Post by countrycreek on Oct 23, 2006 18:08:56 GMT -3
Memory of my little “Chase” A Falling Star.
June 23, 2006 - October 21,2006…………
Thanks to everyone for all your support, it means a lot to me and chase. He is buried at Kings Ranch where I can see him everyday. Chase became very ill on Friday, The vet had a look at him and said his stomach was very hard and was giving him a lot of pain. He gave Chase a pain medication to help with his discomfort. And hopefully he could pass anything that was blocking his intestines.. That night my mom and I stayed with him .throughout the night we kept him walk every few minutes, to try and help him to get things moving inside. When he was resting we laid down with him to prevent him from rolling. By 5:00am he became very depend on us to help keep him standing and we had to hold his head up so he won’t fall over. His breathing was labored most of the night. The Vet came back to the barn at 9:00am to check on him, but the news was not good. Chase had gotten worse. His heart rate was very high and his temp was a bit high. His eyes became dull and his energy level was also low. His breathing was very rapid. The Vet said it wasn’t looking good. He gave Chase more pain medication and he would return at 2:00pm to give him an IV and an anemia if he hadn’t passed anything by then. Mom and I left him in very caring hand to go home to rest for an hour, so we could be back when the Vet returned but we were home only 30 minutes when the dreaded call came in .Chases heart had stopped. Chase passed away at 11:00am. The Vet took him back to the clinic to see what caused his death. The vet reported that Chase had a blockage in digestive system and his whole digestive system contained parasites ,it had spread right through him even to his stomach.. He called it “Intestinal Impaction Colic” We didn’t know foals where Deworm at 2months instead we had been told (not by a vet) to wait until he was 9 months old.. But in Chases cause a Deworming might not have worked (although it might have helped , we will never know). The Vet said that by the looks of his digestive system the blockage had been building inside of him for a long time, likely right when he was born. He is surprised that he lasted for 4 months. And did not pass away early. In most all case a Deworming would have worked. So for me and my family this was the hardest lesson we learnt. I would like to make everyone aware of how important it is to protect our horse and deworm our foals ,ponies and horses every 60days.Which is what a vet recommends. Please do this for your special pony friends so you don’t have to go through the same thing we did. The worse of it all was that this ‘Colic’ is very hard to detect and usually by the time it is detected, it’s to late a pony will die in 24 -48 hours.. We are not sure how long Chase had stop drinking his mother milk and in a foal that’s young if they doesn’t have milk within a few hours it will go down hill fast and become very weak. We are also doing more research on Dutchess( Chase’s mom) as well for she is known to colic. Flash (Chase’s father) also was sick last winter ,so he may have a low immune system. Chase also had a low immune system which he may have inherited from Flash and causing Chase to be a colic horse because his mommy is. So we are trying to find out if that does have anything to do with what happen to Chase. But we are uncertain if any of this can be inherited
Thank you very much to everyone at “Kings Ranch” for your help and care and support this past weekend . Jeanine Thibault
Intestinal Impaction Colic
”Mild cases of parasite infestation can cause enough damage to partially or completely reduce the blood supply to sections of the intestine, causing an infarct (an area of tissue death due to the cut-off blood supply). These weakened sections cause a slowing down or stoppage of the intestinal contents and contribute to chronic constipation or impaction.”
“Usually, the impaction builds up gradually, producing subacute abdominal pain for 8-12hours. There will be mild signs of pain and only a slight incase in pulse and respiration. This is followed by an acute phase, if the impaction is in the ileocaecal area. The acute phase is characterized by an incase in the severity of the pain. Severe depression, patchy sweating, coldness of the extremities and violent rolling and struggling accompany the acute pain. At this point, the abdominal pain becomes severe and continuous, raising the pulse rate to between 80 and 120 beats per minute. There is also an increase respiratory rate of 30-40 beats per minute and a temp of 103 F. Death usually occurs 36-48 hours after the onset of illness when the ileocaecal area (junction between ileum of small intestine and cecum) is impacted.” (Horseman’s Veterinary Encyclopedia)
In most cause if it is found early you can have surgery to remove the blockage. A lot of the times it is not found till it’s too late. In some horse it can be prevented, in others it can not. Same as one person becoming sick all the time and another never being sick. Some horse can handle the colic and never become sick and even with out the dewormed and survive but others colic pushes them to the end.
PLEASE PLEASE DEWORM OUR FOAL/HORSE EVERY 60 DAYS so this doesn’t happen to you.
I am doing everything I can to make people aware of how important it is to follow a Deworming program. The vet said this is very common death in foals because people are unaware how important it is to Deworm, until it’s too late. I don’t want to see this happen. So please tell l everyone you know about Chase story and help them save other foals like Chase.
