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[RC] Old Selam- Dianne and Steph - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Katey Gies heart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Steph and Dianne, I am so sorry to hear about what happened after Old Selam- that had to be awful. I brought my mare home Saturday night. I don't really like to trailer that far (3 hours) after a ride, but it had rained all day, blankets were soaked, it was cold and I weighed the options and decided that I would rather trailer home where they could be warm and dry than make them stand out in the cold with damp blankets. (Yep, it's a lesson to bring extra blankets). Anyway, Gali was fine that night- I checked her a couple of times through the night and she was just snoozing in her stall. Watching her through the week, she has just seemed very slightly "off". Not colic symptoms at all, but not eating with enthusiasm, sleeping more than normal, and her eyes just are not as bright as they usually are. The symptoms have been very subtle, and I am embarassed to say that it took me awhile to catch on. She is out to pasture during the day and so it is difficult to monitor exactly how much grass she is eating, however, the past two nights there has only been one pile of poop in her stall instead of two. She hasn't ate her beet pulp very good, just picked at it. I didn't catch on right away because that is normal. Sometimes she tries to hold out to see if I will actually give her some grain if she doesn't eat it. Now, of course, the soonest I can get her in to see the vet is Monday. Looking at her last night, I couldn't help but wonder if she ate something toxic, or what??? Katey =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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