We ended up taking her to the hospital early Tuesday morning when I found Merry Beth just not eating a thing again and laying down. I was really beginning to second guess myself because Merry Beth wouldn't eat unless she was on banamine and I just got scared that maybe I was screwing around with something else and had to be sure I was on the right track.
We did miscellaneous tests and a blood work up and tested manure; by the way, there is some new test they do from manure that tests for more than worms......so we did that test too. We don't have a worm problem and I didn't suspect we did.
But the other results are crappy.
I was on target with the ulcers. All her blood work is very low and of course from not eating doesn't help, and we did need a tooth float so we did that too while we were there.
So Merry Beth is now on a full blown regimine of You-Name-It.......she's got it! Gee whiz every time I go into the barn I have to do "something" to her, she's so sick of me by now I'm sure. I was told this is not going to be a quick fix and to prepare for a very slow healing cause this is a bad one. Crap crap crap.
The good news is that when we got home and unloaded Merry Beth, while we were still parking the trailer in the barnyard and she went right on over to the open bale of hay in the isleway and began to eat the tarnation out of it already so something is kicking in thank heavens. So I let her do that until dinner time. She is eating in small amounts, I do dampen it, but she is not quite back to her full ration just yet, and is also eating her hay and drinking water. I can tell her stomach is still sore so I give her plenty of pity and mercy and promised I would quit bothering her with the ribbons and bows. Darn stupid ulcers.
