Rescue Rehab - October 17, 2023

#RehabRoundup - let's check in on the horses currently in rehab at the rescue

🏥Medical 🏥

Plucky - laminitic episode, week 4. Started Prascend for Cushings. Still stiff and slightly tender, is getting 1/2 day turnout to encourage movement to help with stocking up.

Phoebe - rehab for weight gain. Continues to gain, will consider applications for Pasture Pal placement to an experienced home.

Benny - navicular and weight gain. The recent cold snap did cause him to show some discomfort even on Equioxx. Continued monitoring. Concerned that pain may be unmanageable and further decisions my need to be made.

Reba - cuts on left front knee, on stall rest. Continues to adjust well to her blindness from a training accident. Have started short walks for movement.

Rocky - recent intake due to inability to maintain weight. Gaining weight quickly with the addition of high fat and senior pellets to his diet twice a day.

NEW: Whiskey (in photo) - new owner surrender due to laminitic episode and metabolic syndrome diagnosis. Very sore since arriving, in small pen under evaluation.

NEW: Paisley - corneal ulcer in left front eye. Triple antibiotic eye ointment several times a day and stall rest.

🥕 Behavior 🥕

Kody - in pasture, calming, and curious. Physical condition fully rehabbed, working on friendliness.

Lucy - in pasture, calm and friendly. Much calmer when bonded friends removed from pasture and accepting attention even in a group of friends without aggression. Next step: haltering and leading away from friends. Goal: Dakota Showdown 2024 prospect.

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