wrong in the photos. They were just really beautiful pics of a sleek, shiny horse among lush, green grass. I hope he responds well to all the TLC and attention you're giving him. It looks like he's got a great place for some R&R.
ReplyDeleteHope there is a complete recovery.
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