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Hello everyone, our mini donkey, Jonah is very sick. Here is a little background of what we know so far:
We found him in the corner of the field Sunday morning - lying there crying, couldn't stand and was so cold. We called the vet and he came up to see him and appears what it is Jonah is too skinny and needs to add some more weight. Vet thinks he couldn't handle the bitter cold and with not having enough fat on him, his blood sugar bottomed out, his temperature dropped and was too weak to stand or do anything. Vet gave him warms fluids through a huge tube put down his nose and that brought his temp up higher and more towards normal, then gave him a shot and took blood to make sure nothing else going on. Well the blood results came back and he elevated liver and muscle enzymes - which could mean he has a liver disease or some type of muscle disease which is unknown and the vet really wasn't sure either, vet also said these elevations could be secondary to him being out in the cold and laying out there for at least 8 hrs before we found him. Early this morning we found him in the garage laying and look like he was done. We had to help him up and hold him until he was back steady on his feet and he has been walking around all day. Vet said to keep him in the garage with heat and start feeding him Senior Equine food, cause it'll help him start hopefully putting on weight. Time will tell and hopefully it's nothing more than this; otherwise the vet prepared us for the worst and I really don't like that part!!
Has anyone ever had something like this happen. Jonah is only 8 months old, so it's not like he is an older donkey. Vet told us they could refer him to a veterinary university and see if they could help him and see if they can run more test and find out what is going on. Of course, as with a lot of others out there, money is very tight; so if anyone knows of ANYTHING or any issues with this, please give us some insight. Thank you all so much, may God bless you all and bless our little Jonah so he has a complete recovery.
We found him in the corner of the field Sunday morning - lying there crying, couldn't stand and was so cold. We called the vet and he came up to see him and appears what it is Jonah is too skinny and needs to add some more weight. Vet thinks he couldn't handle the bitter cold and with not having enough fat on him, his blood sugar bottomed out, his temperature dropped and was too weak to stand or do anything. Vet gave him warms fluids through a huge tube put down his nose and that brought his temp up higher and more towards normal, then gave him a shot and took blood to make sure nothing else going on. Well the blood results came back and he elevated liver and muscle enzymes - which could mean he has a liver disease or some type of muscle disease which is unknown and the vet really wasn't sure either, vet also said these elevations could be secondary to him being out in the cold and laying out there for at least 8 hrs before we found him. Early this morning we found him in the garage laying and look like he was done. We had to help him up and hold him until he was back steady on his feet and he has been walking around all day. Vet said to keep him in the garage with heat and start feeding him Senior Equine food, cause it'll help him start hopefully putting on weight. Time will tell and hopefully it's nothing more than this; otherwise the vet prepared us for the worst and I really don't like that part!!
Has anyone ever had something like this happen. Jonah is only 8 months old, so it's not like he is an older donkey. Vet told us they could refer him to a veterinary university and see if they could help him and see if they can run more test and find out what is going on. Of course, as with a lot of others out there, money is very tight; so if anyone knows of ANYTHING or any issues with this, please give us some insight. Thank you all so much, may God bless you all and bless our little Jonah so he has a complete recovery.