CharmedMinis
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Well here are some more details about the little guy.
Well the little guy is still doing ok this morning. My other vet will be here later this afternoon, to do more things.
To top off all his other problems, he's got a nasty case of full blown strangles :new_shocked:
Here's what the vet last night told me about him.
He does have a chance. He's pretty sure his jaw isn't broken, it's probably just be all the icky stuff from the strangles causing problems. But they will take an x-ray or 2 to be sure. He's extremely emaciated, he gave him a 1 on the body scale. But because he's a baby he thinks he can re-coop from it. He has no muscle tone left anywhere it's all atrophied. The vet thinks that's part of what's wrong with his back leg. But they will take an x-ray of his legs too. I didn't get any good feet pictures, too much sawdust. But they are the typical long uncared for feet.
The vet today will draw blood, take x-rays, clean up his jaw and maybe open it up a bit more so the strangles can ooze better (yuck!). We are going to start him on ulcer meds as well, and probably antibiotics. He has a pretty high fever, last night it was 103 plus.
I am being super careful because of the strangles. I'm kind of phobic about germs anyway so I'm probably being more careful than I need to be, but better safe than sorry. Shoes are getting bleached, clothes changed and washed, I even bleached the driveway where he walked last night.
For right now he's in our horse trailer. I was just going to keep him in the there for the night until I got a pen set up in my courtyard away from the other horses. But the vet said he'd be better off in the trailer for a while. It's 12 by 6 feet and enclosed, so he has enough room. The vet said it will help contain his body heat at night to keep him warmer, it will contain the strangles better, and he definitely doesn't need any exercise at this point.
Here's his pics from this morning. The one of his back with the purple glove on.......I was trying to show how skinny he is, that is my hand pushing his hair down on either side of his spine. His backbone sticks up a good 2 inches.
Well the little guy is still doing ok this morning. My other vet will be here later this afternoon, to do more things.
To top off all his other problems, he's got a nasty case of full blown strangles :new_shocked:
Here's what the vet last night told me about him.
He does have a chance. He's pretty sure his jaw isn't broken, it's probably just be all the icky stuff from the strangles causing problems. But they will take an x-ray or 2 to be sure. He's extremely emaciated, he gave him a 1 on the body scale. But because he's a baby he thinks he can re-coop from it. He has no muscle tone left anywhere it's all atrophied. The vet thinks that's part of what's wrong with his back leg. But they will take an x-ray of his legs too. I didn't get any good feet pictures, too much sawdust. But they are the typical long uncared for feet.
The vet today will draw blood, take x-rays, clean up his jaw and maybe open it up a bit more so the strangles can ooze better (yuck!). We are going to start him on ulcer meds as well, and probably antibiotics. He has a pretty high fever, last night it was 103 plus.
I am being super careful because of the strangles. I'm kind of phobic about germs anyway so I'm probably being more careful than I need to be, but better safe than sorry. Shoes are getting bleached, clothes changed and washed, I even bleached the driveway where he walked last night.
For right now he's in our horse trailer. I was just going to keep him in the there for the night until I got a pen set up in my courtyard away from the other horses. But the vet said he'd be better off in the trailer for a while. It's 12 by 6 feet and enclosed, so he has enough room. The vet said it will help contain his body heat at night to keep him warmer, it will contain the strangles better, and he definitely doesn't need any exercise at this point.
Here's his pics from this morning. The one of his back with the purple glove on.......I was trying to show how skinny he is, that is my hand pushing his hair down on either side of his spine. His backbone sticks up a good 2 inches.
. Your little guy looks like a Joseph to me....sweet little humble boy.
