Showing posts with label vet care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vet care. Show all posts
January 17, 2021
Belly-cosity: Dealing With Troubled Tummies
About a week ago, I went out around 11 pm to give the guys their "midnight snack," a winter routine where I take them warm soaked ...
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November 11, 2020
In Which We All Co-Habitate Once More
That's right, Echo is finally back home! I decided to go ahead & bring him home this past weekend since we were supposed to get ra...
October 31, 2020
The End Is Near!
By which I mean...the end of cleaning that bloody stall! To my relief & no small amount of surprise, Dr. Bob actually got to give us GO...
October 26, 2020
The Hits Keep Coming
Poor Echo. Baby Monster has been on small pen rest since July. His shoulder was making progress, but there was an element to his limp whi...
April 17, 2020
Echo's Vet Update
Before I dive into the latest installment of Echo's vet addiction, I do want to send out my best to all of you. I went back & forth...
April 6, 2020
Bute Vs. Equioxx: Tradeoffs
Because it's a good time to learn about things, right? I recently had the unfortunate but useful opportunity to compare the results of...
March 31, 2020
Disaster Horse Votes No To Boring
Without doubt, we are in tumultuous times. Echo the Disaster Horse did not want to be left out of this & had no interest in my plea to ...
February 18, 2020
It's Not An Abscess
Echo decides to prove yet again that my paranoia is not unfounded. We finally made it to the vet today for spring shots & the planned ...
October 14, 2019
Good News And Better News
The good news: On Friday, Dr. Bob got to give me a happy report. He did not see anything concerning stifle-wise with Echo, no signs of in...
October 5, 2019
Wound Wars: The Battle Of Proud Flesh
Proud flesh: the nemesis of wound care. When you have any open wound that can't be stitched ( which seems to define nearly all horse w...
September 19, 2019
Tricks of the Equine First Aid Trade
Since I am currently using nearly all of the equine nursing tricks I've developed over the years, I wanted to share a few products I...
September 9, 2019
A Healing Update - It's Never Simple
The first week post-carnage went fairly smoothly. The Horse Gods saw this & felt it necessary to remind me that this is an unacceptable...
September 2, 2019
Emergency Vet -- A Two-Fer
I was working outside on Saturday when I heard the fence wires suddenly start jangling in a bad way. I had just put the horses in a small s...