This message is from: Martie & John Bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Just catching up on my Emails. Seems like last week was something
special for escapes. Kilar and Wee Willy also got loose, spent an
entire night in the front yard eating grass and fertilizing my new
flower gardens. Trimmed the new rose bush up really nice too. Maybe
they don't like red roses? My own fault I think. I 'may have'
forgotten to fasten the gate latch properly. We spent a really nervous
day watching for trouble. Wee, especially (being a small pony just
looking for an excuse to colic/founder) worried us when we found a pulse
in his lower legs and a little heat in his near front hoof. Kilar just
acted upset because we didn't feed him after we put him back in the
field.
A friend of ours must have talked to the vet about the problem when
he stopped by her place because he phone us (!!) and asked how they were
doing. He seems to have a special interest in Wee because he was such a
'special little guy' when he was born to his 28 year old, blind mom
after she had been diagnosed (by a different vet) as having a really bad
hay-belly. We realized she was expecting 2 weeks before Wee was born
(<24 lbs). Anyway, the vet called back later in the day after the
great escape and said he would like to come out to have a look, just in
case.
Because Wee had an elevated heart rate, even though the pulse and
heat appeared to have disappeared, he suggested banamine. And some for
Kilar too, just in case.
Well, both seem to be OK; no problems and it has now been 4 days.
And this weather! We are in a drought area; no rain to speak of
since very early spring. Just go to a horse show! Sunday's Brandywine
Carriage Driving Club show was washed out in the afternoon. Downpours
and thunder and lightning. Since John and I are not showing (yet?), we
volunteered to 'push cones' for the show. Sure got slippery in the
rain! I understand from a friend in Ohio that they got terrible storms
recently and lost a barn and a number of run-in shelters. Really awful!
Well, got to brave the showers and go feed horses so they don't feel the
need to open gates and find their own food.
Martie, John and Kilar in (now) raining Maryland. Boy can we use it!
