First, let me say thank you so much for all the support in
regards to Alpine’s feet. He is currently about the same, and has an
appointment with the University
of Florida for a full
lameness workup this coming Thursday. I really wanted to get there sooner, but
unfortunately had to wait until payday to go. In the meantime, I’ve
pulled Alpine off all grain and grass until we find out what’s going on,
just in case he’s got a mild case of laminitis. I don’t THINK so,
but it won’t hurt him to be grainless for a few days. It’s not
like he gets much anyway. He is quite annoyed with me in regards to this.
To top everything off, Alpine managed to stand in a red ant
pile sometime yesterday, and now has over 100 bites on his right front leg, and
about half that on the right hind. His front leg is swollen from the elbow
down. I swear I’m going to have to put that horse in a plastic bubble or
something. So, Alpine is back on bute and cold hosing for the swelling and
betadine for the bites. He’s ticked about the bute, and has refused to
eat his vitamins and MSM. And he’s cranky. Do they make prozac for
horses?
Anyway, I’ll let everyone know what the vets say on
Thursday. Thanks again for the support. I love horse people!
