Gah Another Flippin Vet Bill!

[Showjumper]

:( My pony is set to bankrupt me just before Christmas!

Vet came out last week to sort out her lameness problem - hopefully resolving, she's looking better by the day :)

Tonight, the vet's coming out to jab her with penicillin to treat the respiratory infection she now has...she came in last night coughing, this morning her coughing was worse and she'd started a runny nose but her temperature was fine. Left her in well rugged up with a note for people to check on her.

Just had a phone call that the runny nose is thicker and yellower. Two others on the yard have also had the same thing (strangles has been ruled out - the first horse was tested) but the vet's said anything that gets it will need a penicillin jab asap so he's coming out at 5pm today.

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Vet's been and if it wasn't going to be such an expensive month it would actually be quite amusing...in a satirical kind of way.

Vet has prescribed a 5 day course of penicillin for me to inject into her. He was explaining how to do it to me and I interrupted him and said we couldn't do it into her back end cause she's still recovering from the lameness so we're going to inject into the neck, different side each day.

I asked him what to do with her (in/out/exercise/no exercise) and he said for the respiratory infection he'd like her in and warm and resting and for the legs out and warm and moving...so we're going to compromise - out in the daytime well rugged, ridden at walk for 10-15 minutes a day to strengthen the leg muscles (as long as she isn't coughing too much) and in overnight very well rugged on a deep bed.

She's going to be seriously high with 3 more days of bute morning and evening and 4 more days of penicillin injections...

Oh yeah, and she's banned from apples, carrots, mollasses and sunflower seeds as her crest is fairly stiff and she's overweight from having so much time off...getting the bute into her isn't going to be easy!!

[No_Angel]

oh no poor dolly.:( Hope she feels better soon:)

[blues mum]

Really feel for you,
they dont make it easy for us, these horses !
good luck

[Roofio]

ahhh we'll never be rich but we'll always be happy! ;);)

[martini55]

They always pick the best times for things to go wrong don't they :rolleyes: :) Poor Dolly! Hopefully the injections will see her right and her legs will keep on improving.

[Sam (aka SLW)]

vets bills...............tell me about it!!
I have had the vet out more times in the last 6months that I have had in the last 5yrs!!!
My vets account is now well and truely well into the hundreds :( I have set up a weekly direct debit and my account is slowly coming down, but oh no, that isn't good enough - Vet accountant called me the other night and basically they want to up my weekly payments!!! I told them I can't do anything at the mo with xmas and everything and to call me again in the new year and we will go from there. Trouble is, I aint going to be any better off money wise in the new year so don't quite know how it is going to pan out :D
Bloody vets :rolleyes:

[dani_gurl]

god dont tell me bout vets bills have a £3000 pound one I am currently paying out as the insurance wouldnt xx

[notpoodle]

poor dolly! poor finances! is she ok with needles? if a vet asked me to inject angel, i'd refuse because she would kill me!

Julia
x

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Had my first go at giving injections tonight...got the needle into her neck pretty easily, then didn't clip the syringe on tight enough so when I pushed the squeezer, white stuff shot out. Panicked that she was bleeding, reminded myself that blood generally isn't white and tried again and succeeded :) Dolly is most unimpressed and declined her buted up dinner again. Have left it in there so she will eventually eat it overnight.