Vibes for Maisie please!

[lnbandcats]

So glad to hear that your Maisie will be home for Christmas! Continued good vibes!

 

[neetanddave]

Great news Jenny! Give Maisie and Tartine big

from us. I am SOOOO glad she will be home for Christmas! That is the best present you will have, I bet!

 

[kluchetta]

Wonderful news, Jenny - I guess your old vet not answering the phone was a blessing in disguise, but I still think that's terrible.

Although force-feeding a pony does make an interesting mental picture. (Put the pony on your lap....OH, NO - sorry - that's force feeding a cat...LOL)

 

[gailc]

Great news!!! Perhaps you will have a Merry Christmas nowwith this latest update.

 

[pat]

That is wonderful news...it is also wonderful to hear how both are now interacting and responding to you

 

[satai]

I'm glad to hear that the improvements are continuing, and glad to hear that Tartine is coping so well.

I've been around horses, not a lot, just a bit. I got the horsey equivalent of a bunt, I guess of a particularly big horse that I'd been riding (sitting on while it walked), nearly knocked me over. Being playfully charged by a pony? I think I'd have had a heart attack before I figured out it was a game.

 

[gemlady]

Originally Posted by Pat & Alix

That is wonderful news...it is also wonderful to hear how both are now interacting and responding to you

Here's to a Christmas homecoming for Maisie!

 

[maiseycat]

I'm sorry about Maisie. Glad to hear she's doing a little better, though. I have a Maisey, but she's a cat.

 

[xocats]

I cannot imagine better news about Maisie & her foal.

Tartine, you wild child ---
Mama is coming home real soon.

I am so relieved for you Jenny.

 

[rapunzel47]

What wonderful news, Jenny!!! That is so fine!

Continued vibes, though -- eat well, Maisie, sweetie!

 

[jennyr]

When I spoke to the clinic this morning, I was told she has a slight fever, so I am going to see her and leave her in another day or so. It is a terrible shame, but I feel better leaving her where she is until they are sure she has no other problems than the eating.

 

[pat]

Ah...hopefully soon. I'd have done the same thing though, no point in bringing her home with a fever.

 

[jennyr]

The current problem is that she has developed phlebitis, an inflammation of the vein, in her neck where she has had all the injections and infusions. So she is back on antibiotics. But she is eating well - when I went in there this morning she was not interested in anything except the pile of hay in front of her, though she did make an exception for the bowl of carrots I offered! That is so good to see. Anyway, the clinic will now keep her for Christmas, and I will go and see her each morning. Tartine had her usual apple but was not in such a playful mood as yesterday. Mind you, the weather has turned nasty, so that may have affected her mood.

 

[gemlady]

Sorry that Maisie won't be home for Christmas, but so happy to hear she is doing well.

Sending virtual carrots to Maisie!!!

 

[xocats]

Jenny....do the doctors have a guess about what made Maisie ill?

I would think that might be important so that, if necessary, you can take precautions to avoid this happening again.

I am so sorry that she will not be with you for Christmas but it sounds they she is in the best of hands right now.

Little Maisie & baby foal.

 

[jennyr]

I keep asking about that but all anyone will say is that ponies get colic for all sorts of reasons and we don't always know why. It was the colic that stopped her eating, but the first vet did not tell me how dangerous it was that she was not eating, or I would have force fed her more - I did try bran mash and bits of carrot by hand! But I have been going over things in my mind - what was different the week before she became ill - There are three things I can think of - I started feeding them hay regularly as the grass had no more nourishment in it and the weather turned cold; I prepared a nice warm shelter for them for the same reason and put straw on the floor; and it rained torrentially every day and they got soaked as they did not want to use the shelter but preferred to huddle under the hedge (go figure). So I don't really think the hay could have caused it, but I think the two possibles are that she ate straw that then impacted in her gut, but she wasn't using the shelter much if at all, or she got a chill from being out in the terrible weather. I tried once to shut them in and they freaked - these are ponies who have lived all their lives in the open. These are the best I can offer, and the vets all just shrug. Any horsy people with any other ideas please share them.

 

[catcrazyperson]

ohhhh, sadness! i feel for you!!!! LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of vibes coming her way!!!!!!!!

 

[neetanddave]

Well, at least things are still looking better than they were. Keep getting better Maisie, your mommy and Tartine need you!

 

[rapunzel47]

Sorry your girl won't be home for Christmas, Jenny, but better safe than sorry. Keep getting better, sweet Maisie. Lotsa vibes...

 

[rosiemac]

Things are sounding a lot better Jenny!, but she's in the best place.

MA(Hissy) has horses, why don't you send her a pm to see if she has any advice?.