Ame
28th May 2002, 01:42 PM
In desperate need of advice...
A friend's horse - A reccently aquired, young Thoroughbred Mare, usually fit and healthy, loves food, loves people, lives out 24hours a day, has the best of everything including paddock mates, rugs and human friends....... has been very ill for quite some time.
A few weeks ago she had a bad case of colic (almost lost her) and it's been downhill ever since.
This mare has lost severe amounts of weight, is depressed, miserable, has gone completely off her feed (highly unusual for this horse!), is tired and worn out all the time.... greatly lacking stamina.
The vets haven't found anything as yet....... she's being fed huge amounds of supplements and she's still loosing weight.
Does anyone have any ideas?? Has anyone experienced anything like this??
Could she have Ross River Fever? Or??
Winter is starting to set in over here in Australia..... We desperately need some answers. Can anyone help??
A friend's horse - A reccently aquired, young Thoroughbred Mare, usually fit and healthy, loves food, loves people, lives out 24hours a day, has the best of everything including paddock mates, rugs and human friends....... has been very ill for quite some time.
A few weeks ago she had a bad case of colic (almost lost her) and it's been downhill ever since.
This mare has lost severe amounts of weight, is depressed, miserable, has gone completely off her feed (highly unusual for this horse!), is tired and worn out all the time.... greatly lacking stamina.
The vets haven't found anything as yet....... she's being fed huge amounds of supplements and she's still loosing weight.
Does anyone have any ideas?? Has anyone experienced anything like this??
Could she have Ross River Fever? Or??
Winter is starting to set in over here in Australia..... We desperately need some answers. Can anyone help??