Beckitt is Velvets foal. Velvet had hormonal issues for several years no treatment was working as last resort she was put in foal and this worked to calm her down. Beckett is accident prone he has ripped his shoulder open which luckily has healed well . He broke into the sheeps pen and ate their feed which gave him serious choke and he had to go to Oakham vet hspital for a operation to clear it. had aspiration pneumonia and kidney issues . He had his choke story in Horse & Hound.
BECKETT Equine Vet Hospital visit
All the years we had animals and only 2nd time we had choke.
Our colt had a planned castration abandoned when he refused to drop 1 of his testicles.
Having been sedated ready for his operation he was on limited feed for rest of the day.
Next morning he ate breakfast then while we were on yard he was naughty and broke into the sheep pen and ate some of their dry feed including dry sugar beet.
Within minutes he started showing mild colic and mucus coming from his mouth and nose. He had choke.
Vet visit to sedate him to tube to try to clear feed this was tried twice on same day with no improvement so he was admitted to oakham equine hospital.
They could not remove blockage and he was dehydrated causing liver toxins to build up, he started to show signs of aspiration pneumonia caused by him coughing up bits of blockage and mucus that was unable to go down his oesophagus.
50/50 chance of survival, he was fully anesthetized, a breathing tube put in and a balloon to block his airway.
10 buckets of water to flush out the blockage worked.
He was in equine hospital for 7 days and is then home recovering over next few weeks & months.
His oesophagus needed to recover and his lungs needed to clear.
He was on antibiotics, painkillers and anti-inflamatories for several weeks.
Allowed grass and soft feed until fully healed and then will have soaked hay introduced.
He slowly came off medication and was introduced to less sloppy feed and damp hay.
He is now back on normal feed and grazing and back to normal.
Hopefully no permanent damage to his oesophagus or lungs
