Problems walking, weak leg, curling toes.

[casportpony]

I was thinking more along the lines of getting lots of fluids into her.

 

[Pixiejan]

Ah, she's still drinking on her own. But I'll start pushing/encouraging more. She's not a picky patient thankfully. I could prob mix water with yogurt and she'd have a decent amount.

 

[casportpony]

The amount of urates and mucus in her poop makes me think she needs more fluids.

 

[Pixiejan]

I will push/encourage fluids.

I hadn't washed the bowl I'd fed her with yet, so I put a tablespoon of water in there and she was more than eager to drink that. I stopped about halfway through and I'll go back to let her finish in a little while.

But I'm seeing an improvement with her one foot!! When she's resting, only one foot is curled, the other is splayed out like it should be. So it seems like there is progress on that front. I'll go in frequently over the next little while and get more fluids into her. What amount do you think I should have as my goal. Is 1 tablespoon too much at one time? How much would you tube at once? Thanks!

 

[casportpony]

When I tube fluids, I start with 3% of their body weight and increase to 5%.

3% of 1.353 kg = ~41 ml
5% of 1.353 kg = ~68 ml

And I do that at least once a day.

 

[Pixiejan]

Thank you. So far I've gotten 2 tablespoons/29.57ml into her. She likes a little yogurt in the water.

Her foot that was splayed is starting to curl again. I saw another post that said 1cc/1ml of poultry cell wouldn't do much for a vit b deficiency and to use part of a vit b complex tablet. I do have vitamin b complex capsules, I'm thinking I should give her some before bed since she seems to improve for a little bit after the poultry cell. I'll do more searching on it. Thanks for all your help.