Healing hurry up!!!
Jester's coronets on the fores are finally bulging a bit across the front. Will those abscesses never come out?!?! In boots on all fours he walked slowly to the park last Saturday, even across the scary noisy metal bridges, but once on the soft lawns at the park his stride picked up and he walked with energy and not pain. Wow!! Hard ground is still tough. I don't like looking out and seeing this when he goes to take a step.
When he stands still he looks better
but he has lost some weight- I am watching that- making sure he has round the clock access to grass hay. Hoping the hay isn't high sugar. I continue to do whatever seems to help the most- icebags taped to the feet, thick padding on the soles, hoof boots with thin pads, charcoal poultices and internal charcoal to counteract gut toxins (though he does not seem to have gut pain- activated charcoal is a powerful toxin adsorbent and has no side effects and I soak it in water with chia seed to make a gel in case it were to make him a little constipated.) etc etc.
Flies have subsided some- they were really bad for a few days and Jester had to be "bathed" in poison spray (fly spray). Now the mosquitoes are back after the rains.
The good news- he eats well, whinnies when he sees me, and seems to appreciate his therapy. He no longer has pussy discharge from the right eye. Massage to the nasolacrimal duct helped. Fly mask too!
When he stands still he looks better
but he has lost some weight- I am watching that- making sure he has round the clock access to grass hay. Hoping the hay isn't high sugar. I continue to do whatever seems to help the most- icebags taped to the feet, thick padding on the soles, hoof boots with thin pads, charcoal poultices and internal charcoal to counteract gut toxins (though he does not seem to have gut pain- activated charcoal is a powerful toxin adsorbent and has no side effects and I soak it in water with chia seed to make a gel in case it were to make him a little constipated.) etc etc.
Flies have subsided some- they were really bad for a few days and Jester had to be "bathed" in poison spray (fly spray). Now the mosquitoes are back after the rains.
The good news- he eats well, whinnies when he sees me, and seems to appreciate his therapy. He no longer has pussy discharge from the right eye. Massage to the nasolacrimal duct helped. Fly mask too!
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