Re: Oakland Hills Incident

[Darolyn Butler <darolyn@swbell.net>]

> i.e. A rider that passed by before help arrived offerered some bute that
was  given to the horse.

I believe I have heard time & again, that bute shud not be given to a
dehydrated horse.... cud this have contributed 2 his demise???
Vets???
do they know what he actually died of??
djbd

BTW... I've been intending to share this with all of ride camp.  We very
narrowly missed killing a fine mare a few weeks ago who was colicing (a
pasture colic-early one morning-- absolute NOT ride related) & made the
mistake of going thru to the coratid (sp) artery.  Oh my God!!!! What a
trauma.... when I think of all the casual i.v. shots I have given over the
years... it makes me cringe... they go into convulsions, they throw
themselves around, (that's what usually kills them or blows them away)  for
10 minutes this mare was manical, she was burned, banged, scattered &
splattered all over her body.  She's ok now... but for pete sakes... be
careful when giving that i.v. injection... It was truly one of the most
horrendous experiences of our horse life.  Ask your vet to explain to you in
detail what happens & how to avoid it.
djbd & the cowboy
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