Post by hch4971 on Jan 3, 2009 13:10:34 GMT 1
We are still waiting for his passport, apparently we are to be issued with a duplicate and I will know more about this on Monday when Defra have spoken to Farmkey again.
We had our vet out to him again the other day, he is STILL borderline emaciated despite the hundreds of pounds worth of feed he has been given in the 5 weeks we have had him. He has a little more cover over his ribs but little else to show for it. We have now double rugged him (he insists on living out) and moved all the others around around so that he can have ad lib hay without the others porking out on it! Vet thinks his loss of use may have something to do with this and has said we should try to investigate what it was for rather than pay for what could be thousands of pounds worth of tests when we have no actual symptoms to go from. The stupid thing is that we have no legal right to that information, so I am going to speak to trading standards to see if they can come up with something that will help us find out, even if we found the vet who treated him they would not be able to give our vet any information and could be struck off if they did!!. He has quite a serious heart murmer which the vet suspects is due to his poor condition so we are waiting to see if that improves as he gains weight.
Along with the double rugs and ad lib hay we are upping his soya oil intake to see if that helps and I have also upped his calf milk replacer (SS3, if you can offer any guidance on quantities here I would be very grateful, he is currently on 200g per day as recommended by our feed supplier, I noticed that you mentioned it in a post the other day so hopefully you will know whether or not that is correct for him)
The main thing is that this gorgeous boy has taught me so much!! He cannot bear to be locked in the stable but if the door is left open he will eat quite happily and be groomed without moving, if you close the door he becomes agitated very quickly, I suspect he spent a lot of time shut in. He was unrugged, examined by the vet and rugged up again the other day standing loose in the yard, he never moved a foot! He doesn't barge off when being led because I only ever lead him with a rope around his neck (in case he shoots off and I need to let go). It would seem that he cannot stand to feel confined in any way and a headcollar makes him feel confined. I just really hope that we can get to the bottom of what is wrong with him and allow him to lead a useful life, I for one so want to be able to ride him.
We had our vet out to him again the other day, he is STILL borderline emaciated despite the hundreds of pounds worth of feed he has been given in the 5 weeks we have had him. He has a little more cover over his ribs but little else to show for it. We have now double rugged him (he insists on living out) and moved all the others around around so that he can have ad lib hay without the others porking out on it! Vet thinks his loss of use may have something to do with this and has said we should try to investigate what it was for rather than pay for what could be thousands of pounds worth of tests when we have no actual symptoms to go from. The stupid thing is that we have no legal right to that information, so I am going to speak to trading standards to see if they can come up with something that will help us find out, even if we found the vet who treated him they would not be able to give our vet any information and could be struck off if they did!!. He has quite a serious heart murmer which the vet suspects is due to his poor condition so we are waiting to see if that improves as he gains weight.
Along with the double rugs and ad lib hay we are upping his soya oil intake to see if that helps and I have also upped his calf milk replacer (SS3, if you can offer any guidance on quantities here I would be very grateful, he is currently on 200g per day as recommended by our feed supplier, I noticed that you mentioned it in a post the other day so hopefully you will know whether or not that is correct for him)
The main thing is that this gorgeous boy has taught me so much!! He cannot bear to be locked in the stable but if the door is left open he will eat quite happily and be groomed without moving, if you close the door he becomes agitated very quickly, I suspect he spent a lot of time shut in. He was unrugged, examined by the vet and rugged up again the other day standing loose in the yard, he never moved a foot! He doesn't barge off when being led because I only ever lead him with a rope around his neck (in case he shoots off and I need to let go). It would seem that he cannot stand to feel confined in any way and a headcollar makes him feel confined. I just really hope that we can get to the bottom of what is wrong with him and allow him to lead a useful life, I for one so want to be able to ride him.
). Guess if the vet says he has no other sypmtoms to go on that his heart rate etc are normal (usually with hyperthyriodism heart rate is up !)
