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Just talked to the vet and Fafnir's temp is down to 101 and he is eating. He is much brighter and we will see how he is in the morning. Still don't know what is wrong with him but it is not a threat to our herd. Great news! Great that he's better AND great that it's apparently not a threat to the herd. Which Fafnir is this - I was wondering if I might know a relative of his...? Karen Thomas, NC
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Hi Karen He is still doing well today. The vet thought he would develop diarrhea but he hasn't and is eating. The will run another white blood count this afternoon and hopefully he can come home tomorrow. I think it is connected to a new load of hay we got last week. The hay is from Alberta and the field was fertilized. The hay situation will be late this year because we have had a colder than normal spring and we have to feed them so we can't be too picky about the hay. Fafnir came from Iceland via California - I got him a couple of years ago, not related to any of your horses. Robyn
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He is still doing well today. The vet thought he would develop diarrhea but he hasn't and is eating. Good news Robyn, Glad he is much better. We are expecting a hay problem too. We had more rain than normal through February and little since then. The grass is beginning to turn brown and is only 4-6 inches tall. They usually cut the grass here in June. Ann Bodega, CA
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I brought in the first guy as he didn't have much gut sound and called the vet. Also brought in the other guy for the vet to look at - mostly he was just too subdued for my liking. The one horse has an impaction but seems somewhat better. The other horse has a temp of 105.2 which is really scary as he has no cough, no runny nose - basically no other symptoms - we drew blood, gave him banamine and penicillin - I am not really feeling good about this horse so your thoughts for both of them would be appreciated. I sure hope they are ok, Robyn. Please keep us updated. My yahoo mails have been lagging, so I'm sorry if this is late. Karen Thomas, NC
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Robyn~ How are the horses today? Any chance there are some strange plants or weeds that may have cropped up in small bunches in the pasture? Praying for them, Mary
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I am not really feeling good about this horse so your thoughts for both of them would be appreciated. All the positive and healing thoughts I can muster are being sent your way -- Laree in NC Doppa Mura Simon, Sadie and Sam (the S gang) Yet when all the books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them. - William Farley
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Oh robyn, I am sending healing thoughts to them and hope that this morning they are up and eating. How scary. Ann Cassidy
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your thoughts for both of them would be appreciated. Good thoughts going your way. How are they today? Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
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Hi Fafnir, the horse with the temp has a higher temp this morning. 105.4 which considering it was cold last night and he had Banamine last night so we are taking him to a local vet hospital this morning. Robyn How are the horses today? Any chance there are some strange plants or weeds that may have cropped up in small bunches in the pasture? Praying for them, Mary
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we are taking him to a local vet hospital this morning. Will you let us know how that goes? We did the 105+ temp and vet hospital three years ago. It scared me and (after a week in hospital) it was expensive. Nancy
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What did the horse have Nancy?? Well, it wasn't Rhino. He presented with diarhea and the elevated temp, wasn't eating well. Our regular vet was out of town, so I called one of the favored equine vets around here, 45 miles away. He did a fecal, drew blood and started IV's in the barn. He called back later though and said the blood work did not look good at all, Hunter was a very sick horse and needed to be hospitalized. Their initial diagnostic thoughts were Potomac Horse Fever, salmonella or one of the chlostridiuns. He was negative for all three, but was in hospital in isolation and on IV's for a little over a week. He began to recover, but still looked awful when we brought him home and had a rough coat for almost a year afterward. He was negative for everything they tested and there never was a definitive diagnosis. He had a full recovery and I ride him many miles a week. Nancy
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Has anyone heard from Robyn? Mary
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . He was negative for everything they tested and there never was a definitive diagnosis. He had a full recovery and I ride him many miles a week. Do you think he would've recovered without the hospital stay? V
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Do you think he would've recovered without the hospital stay? He would not have recovered without supportive treatment. I went to visit him a couple of times. He had three huge bage of fluids running at all times. I think that this might have been possible to pull off at home, but we probably would have had to have someone monitoring him at all times, pretty tough to pull off at home. It's been three years. I can't remember, but I think he was getting IV medication too. Again, we might have been able to do it, but even re-starting the IV might have been a challenge. Nancy
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brought in the first guy as he didn't have much gut sound and called the vet
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Hi Just talked to the vet and Fafnir's temp is down to 101 and he is eating. He is much brighter and we will see how he is in the morning. Still don't know what is wrong with him but it is not a threat to our herd. Robyn
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Hi Weird day - fed in the morning and our neighbour called to say that there was a horse lying down in the pasture so we went out and brought in one and noticed another horse lying down - just quietly but not eating. I brought in the first guy as he didn't have much gut sound and called the vet. Also brought in the other guy for the vet to look at - mostly he was just too subdued for my liking. The one horse has an impaction but seems somewhat better. The other horse has a temp of 105.2 which is really scary as he has no cough, no runny nose - basically no other symptoms - we drew blood, gave him banamine and penicillin - I am not really feeling good about this horse so your thoughts for both of them would be appreciated. Robyn Hood
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Robyn Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Weird day – fed in the morning and our neighbour called to say that there was a horse lying down in the pasture so we went out and brought in one and noticed another horse lying down – just quietly but not eating. am not really feeling good about this horse so your thoughts for both of them would be appreciated. Robyn Hood I wish the best for both of them. That really does sound pretty frightening! I'm always happy when each day goes by and the animals are all okay... Ferne
