I called Palm Beach Equine Clinic out to our farm to care for my horse who seemed to be colickyThe attending vet was repeatedly told that the horse had not urinated overnight or at all during the day, which is not normalThe pain symptoms subsided briefly and the vet thought the horse was fineThe next day the horse was in dire pain in the morning and the vet was again calledAnother vet from the practice came and drew blood and notified us that the horse was in grave dangerThey admitted him to their clinic and performed a "belly tap" which indicated dead tissueThe horse's blood readings were so bad that he was not a candidate for surgery and the vet and I had agreed before admission that no surgery would be performedA friend that helped transport the horse to the clinic examined the horse's [redacted] and discovered that it was badly swollen and infected, thus the horse was unable to urinateOnce the belly tap was read, the horse should have been immediately euthanized per my request, but instead the clinic pushed fluids all day and into the night for no reason or benefit, and left the horse mostly unattendedMy trainer had to witness the horrible and ultimately violent suffering of this horse before she could coerce the attending vet into humanely euthanizing him over hours laterThe vet pushed so much fluid into the horse that his abdomen was blown up like a balloonWe believe his bladder had already been burst by the pushed fluids from the day before since the horse could not urinate through the blocked urethra of his ***The vet insisted this had nothing to do with the horse's condition although our local vet insists that the horse's lab results clearly indicate a urinary tract issueOnce euthanized, the attending vet autopsied the horse but neglected to examine the bladder, insisting instead that the only issue found was a twisted intestineWe believe the horse twisted his intestine while writhing in pain from the burst bladder, but the horse's body was hauled away and destroyedFrom the moment the initial belly tap indicated necrosis, the horse should have been humanely destroyed instead of keeping him for hours to suffer for no reason, while running up my bill
I called Palm Beach Equine Clinic out to our farm to care for my horse who seemed to be colicky. The attending vet was repeatedly told that the horse had not urinated overnight or at all during the day, which is not normal. The pain symptoms subsided briefly and the vet thought the horse was fine. The next day the horse was in dire pain in the morning and the vet was again called. Another vet from the practice came and drew blood and notified us that the horse was in grave danger. They admitted him to their clinic and performed a "belly tap" which indicated dead tissue. The horse's blood readings were so bad that he was not a candidate for surgery and the vet and I had agreed before admission that no surgery would be performed. A friend that helped transport the horse to the clinic examined the horse's [redacted] and discovered that it was badly swollen and infected, thus the horse was unable to urinate. Once the belly tap was read, the horse should have been immediately euthanized per my request, but instead the clinic pushed fluids all day and into the night for no reason or benefit, and left the horse mostly unattended. My trainer had to witness the horrible and ultimately violent suffering of this horse before she could coerce the attending vet into humanely euthanizing him over 12 hours later. The vet pushed so much fluid into the horse that his abdomen was blown up like a balloon. We believe his bladder had already been burst by the pushed fluids from the day before since the horse could not urinate through the blocked urethra of his [redacted]. The vet insisted this had nothing to do with the horse's condition although our local vet insists that the horse's lab results clearly indicate a urinary tract issue. Once euthanized, the attending vet autopsied the horse but neglected to examine the bladder, insisting instead that the only issue found was a twisted intestine. We believe the horse twisted his intestine while writhing in pain from the burst bladder, but the horse's body was hauled away and destroyed. From the moment the initial belly tap indicated necrosis, the horse should have been humanely destroyed instead of keeping him for 14 hours to suffer for no reason, while running up my bill.
I called Palm Beach Equine Clinic out to our farm to care for my horse who seemed to be colickyThe attending vet was repeatedly told that the horse had not urinated overnight or at all during the day, which is not normalThe pain symptoms subsided briefly and the vet thought the horse was fineThe next day the horse was in dire pain in the morning and the vet was again calledAnother vet from the practice came and drew blood and notified us that the horse was in grave dangerThey admitted him to their clinic and performed a "belly tap" which indicated dead tissueThe horse's blood readings were so bad that he was not a candidate for surgery and the vet and I had agreed before admission that no surgery would be performedA friend that helped transport the horse to the clinic examined the horse's [redacted] and discovered that it was badly swollen and infected, thus the horse was unable to urinateOnce the belly tap was read, the horse should have been immediately euthanized per my request, but instead the clinic pushed fluids all day and into the night for no reason or benefit, and left the horse mostly unattendedMy trainer had to witness the horrible and ultimately violent suffering of this horse before she could coerce the attending vet into humanely euthanizing him over hours laterThe vet pushed so much fluid into the horse that his abdomen was blown up like a balloonWe believe his bladder had already been burst by the pushed fluids from the day before since the horse could not urinate through the blocked urethra of his ***The vet insisted this had nothing to do with the horse's condition although our local vet insists that the horse's lab results clearly indicate a urinary tract issueOnce euthanized, the attending vet autopsied the horse but neglected to examine the bladder, insisting instead that the only issue found was a twisted intestineWe believe the horse twisted his intestine while writhing in pain from the burst bladder, but the horse's body was hauled away and destroyedFrom the moment the initial belly tap indicated necrosis, the horse should have been humanely destroyed instead of keeping him for hours to suffer for no reason, while running up my bill
I called Palm Beach Equine Clinic out to our farm to care for my horse who seemed to be colicky. The attending vet was repeatedly told that the horse had not urinated overnight or at all during the day, which is not normal. The pain symptoms subsided briefly and the vet thought the horse was fine. The next day the horse was in dire pain in the morning and the vet was again called. Another vet from the practice came and drew blood and notified us that the horse was in grave danger. They admitted him to their clinic and performed a "belly tap" which indicated dead tissue. The horse's blood readings were so bad that he was not a candidate for surgery and the vet and I had agreed before admission that no surgery would be performed. A friend that helped transport the horse to the clinic examined the horse's [redacted] and discovered that it was badly swollen and infected, thus the horse was unable to urinate. Once the belly tap was read, the horse should have been immediately euthanized per my request, but instead the clinic pushed fluids all day and into the night for no reason or benefit, and left the horse mostly unattended. My trainer had to witness the horrible and ultimately violent suffering of this horse before she could coerce the attending vet into humanely euthanizing him over 12 hours later. The vet pushed so much fluid into the horse that his abdomen was blown up like a balloon. We believe his bladder had already been burst by the pushed fluids from the day before since the horse could not urinate through the blocked urethra of his [redacted]. The vet insisted this had nothing to do with the horse's condition although our local vet insists that the horse's lab results clearly indicate a urinary tract issue. Once euthanized, the attending vet autopsied the horse but neglected to examine the bladder, insisting instead that the only issue found was a twisted intestine. We believe the horse twisted his intestine while writhing in pain from the burst bladder, but the horse's body was hauled away and destroyed. From the moment the initial belly tap indicated necrosis, the horse should have been humanely destroyed instead of keeping him for 14 hours to suffer for no reason, while running up my bill.