Love Jeanine and Chase (Forever)
June 23, 2006 - October 21,2006…………
Thanks to everyone for all your support, it means a lot to me and chase. He is buried at Kings Ranch where I can see him everyday. Chase became very ill on Friday, The vet had a look at him and said his stomach was very hard and was giving him a lot of pain. He gave Chase a pain medication to help with his discomfort. And hopefully he could pass anything that was blocking his intestines.. That night my mom and I stayed with him .throughout the night we kept him walk every few minutes, to try and help him to get things moving inside. When he was resting we laid down with him to prevent him from rolling. By 5:00am he became very depend on us to help keep him standing and we had to hold his head up so he won’t fall over. His breathing was labored most of the night. The Vet came back to the barn at 9:00am to check on him, but the news was not good. Chase had gotten worse. His heart rate was very high and his temp was a bit high. His eyes became dull and his energy level was also low. His breathing was very rapid. The Vet said it wasn’t looking good. He gave Chase more pain medication and he would return at 2:00pm to give him an IV and an anemia if he hadn’t passed anything by then. Mom and I left him in very caring hand to go home to rest for an hour, so we could be back when the Vet returned but we were home only 30 minutes when the dreaded call came in .Chases heart had stopped. Chase passed away at 11:00am. The Vet took him back to the clinic to see what caused his death. The vet reported that Chase had a blockage in digestive system and his whole digestive system contained parasites ,it had spread right through him even to his stomach.. He called it “Intestinal Impaction Colic” We didn’t know foals where Deworm at 2months instead we had been told (not by a vet) to wait until he was 9 months old.. But in Chases cause a Deworming might not have worked (although it might have helped , we will never know). The Vet said that by the looks of his digestive system the blockage had been building inside of him for a long time, likely right when he was born. He is surprised that he lasted for 4 months. And did not pass away early. In most all case a Deworming would have worked. So for me and my family this was the hardest lesson we learnt. I would like to make everyone aware of how important it is to protect our horse and deworm our foals ,ponies and horses every 60days.Which is what a vet recommends. Please do this for your special pony friends so you don’t have to go through the same thing we did. The worse of it all was that this ‘Colic’ is very hard to detect and usually by the time it is detected, it’s to late a pony will die in 24 -48 hours.. We are not sure how long Chase had stop drinking his mother milk and in a foal that’s young if they doesn’t have milk within a few hours it will go down hill fast and become very weak. We are also doing more research on Dutchess( Chase’s mom) as well for she is known to colic. Flash (Chase’s father) also was sick last winter ,so he may have a low immune system. Chase also had a low immune system which he may have inherited from Flash and causing Chase to be a colic horse because his mommy is. So we are trying to find out if that does have anything to do with what happen to Chase. But we are uncertain if any of this can be inherited
Thank you very much to everyone at “Kings Ranch” for your help and care and support this past weekend . Jeanine Thibault
Intestinal Impaction Colic
”Mild cases of parasite infestation can cause enough damage to partially or completely reduce the blood supply to sections of the intestine, causing an infarct (an area of tissue death due to the cut-off blood supply). These weakened sections cause a slowing down or stoppage of the intestinal contents and contribute to chronic constipation or impaction.”
“Usually, the impaction builds up gradually, producing subacute abdominal pain for 8-12hours. There will be mild signs of pain and only a slight incase in pulse and respiration. This is followed by an acute phase, if the impaction is in the ileocaecal area. The acute phase is characterized by an incase in the severity of the pain. Severe depression, patchy sweating, coldness of the extremities and violent rolling and struggling accompany the acute pain. At this point, the abdominal pain becomes severe and continuous, raising the pulse rate to between 80 and 120 beats per minute. There is also an increase respiratory rate of 30-40 beats per minute and a temp of 103 F. Death usually occurs 36-48 hours after the onset of illness when the ileocaecal area (junction between ileum of small intestine and cecum) is impacted.” (Horseman’s Veterinary Encyclopedia)
In most cause if it is found early you can have surgery to remove the blockage. A lot of the times it is not found till it’s too late. In some horse it can be prevented, in others it can not. Same as one person becoming sick all the time and another never being sick. Some horse can handle the colic and never become sick and even with out the dewormed and survive but others colic pushes them to the end.
PLEASE PLEASE DEWORM OUR FOAL/HORSE EVERY 60 DAYS so this doesn’t happen to you.
I am doing everything I can to make people aware of how important it is to follow a Deworming program. The vet said this is very common death in foals because people are unaware how important it is to Deworm, until it’s too late. I don’t want to see this happen. So please tell l everyone you know about Chase story and help them save other foals like Chase.
Love Jeanine and Chase (Forever)
I hope that jenn will have many many years with jennys foal...i give her my love and i know chase is feeling the same for his brother.