thanks for the thoughts and prayers everyone... what a night! after the vet left.. he went really really well and was almost his normal self then 3am Smartie was neighing like Crazy... ( he was telling me to come outside!! he is so gorgeous! ) and Finn was rolling again!!
called the vet but couldn't get through, gave him some stuff I had which helped and he seemed to be improving every time I checked him... went out to feed them this morning and he was down again!!
so I rang vet again and he came back out, gave him a drench n he is on stable rest... hoping this will fix him!! he seems to be a little better... fingers crossed! he has given him more finnadine so I guess we will know how he is when that wears off... he passed a couple of really hard poos and is now just passing small really sloppy stuff... but at least he is passing stuff now Thank goodness! and we are hoping that he will be ok... Vet will come back out this arvo and check him again...
he is heaps better then last time, here are some comparisons...
Last time: Heart Rate 180!!!! Heart rate this time peaked at 80!!!!
gut movements: not a sound last time... this time making all sorts of gurgling noises!!
he made it through before I'm really hoping he will do the same again this time! keep the prayers coming!! we are trying to keep him here at home, but if we have to get him on a drip then I suppose he will have to go in, I'm going to encourage them to let me handle the drip here, I can keep him quiet and cool, and monitor everything, but we are hoping we won't need to do fluids... or maybe just do them sub cut.
I'm working from home today and have him up on my computer so I can keep an eye on him... hoping he will improve and get better!!!
Thanks Anna, I asked that very same question to Doug (the vet ) he said there might be something in his comformation that could cause him to get them more often then normal... so I said is it best to get him put down... and he said no that we will see how we go and he mightn't get it again...
we think it must have been the weather... we have had 10 days of freezing cold and very rainy weather (I kept them out of the stable as Smartie was in there and so he WOULDN"T get colic lol) then Saturday and Sunday were both extremely hot days we think his little body just can't handle the massive changes in the weather at the moment... its another scorcher today so I will set up a fan in the stable soon... (the stable is nice and cool as its timber)
would never have thought of red cordial cool, what does it do? give them a boost of sugar maybe? we don't have any red cordial but we can get some...
will try update you all as we progress, thank you everyone!
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