Wyatt is still his cute as a button self.  He and LeRoy are neighbors and they play Grabby Face together. We were finally able to get a mask that LeRoy couldn’t take off of Wyatt.  He seems to know that it is an eye catching color and he kind of struts around.  He is an edgy horse, but willing.  

Dr. Johnson found no major dental issues for Wyatt.  Yay!  2 days before Dr. Johnson arrived he was limping horribly on his front left foot.  Worse than when you helped us to rescue him from the Louisiana Kill Pen!  I was very worried and he was given some Bute.  On the second day of being so lame, an abcess broke out at the coronet band.  Whew!  We put Ichthamol on it to help drain any remaining discharge and he was walking sound again.  Upon examination by our farrier, he said that the abcess had probably been brewing for around 8 months!!  Wow!

Wyatt…Woot!  Woot!

Wyatt has arrived at TIER!!  Thank you to Kathy L. for taking such good care of him while he was in quarantine, taking him to the vet for x-rays and then again for his Health Certificate & Coggins, talking to him and giving him scratches.  Each time, he did not hesitate to load into the trailer or unload.  Per Kathy, it was hard for her to get pictures because he was always in your face.  She called him a “Velcro pony”.

When he first arrived at Kathy’s, he was very sore on his front feet.  She immediately put him on one scoop of Bute (pain reliever/inflammation reduction) in the morning and evening in his feed.  The difference in how he moved was quite noticeable.  I thought we would have to make the difficult decision to let him go, but the meds and x-rays told a wonderfully different story.  Due to transport timing, the Texas farrier was unable to address his feet and leave him enough time to not be more sore before the ride to TIER.

Thanks to transporter Ruby Lingo, he arrived from Texas in great shape and…as usual, stuck his face in the hay!  The boy likes to eat!

 We begin the process of helping him to become sound this Friday, 10/8/2021.  Fingers Crossed!  Dr. Don Moore, Equine Chiropractor will be out to adjust his body and farrier, Lee Ward, will start the long process of bringing his clubbed hooves back to balance.  The horrible angles he now has is the main reason for his lameness.  The strain on his soft tissues in the foot/ankle has to be awful.  He’s only 7 years old!!!  Can’t wait to see how this goes.

 Dr. Don will also be adjusting LeRoy.  Fingers crossed again!

HUGE thanks to our supporters who have helped us rescue this lovely boy who was tossed away and headed to a horrible fate.  Thanks to YOU, we were able to save this boy just hours before he was scheduled to ship to slaughter.  THANK YOU! 

WYATT, Welcome to TIER!

Wyatt was picked up in Louisiana and then transported to an alternate quarantine facility in Texas.  He stayed overnight there and the next afternoon Rikki (short haul transporter) gave him a ride to our Primary Quarantine facility with Kathy of Starburst Ranch. (Pic below is Wyatt loading up to go to Kathy's)

He came off the trailer nicely even though he is horribly sore in his front feet.  Kathy has set up a veterinary appointment for Wednesday for xrays and anything else he might need.  We ordered a Navy Big D halter with a cotton lead rope for him to be delivered to Kathy’s place. Comments from Kathy upon Wyatt’s arrival:

“He’s hungry. Wanted to eat the crap hay that was on the ground.  Hit the alfalfa in his stall hard and had a little drink of water.  He appears to be in good shape. Certainly a good weight.  Eye boogers. Nasal discharge but nothing alarming.  It isn’t green. (We have opted to not start him on Uniprim unless the nasal discharge becomes yellowish.  We’ll know more after he sees the vet.) 

He is club footed on his right front and the left ankle is not looking too great.

"Peeked at his teeth and he appears to be on the young side from the glimpse I got.  Pretty quiet.  Some dings on his face but all surface.  He’s pretty lame.  Stands with his weight over his back legs.  I’ll ask about support wraps on Wednesday.

I had to move him over to the side of the stall and he went readily. Both directions. Another one someone has spent tons of time with.

Also, he has pooped and drank a little.  His piles would indicate that his teeth are in decent shape.”

He is no longer under the threat of being sent to Mexico.  We are hoping the veterinarian will give us some hope for his future.  Poor Guy!!

Not looking good for Wyatt.  His lameness is much more than an abcess.  He was picked up from the kill pen in Louisiana 9/9/2021 and taken to an alternate QT facility in Texas.  Saturday, Rikki (short haul transport) will pick him up and take him to our got to Quarantine Facility with Kathy.  Kathy will schedule an appointment with the vet to have his feet/legs xrayed.  It's not looking too good.  At least we now have a picture of his gorgeous face!

Send positive thoughts, prayers, etc.  his way.  I'm worried, but glad he isn't on the truck to a Mexican Slaughter House!