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Careful Prickles.......RR'er could be looking in...... :-S

Let's hope it is a "POOP DAY" tomorrow.... :-D :-D

Good to hear Conker is still with you and hope the 'cures' are having the desired effect on him and his problems ease.

Lizx

More painkillers this morning so he is at least comfortable. Trying to get a balance between resting and exercise to stimulate his bowels, so a good walk last night and 15 minutes this morning. He ate a little grass and drank some water, thank goodness. We had resorted to syringing water into his mouth this morning.

He's loving all the fuss, never had it so good! He's had a bit of a brush down and I left him in the stable resting on a soft bed of hay but with access to his field if he chooses.

No poop! Poor love <3

My daughter was very touched last night when I said how many people had posted taking an interest in him. She commented on how kind people were <3

Giddy up Conker.

<3

Poor little Conker....hope he soon gets relief...
Just thought...my dad used to take liquid paraffin quite regularly...remember it as he had a thing about bowels!!
Better than the old fashioned enema with the soapy water !

Keep him moving, grass good, def no hay and as much exercise as poss.
If he eats the hay bedding then remove it.

If you have a friend with a horse box taking him on a wee wide often get the works moving. Go slowly on a bumpy lane. OTOH if he doesn't much like boxes don't.

The thing is you are near to success but he must be kept moving as much as possible - this is probably a case of impaction colic. Once he starts it will take several days for his digestive cycle to get back to normal. Don't rush things and above all keep him off anything except his usual grass.

How is the other one?

Aw little love. hope he soon gets light relief :-) <3

It's good he's drinking so offer him water often as dehydration can help cause blockages, same as in us! Moving gently around is good for massaging the intestines and bowel and I've read that stabled horses are more prone to colic, so not moving enough probably plays a part with those as well as their feed. I bet the other pony wonders why he's getting so much fuss. :-)

A little result….

Late last night, assisted by a torch my husband found 3 weeny little poops, as hard as bullets… as small as marbles!

He's out there grazing but there's nothing much to eat which is good.

More walks lined up for today.

Need to look after me too as exhausted and not sleeping well…

Thank you all <3

Yaaay!!! it's a start - a small start - but the oil etc will catch up soon :-D :-D

I bet you'll sleep for a week when he's better :-)

Great news but don't stop the lubrication. He should go on picking up over the next few days as the hard manure gets expelled.
This kind of colic is often due to not drinking enough.
As the old saw goes you can lead a horse to water but you canna make him drink.
Do try and get some advice from a horse nutritionist - not the same thing as a vet. The vets unfortunately tend to be overly influenced by feed companies, they always were.
Shelties are a long lived breed and Conker should have years of fun still ahead of him.

That's good News ,small steps at first hoping for bigger later .maybe boiled water cooled down ?? helps with children . were all giving advise about Conker >.hope he gets better soon Bless him <3

Been monitoring this thread and am so glad Conker is still with us and the medicine has begun to work. Come on Conker you can do it :-D <3

If you can get him moving briskly on a lead rein as often as poss. it would be very helpful and better than him just sauntering around. I assume you have one as it is unlikely you have ridden him!

I assume the vet is still closely in the loop. This not the time to relax.

I can report a success… at least more than last night, looked blinking 'orrible!

My husband spoke with the vet again this morning. More liquid paraffin going in neat this time and more Extra Virgin up his jacksy. He's allowed just a little hay but only wetted and short spells of grazing. I'm taking him for short walks too but he was even running around the field to avoid capture. He knows my daughter and husband have 'bad' things in mind for him so is running to escape but he knows I'm full of cuddles so comes to me readily.

He's never had it so good he reckons! I'm feeling the worst might hopefully be over but you are right Rollo, not a time to relax..

I had been feeling very guilty for not having spent more time grooming him over the years but was always so frightened with having had the bone tumour in my leg and a fair old disabled leg for well over a decade, always afraid of being kicked. I'm feeling so much confident now in caring for them both and am definitely going to be spending more time helping out with them. I am just so grateful to see him recovering.

Yesterday we were taking photos of our little grandson with him, in the back of our minds was the thought that he might not make it, but am so much more confident now.

We are taking advice about a change in diet now they are getting older. The other little guy, he has a name but we call him 'Baby', reflecting the fact that we had him after Conkie, and he was the tiniest foal we had ever seen. On reflection, we think the people let him leave his mother far too young, but at the time we had not a lot of knowledge, cows yes, but ponies, no.

Just off for another walk….thank you all for your kind words <3 <3 <3

Oh Lavender........

That is such good news.

I had a dream about Conker last night. I won't go in to details but it was 8ft long!!!!

Onwards and upwards. Or should I say..........Onwards and Outwards?

To you and to Conker........

<3 <3 <3

Great news about Conker :-D <3

My daughter was dreaming in a similar way, Prickles :-0 ;-)

however, it wasn't the length it was the girth!

say no more…. ;-)

Lavender..........I will say no more!!

:-D <3

"it wasn't the length it was the girth!"


OOoo poor Conker :-0