Another scorching day & horses are miserable in the heat. Mama is doing as well as can be expected with her health issues. She sweats in odd patterns & those areas lose hair, looking like a horse suffering rain rot. She has salt deposits across her body, indicating she's losing electrolytes. She gets 4oz of white salt twice daily to replenish these losses, as well as a salt block available at all times. She has hay in front of her 24/7 & she's holding her weight steady at 834 on the tape. Of course this is still over 100lbs underweight, but unbelievably better than the 585lbs she was a few short months ago.
Filly is so sad & depressed without her friend. She's forlorn & continues to whinny pitifully in search of Grey Girl, who never bothers to whinny back. We've noticed that Filly lays down a lot more now than she ever has. Sometimes she lays eating hay & other times she just lays & scratches her legs. Bet she's glad she can scratch them after all these weeks of being wrapped. It seems the heat & loss of her friend has sapped her energy. Her eye has totally cleared up & her legs look fantastic.
Grey Girl's eye is doing better. It's not weeping & it's not squinting. The blue, damaged area is smaller in size & less intense in color. She'll continue to get ointment in it for a few more days. It's still dilated so she isn't yet able to go back on pasture. When an eye is dilated it can be irreversibly damaged by the sun. No chances are being taken so Mommy Dearest & GG remain stallbound. They don't seem to mind as long as they have feed around the clock. Horses sure can eat a lot. And boy can they poop. So glad I'm not the one cleaning the stall.
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ReplyDeleteI have been folowing your posts and have a suggestion for a way to help mama with her salt and electrolyte intake. Check out this site. These products are great. http://www.thenaturalvet.net/cgi-bin/genesis.exe/home1.html
ReplyDeleteThanks Rockin. Right now Mama is on 6oz salt per day, as well as the other meds/supplements for her malabsorption & pancreatitis. I'll check out this site & see what the vet thinks. Anything that will help is a good thing. Thanks for keeping these girls in your thoughts. I appreciate it a lot.
ReplyDeletethe product I am talking about is Red Cal.
ReplyDeleteI looked it up & sent the info to my vet. Mama has been getting CA Trace minerals as one of her many supplements. Maybe Red Cal can be used in lieu of a couple of them. Will have to see what the vet says. Thanks again.
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