Hannibal
29th April 2012, 09:07 PM
Tuesday night I said goodbye to my lovely old boy Guy. On Good Friday we got a call from the YO to say he wasn’t looking very well so we rushed over to find him struggling to breathe and tossing his head like a mild colic. So we called the vet who checked things for colic, took bloods and stomach fluid and gave him a painkiller. The bloods showed that he had an infection somewhere but the vet didn’t know where, so we were given general antibiotics to try and sort it out. Over the next couple of weeks the only thing he would eat was grass and because he was going a bit blind he didn’t like it in the field in the dark so his grazing time was limited. He lost lots of weight and while he seemed quite perky and happy in himself he didn’t look like he was getting better.
On Tuesday I brought him out of his stable and he seemed disorientated, walking into things and not able to see his friend who was next to him. We called the vet again who said that he was 95% blind (dropped to that overnight as he was fine the previous day) and that was why he couldn’t see he friend.
That evening he had a very funny turn and had some sort of seizure so we decided that it was best to let him go while he didn’t seem to be in any pain and before he got worse.
The people that put him to sleep were brilliant and did a post mortem that showed he had severe lung cancer. The chap that did it said that he didn’t know how Guy was able to do anything let alone live a pretty normal life.
He was an utterly brilliant horse, so kind and safe but very cheeky and had a wonderful personality. He had the best canter ever, it was like floating on clouds.
Last August his best friend Ivan was PTS due to colic so I feel happy knowing that they’re both together again, but very empty without them.
Goodbye Mr Guy, be a good boy with Ivan. I hope we will meet again. xxx
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On Tuesday I brought him out of his stable and he seemed disorientated, walking into things and not able to see his friend who was next to him. We called the vet again who said that he was 95% blind (dropped to that overnight as he was fine the previous day) and that was why he couldn’t see he friend.
That evening he had a very funny turn and had some sort of seizure so we decided that it was best to let him go while he didn’t seem to be in any pain and before he got worse.
The people that put him to sleep were brilliant and did a post mortem that showed he had severe lung cancer. The chap that did it said that he didn’t know how Guy was able to do anything let alone live a pretty normal life.
He was an utterly brilliant horse, so kind and safe but very cheeky and had a wonderful personality. He had the best canter ever, it was like floating on clouds.
Last August his best friend Ivan was PTS due to colic so I feel happy knowing that they’re both together again, but very empty without them.
Goodbye Mr Guy, be a good boy with Ivan. I hope we will meet again. xxx
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