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[RC] Donkey with unusal endema.....??? - L gin


Heya maybe someone can give me some ideas... 11-12 yr old gelded jack. 37" tall. On turnout with no grass. Orchard grass hay . Gets maybe a handful of Seminole Balancer, a bit of ground flax and BOSS daily . Lives with 4 horses . Came with semi iffy feet. (Probably had laminitis in past).
Had swollen sheath- vitals normal. Seemed a bit " not quite right" to me. Called local country vet, never seen before. He said , it didn't seem to be an infedtion, probably bumped himself on something getting up...... ( said he wasn't smelly or inything. . So I paid 70$ .
Couple days later , you could see his white furry part of his belly hanging down from a distance. I palpatated him again. Sheath had gone down, but his belly was swollen with a demarkation line a thick feeling spongie mass about 2-4 inches thick hanging below his belly. Also seemed to feel a ropy section around his right side like it might be there too. 3 of his legs are stocked up and can't feel his tendons easily and knees are spongy all around too . The third leg is a bit less than the others. Had my husband a fireman first responder check him out he said "thats wierd, it's outside his ribcage too.
He is eating normally it seems and moving around. Gums are normal colored, His heartrate is around 40 something . Temp around 98.6
Weather is in a warm spell, spring like. No wounds I can feel. This is a new place. There are oak trees and leaves around, A few pines, but trees are fenced so they can't eat bark...

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