Rasheeba Stormy Trix

On saturday morning i found him sitting with head down and milk covering his face. I instantly knew there was something wrong. I rang the vet and at 12.30 he came out to have a look. By that time poor little Trix had a slightly protruding belly, was showing signs of colic discomfort and was slightly dehydrated. We decided to throw everything we could at him to improve his chances of survival. After a thorough examination it was found that his belly button was not closing properly, his eyes were starting to look a little red and that he had started to show signs of diarrhoea. An infection had started to take over him. We gave him 2 bags of whitemans solution, antibiotics and a pain relief. Soon after he was up and feeding again off Mum. By late afternoon he was back down showing more severe signs of colic and pain. More pain relief followed but an improvement was found in his stomach rumblings. The next 24 hours were going to be crucial. During the night I was up and down to him several times and each time found him resting comfortably or standing and feeding with Mum. Sunday morning he was up and showing signs of improvement. By sunday afternoon he was back showing great signs of discomfort and then it was put to me that possibly he was suffering due to being so early ( a month) and that his gut was not formed properly. When foals are so early the weakness in the gut formation do not show up until they need to form bowel movements. Sunday night i sat with him most of the night massaging his tummy hoping and praying that he was just bloated due to excess wind and if we could just get rid of it then he would be fine. He released quite a bit of wind and seemed to pick up. On monday morning he was up feeding and happily walking along side his mum. By 1pm it was a completely different story. He was sweating and colicky. In a lot of pain and just no longer had the strength to be standing or feeding. His stomach had expanded again showing that his gut was just not coping at all. Another sign of his prematurity was the fact that his legs although he was born with nice straight legs turned in during the week. At 5 pm the vet again arrived and this time it was not good news. There was nothing more that could be done, the next step was surgery and no promise that he would be able to survive so the decision was made to have him put to sleep. Farewell our "Little man" god bless and you will never be forgotten.Enter supporting content here