06/18/2024
6/19- ❤️🩹UPDATE- I woke up this morning to some extremely generous donations towards Fishy’s care! I can’t thank those of you who have donated enough! Everything helps and I’m praying we stay away from surgery!
I am crossing my fingers that X-rays later this afternoon show a significant change in the sand level and the vet gives the go ahead to haul her home tonight! They have been tubing her 3x a day with oil, water, and psyllium to help move things along and all updates I have been getting from Dr. Ivy say she is passing large amounts of sand! Yay! She is also eating pretty well now and has not been down since she arrived early Monday morning. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts as she’s not out of the woods yet!
6/17❤️🩹The Chocolate Pony needs your help.❤️🩹
Our sweet Fishy has gone and got herself into a pickle 🥒
Fashion has been a tad under the weather for the last few weeks with some not so regular rear end deposits 💩 Hoping that she just needed her seasonal deworming medication we waited to see if things cleared up, no luck.
In the early morning of the 16th on Father’s Day she got stuck under a bar in her stall. We are not sure how long she was there. Unfortunately when horse become “cast” it can wreak havoc on their organs and send them into a state of stress and they colic (tummy ache, much like a baby)
Fashion started belly aching and we decided to manage with some medication and keep an eye on her through the day. With the excessive heat and her not feeling well she decided not to drink and became severely dehydrated. We made the decision to rush her to Desert Pines Equine in Las Vegas around 9pm that night.
We arrived and Dr. Ivy promptly started X-rays on her little mini tummy. Horses run the risk of twisting their intestines or even having obstructions preventing them from having a good old fashioned p**p.
First xray and I see Dr. Ivy’s eyes get wide and she says, “wow, that’s impressive.” Now when any veterinarian says something like that, you know as an equine owner it’s not a good thing!
X-rays show that Miss Fashion has a stomach half way full of SAND. Now you might be thinking, what is this pony doing EATING sand!? Horses are ground grazers so it is natural for them to ingest SMALL amounts. I also have all my horses on monthly psyllium supplement to help with sand ingestion, knowing that we live in the desert and their stalls are sand. Unfortunately the amount that she has ingested is borderline surgical. After talking it through and putting all things into consideration we decided to hospitalize Fishy for a few days with treatments to try and aide her in moving the sand out naturally. They send a tube through her nose down to her stomach and pump water and caster oil in to move around the sand and hopefully send it through her bowls.
She is having movements with large amounts of sand and oil on her last 2 updates and will be in the hospital until at least Wednesday before we take another X-ray to make a decision on her prognosis and next steps.
As a horse owner, we understand the expenses that come along with horses and that NONE of the major ones are ever EXPECTED. With that being said, I’m not one to ask for handouts so this post for me is swallowing a big bitter pill asking for help from my horse friends and community. There are so many people and kids that Fishy has had the opportunity to meet and love and I’m hoping that any one who reads this would find it in their heart to make a small donation to help with getting Fishy through this hospital visit and on her way home!
If you do find it in your heart to donate you can do so at my Zelle and Venmo handle (3 n’s)
I will be posting updates as they come
