Tilly came to me from a slaughter auction in Texas after 17-ish years as an Amish workhorse.  She was thin (she still is), sick (upper respiratory infection) had cracked hooves, had never had her teeth floated (they made a horrible grinding and clicking sound when she ate), and apparently had never been clipped or bathed or worn a blanket.  I do not think she had ever even had a treat (she still won’t take an apple or carrot).  

SYMPTOMS:

• Rumbling gut
• Cow pie stools
• Grinding/clicking teeth
• Cracked hooves
• Dull coat
• Underweight
• Running nose

PROFESSIONALS:

• Farrier for evaluation and trimming
• Dentist for power float of teeth
• Vet for physical, blood work, and fecal

TESTING/RESULTS:

• CBC: all in normal range aside from her creatinine and protein suggesting dehydration. These values normalized after about 1 week)
• Fecal: Minimal

FEED:

• Triple Crown Senior Feed (Low sugars, low starch, high fat)
• Tons of water with Horse Quencher added
• Salt block

MEDICATIONS:

• Exceed injections (2 total a week apart) then SMZ for 2 weeks
• Banamine
• Brewer’s Yeast (Stomach)
• BioSponge (Gut health and to tackle her loose stools)
• Electrolytes (To help with dehydration)
• Strongid wormer 

Tilly on her way from Texas slaughter auction

When Tilly arrived in Virginia

Tilly’s feet when she arrived

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Tilly on her way from Texas

Tilly when she first arrived in Virginia

Her feet upon arrival

Getting her teeth and feet done

Tilly after being clipped and bathed!