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Almost Complete!
Update:
Emmy has put on close to 170lbs
since first arriving. The first feeding indicated
that she could not eat hay at all. She is
currently on a diet consisting
of Beet Pulp, Orchard Pellets, Rice Bran, Flax Seed, LMF
Supper Supplement, Millennium Gold and Allegra Senior. I am watching her closely because at
this time she it not eating any roughage which is not a
good thing. Emmy does not appear to have many
arthritic issues any longer. She runs and bucks
like any other horse in the herd, and you would never
guess that she is a older mare by watching her closely.
She is one of the happiest horses here and I love to
look into her beautiful eyes.
During a routine teeth floating exam, Dr. Haskins found
that 7 of Emmy's rear teeth were missing. He also
found that she had a severe uterine infection.
This was most likely causing havoc with her immune
system. After 3 treatments over a 1 week period,
she appears to be sound and without issue. The
infection appears to be gone and she has had a
follow-up exam and the Doc has given her a clean bill of
health.
Previous History: Emmy is a
Appaloosa Mare whose age can no longer be determined.
She was previously rescued from the feedlot by Colombia
Basin Rescue where she made her way to her next home.
We received a call about this mare as well as several
mules that needed to find new homes. The owner who
had always appropriately cared for her rescues, had come
upon bad times. She had been faced with a
financial situation that forced her to seek alternate
means for these animals. Emmy had come to her
severely emaciated with poor health conditions. They could not determine her age
but figured she was as old as dirt, or 25-30yrs of age.
Although the owner could not financially pay to have her
teeth floated, she did whatever she could to get her
health back in order. By the time Emmy made it to
our facility she had increased her weight and she seemed
to have a shinning personality. She was close to
200lbs underweight and a bit arthritic, but this mare
has many years left in her.
Adoption Fee:
Not Available at this time.
Information on Emmy's Uterine Infection:
We first identified an issue with
Emmy when it appeared that she was severely in heat when
she first arrived. Her urine had also looked quite
milky and did not have a good consistency to it.
After switching her diet her urine did start to look
normal, but she still was acting as though she was in
heat and squatting all the time. The mucous around
her rear had a jelly like substance that was extremely
thick. I had to eventually cut it all out of her
tail because I was unable to wash it out.
Dr. Haskins identified the
issue by performing a uterine exam to determine whether
fluid was being contained within the uterine wall.
Once it was found we setup a series of 3 vet visits over
a 1 week span to flush her uterus out. He used
saline and water which was fed through a tube into her
uterus then siphoned out. On the 3rd day of
treatment he added a bit of hydrogen peroxide to clean
out any further infection. After the 3 days of
treatment we had over 2 gallons of infectious puss that
was removed from her uterus. He also gave her an
injection to force her into heat so that she would push
any remaining fluid out of her uterus.
Based on the information
gathered on the condition of the mare, we believe that
main reasons she came down with the infection was due
to:
- Due to age and weight
issues, her hips were tilted upward causing fecal
matter to enter into her vagina.
- Incorrect diet caused
massive diarrhea issues enabling the infection to
grow at a rapid rate.
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