I believed our newest rescue, Alice, was not doing well last week and went into a bit of a tizzy. Partly because I'm NOT tickled pink with my equine vet. I won't go into particulars but I chose him because he has donkey expertise. His style is not sitting well with me though. Today I spoke with the equine vet who helped me through the last months of my horse Natural's downhill slide in 2014. I liked her open-minded philosophy, her kind manner and her generosity of communication. But I didn't know if she had donkey know-how. Turns out she owns a miniature donkey! I feel like a burden has been lifted in my quest to make Alice more comfortable. I will definitely be calling her when next Alice's "issues" are beyond my ken. Whew!
Alice perked up after a couple of modifications, although I a little stumped as to what did the trick.
(sweet Alice on the left)
I want to give a huge thank you to fellow blogger The Dancing Donkey. Quite a while back we were in contact with each other about teaching donks to drive (a cart). And we had exchanged email addresses. I recently contacted her with some of my concerns about little Alice and was given lots of suggestions, articles, and good info. Thank you, thank you Kris.
And, while I thanking people, I'd like to include Fran of Crossroads Donkey Rescue. I know she's always available when I need to bounce a donkey question off someone's ear.
Yes, donkeys are different than horses, in many ways. They may all be equines, but the differences come up again and again. I'm still learning.
I ma glad to hear that you found a vet you are happy with. That is so important and can be so difficult to find. Please keep me posted about Alice, I will be very interested to hear how she does and what works for her. I am sure you will get things sorted out and I hope you and Alice have many happy years together.
ReplyDeleteTook your advice and switched to beet pulp. She loves it; gobbles down every morsel.
DeleteI ma glad to hear that you found a vet you are happy with. That is so important and can be so difficult to find. Please keep me posted about Alice, I will be very interested to hear how she does and what works for her. I am sure you will get things sorted out and I hope you and Alice have many happy years together.
ReplyDeleteFinding the right vet is so important. I'm glad Alice is doing better. She looks so sweet.
ReplyDeleteLovely Alice looks so sweet. Sorry to hear that she hasn't been well, but it sounds like she is on the mend now. It's wonderful when you find some people (whether it be over the internet or you know them personally)that go out of their way to help and advise you because they genuinely want to help and genuinely feel for the animals involved. I have learnt a great deal with regard to my chicken keeping from people over the internet, through their blogs and it is so nice to compare notes with like-minded people. I am glad that you have found a vet that you can trust because at the end of the day when we keep animals, we undoubtably at some stage need them in order to give the animals the best care possible. Hope all goes well with lovely Alice - Kind regards, Louise S, Cheshire UK.
ReplyDeleteI would not have peace of mind without our two vets. They are genius hometown boys who went off to Texas A&M and came back to provide the best diagnoses, the best manner, the best caring, the best staff and the best prices, amazingly, that I've ever seen and I've lived all over until now. I really sleep better because of them. I'm glad your vet problem is sorted out for your dear Alice and all the little burros.
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