After waiting for the vet for a bit he finally arrived and had a bit of a look. Definately something in there he says....now it is time to find out what.
Monty gets a sedative and some nerve blocker (could have done with some myself), and as Rhonda holds her up the vet starts digging away at her foot...a few minutes and a rather large hole later out slides a chunk of wood!!! It was pretty big about 3cm by 1cm..and smelly too apparently, but I didnt sniff to confirm.
David the vet cleans it up and wraps it. Monty is officially out of action for a least 4 weeks and will have a nice hole grow down her hoof over the next 12 months.
She is on penicillin twice a day and we need to change the dressing daily. I dont have the bill yet but I can imagine there will be a decent one.
SO hopefully Monty is still ok for the MS Ride, we will give her the best of care and at least in the sick paddock she might lose a bit of weight the tubby chick.
Will update as things progress....poor Monty :-(
Lorrie
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poor Monty, hope that heals up with no further problems.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clairesgarden...Monty is healing very very quickly will post soon with an update!
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