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Episode 67 - Please watch this video in its entirety!
If you have not seen any of Amara's videos I would suggest that you watch episode 60, 61 and 62 before you watch this video (links below). We rescued a Belgian Draft Horse from Bowie Texas Livestock, on May 13, 2023. From the livestock yard video it looked like Amara had been in some sort of accident as she was covered in abrasion all down her left side and had a large puncture wound on her back hip. We immediately got her to the vet on the way home from the livestock yard for the medical attention she needed. We got her wounds fixed up at the vets office and went home with some antibiotics since she did have an infection. We had her on the road to recovery but we had an emergency situation with her a few weeks later.
I went out to the barn to feed everyone and Amara was laying down and would not get up. Any horse owner knows that a horse that will not get up on their own is a very serious situation. We got Amara rolled over to her good side and she stood up on her own. After she was standing for a bit she tried to lay back down. So we rushed her down to the animal hospital and Dr Waggoner treated her for mild colic. Dr Waggoner thought that she went down possibly in the first place because she wasn't feeling well and not because of on issue with her leg. She did stay at the vet for two day to get fluids for dehydration and for some additional tests to be ran. Amara has had a stiff neck since we brought her home, probably from her original accident. Amara can not lower her head to the ground so her feed bowls need to be elevated.
When we got Amara back from the hospital after her 2 days stay we noticed she was very weak in her back legs. Since she still did have an infection Dr Waggoner wanted to recheck her to see if the infection had cleared up. In this video you will see her vet appointment. At that appointment we found out that she had severe arthritis in her neck with some possible disk disease that could be causing neurological issues associated with the weakness in her back side.
Dr Waggoner's treatment plan for Amara was to do shockwave therapy. Shock wave therapy is a super-sonic wave of focused sound energy that pulses through the body. As it passes through cells, it stresses them into releasing healing proteins, which has a positive effects of increasing blood flow, decreasing inflammation, accelerating bone growth, releasing muscle tension while providing pain relief in horses. Amara also is going for chiropractic adjustments on her neck, back and hips which is shown in this video.
Amara was doing so much better after her treatments! She was on the road to recovery, getting all the alfa pro, hay, belly scratches, neck massages, love and attention she deserved. We were giving her the retirement life she deserved. I had this video all completed and ready to be uploaded and last week we had an unexpected turn of events with her. Please watch this video in its entirety.
A HUGE thank you to our veterinarian, Dr Waggoner at Mobile Veterinary Practice along with all the staff and medical students. Our horses receive the best medical attention and we don't know what we would do without y'all!
Another Belgian Draft Horse dumped at a livestock yard was rescued from shipping to slaughter Ep.60
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Emergency situation with the new mare we rescued last week Lot 9937...this is what happened Ep. 61
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Update on Amara after her stay at the veterinarian and being down in the barn for 10 hours Ep.62
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The one item WE always need is FEED! If you would like to send a gift/donation of feed (Alfa Pro, hay, etc) to the horses you can send that through our local feed store, HF & C Amarillo.
When you call, tell them you are sending a gift to Fletcher Farms Amarillo and they will add the gifts to our account. Alfa-Pro is $17.45 per bag. They do offer a discount if you purchase per pallet (40 - 50 pound bags) $16.95 per bag by the pallet. WE go through about 3-1/2 bags per day to feed all 13 horses (175 pounds per day).
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