Milton Arranges A Spa Stay

Awareness of the outside world. Imagine living where this is a statement. “Sometimes the wind prevents walking.” My Shetland: Inside Now!

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First off. Milton is home & feeling better.

Last Monday

6:15 am. Normal. Passed cookie test.

8:15 am. Refused cookie. Punk. Hanging head. Fever of 102.5. Shivering. !!! Walking. Covered with second blanket. Despite vigorous pooping, earned himself a ride to the vet clinic.

10:30 am. Vet clinic. Fever. Stomping feet. Colic workup for you, my lad. Rectal & ultrasounds. Impaction in large intestine. Doughy but not hard. So, our horse is full of sh*t. Banamine etc administered.

Back to stall. Started picking shavings for leftover hay molecules, above. Wet spot on flank is from ultrasound goop. In retrospect, he was better as soon as he had drugs on board.

Kept overnight on poop watch.

Tuesday

Passed the poop. Vet was pleasantly surprised that he passed it all so quickly. Yay. Go Milton. Stay until back to regular eating.

That night was due to be extreme cold for us. Not unhappy to leave him in a heated barn. His colic surgery was after a cold snap, so we are a bit jumpy about Milton and cold.

Wednesday

Better. Eating. Cleared to leave. We thought he was still a bit low plus another night of moderately cold temps inclined us to leave him where he was.

Thursday

As soon as we showed up we could see Milton was over his hotel stay and ready to go home. Still some below freezing nights to come but not as cold.

Friday, Saturday, and so on

Home. Eating. However, a little slow, a mite crankier. Clearly – to us – he was recovering from having been sick. He had that air of ‘Did anyone get the number of the bus?’

Once it was clear that Milton was on the upswing, vet mentioned the size of mass a few times. Apparently, our horse was full of a lot of sh*t.

Colic doesn’t usually present with fever. Did pain from his intestines cause the fever? Did the fever spike the impaction? The world may never know.

Given his recovery response, he definitely had something.

Onwards!
Katherine