![]() ![]() I was giving anti-inflammatory drugs every 6, then every 8 hours for several days. I was caring for my horse hours a day, constantly checking his temperature, trying to keep intact bags/boots on his feet filled with ice to help prevent and even bigger emergency – laminitis. Right off the bat I went into major stress mode. However, in all this, a lot of things happened, and it made my extremely aware of the relationship among the things listed in the title of this article: I’ll be holding my breath juuuuust a little for another week or so, then I’ll totally relax. It’s now 2 weeks later and all appears to be behind us. He’s never been body clipped a day in his life! This included the partial body clip you see here. For those who are unaware, a normal horse temp is 99-101.īut I pulled up my big girl panties, and my vets and I set about with a plan. When the vet got there, her thermometer still read 106.8. I called the vet, then set about cold hosing and scraping and hosing and scraping and putting him in front of a fan in his stall. I won’t go into all the details (but if you comment you want to know, I will!) but I’ll just say it started with a temperature of a whopping (are you sitting down?) Well, not compared to some but for a noob to personal sick horses, it was huge. I have been lucky to have never had to deal with the stress of an illness. ![]() In all those years 1 horse in particular, the 17yo, has run through a large variety of injuries. I started with 1, bought a weanling (who is now 17), lost my original horse, bought an OTTB mare, inherited one, bred my mare, and have her son, so I’m at 4 now. I have owned 1 or more horses for 26 years. ![]()
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