Wow, what a scare! I've never had that happen. We always worry about colic but I've never had one do it.
What were his symptoms?
He was sweating:), and no one else was.
He was also laying down and trying to roll, I had trouble getting him up and keeping him up. Believe me you'll know when it happens. I knew the minute I walked out and saw him down something was wrong. They just look different.
Becky
While she was treating him, I was telling her about his problems, not sweating, viral respritory infection, slow at urinating, and picky eater.
She has alot more opinions on what I should be doing about all this stuff. 1st she recommended (and I'm going to do it after we get him over this,) that he be on antibiotic even if it is just a virus. She says if it is a virus and he is run down he is more susceptible to bacterial infection. And it could be a bacterial thing anyway, you can't know for sure which it is. I didn't know that she. She also said the lab that my other vet uses does not to a T3 panel. Has to do with their thyroid. and thyroid problems can cause anadrosis and is usually the cause of anadrosis in horses in this part of the country. Because of his picky eating habits, he probably has ulcers because of the stress of the viral/bacteria infection hanging on for so long, so I need to treat him for that.
She said to start to give him antibiotics for 10 days, then run another blood work then go from there. I'm going to do that then evaluate what I'm going to do with this horse.
Becky