October 2011
As I arrived back from the dentist (a couple of weeks ago) after having had a minor operation on my mouth, the phone rang. It was Friday after 5pm and my mouth hurt, but for some reason I picked up the phone. The person had just placed a large order and wanted to collect it as soon as possible, as her horse was on the critical list in an equine hospital. All orders are put together on an individual basis to keep them as fresh as possible, so the next day I spent several hours packing it up so she could collect it Saturday afternoon.
It was thought that her horse may have been suffering from poisoning but it was unclear, he was not responding well to treatment, and it was thought he wouldn’t make it as he was going down hill fast. When she got to the vet hospital that evening (Saturday) the only thing he was interested in was green clay and peppermint, taking the former orally and inhaling the latter. This was then followed by licking a few grains of food (which was a break through since he was on a drip and previously had no interest in eating).
I received the following email.
I am very pleased to say High Flyer is now home and on the mend after taking the green clay and peppermint, thanks to your help with Applied Zoopharmacognosy. I went back the following morning (Sunday) with a bag of Pure Easy feed and nearly got mugged by him! Apparently the vet had gone in at 4am to change fluids & found him with a mouthful of hay, so she grazed him in hand first thing and he was very interested in a long stemmed coarse grass, came in & had breakfast & when I got there about 10am, was on his 2nd feed of the day! I offered again and this time he went for the barley grass, as well as the clay, but wasn't really interested in anything else, although he did start to drink again, so they took his fluids off. He also wolfed down 3 handfuls of the Pure feed I give all my horses, which has pre- & pro-biotics, in preference to the molassed coarse mix the vets had.
I took him back out to graze in hand and he went back to that same grass, which I'm sure is Cock's-foot grass, and ignored everything else. Vet seemed surprised that he didn't want the newly mown lawn grass! Left him to rest and came back in the afternoon, which went the same way as the morning, and he maintained the earlier improvement. Vet took him off the critical list that night, although wasn't prepared to let him home until liquid dung had ceased!
On Monday, again only interested in barley grass, and then produced perfect dung! Vet announced he could come home Tuesday if he maintained overnight - which he did, and I was able to collect him Tuesday evening!
Since then, he's just gone from strength to strength, turned out for a few hours a day, eating like foods going out of fashion & amusing everyone with his playing with his barley grass, which he wants most days. He also got quite enthusiastic about the peppermint oil, licking several drops off my hand, and a little German Chamomile. He's not too keen on the marigolds, either dry or damped, so it will be interesting to see his reaction to the macerate when that arrives.
Many, many thanks for your help!
As I arrived back from the dentist (a couple of weeks ago) after having had a minor operation on my mouth, the phone rang. It was Friday after 5pm and my mouth hurt, but for some reason I picked up the phone. The person had just placed a large order and wanted to collect it as soon as possible, as her horse was on the critical list in an equine hospital. All orders are put together on an individual basis to keep them as fresh as possible, so the next day I spent several hours packing it up so she could collect it Saturday afternoon.
It was thought that her horse may have been suffering from poisoning but it was unclear, he was not responding well to treatment, and it was thought he wouldn’t make it as he was going down hill fast. When she got to the vet hospital that evening (Saturday) the only thing he was interested in was green clay and peppermint, taking the former orally and inhaling the latter. This was then followed by licking a few grains of food (which was a break through since he was on a drip and previously had no interest in eating).
I received the following email.
I am very pleased to say High Flyer is now home and on the mend after taking the green clay and peppermint, thanks to your help with Applied Zoopharmacognosy. I went back the following morning (Sunday) with a bag of Pure Easy feed and nearly got mugged by him! Apparently the vet had gone in at 4am to change fluids & found him with a mouthful of hay, so she grazed him in hand first thing and he was very interested in a long stemmed coarse grass, came in & had breakfast & when I got there about 10am, was on his 2nd feed of the day! I offered again and this time he went for the barley grass, as well as the clay, but wasn't really interested in anything else, although he did start to drink again, so they took his fluids off. He also wolfed down 3 handfuls of the Pure feed I give all my horses, which has pre- & pro-biotics, in preference to the molassed coarse mix the vets had.
I took him back out to graze in hand and he went back to that same grass, which I'm sure is Cock's-foot grass, and ignored everything else. Vet seemed surprised that he didn't want the newly mown lawn grass! Left him to rest and came back in the afternoon, which went the same way as the morning, and he maintained the earlier improvement. Vet took him off the critical list that night, although wasn't prepared to let him home until liquid dung had ceased!
On Monday, again only interested in barley grass, and then produced perfect dung! Vet announced he could come home Tuesday if he maintained overnight - which he did, and I was able to collect him Tuesday evening!
Since then, he's just gone from strength to strength, turned out for a few hours a day, eating like foods going out of fashion & amusing everyone with his playing with his barley grass, which he wants most days. He also got quite enthusiastic about the peppermint oil, licking several drops off my hand, and a little German Chamomile. He's not too keen on the marigolds, either dry or damped, so it will be interesting to see his reaction to the macerate when that arrives.
Many, many thanks for your help!
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