What causes droppings like these?

[Sierra G]

I could, to be honest though he has very little contact with it, he doesn’t eat it and he’s only on it for an hour or two a day, the rest of his time is spent out on the lawn.

Im just suggesting that when he's doing well that you keep him in an extra 3 or 4 days and maybe give him some vitamins or probiotics to build him up. Then if it's more than 11 days before he declines again you'll know whatever is causing the problem is environmental and its something he either can't avoid or likes messing with too much to try.

 

[Goosebaby]

Im just suggesting that when he's doing well that you keep him in an extra 3 or 4 days and maybe give him some vitamins or probiotics to build him up. Then if it's more than 11 days before he declines again you'll know whatever is causing the problem is environmental and its something he either can't avoid or likes messing with too much to try.

Good idea, I will try this!

 

[Goosebaby]

I don’t like the look of his droppings today, I’m thinking of stopping at least the Cephelexin today, I’m worried I’m overwhelming his liver.

He had another dropping just like this a half hour before, it had a rainbow sheen on it, I tried getting a picture of it but the sheen dissolved into the ground before I could.

His mother is looking unthrifty again, her weight and appetite are normal but she’s eating dirt again and she just looks like she doesn’t feel like her usual self so somethings up.

Over an hour ago she decided to plop down on the now empty bedding bag, she sat there for a few minutes while I was doing my rounds, I came back and was about to pick up the bag and throw it away when I found this dropping, presumably from her and possibly an hour old, definitely weird looking.


Parasites? I don’t want to lead anyone into that assumption because something else could be overlooked but I don’t know at this point.
Roxbury is still on his feet and is eating well which is good, but he’s overall tired, slow to follow the others, and his walk is tipsy still from leg weakness or neurological symptoms.

 

[casportpony]

Can you get any Baytril?

 

[Goosebaby]

Can you get any Baytril?

I have a fresh bottle of it now, it’s the cipro I’ve been giving Roxbury

https://www.countrysidepet.com/collections/fish/products/fish-aid-ciprofloxican-250-mg

 

[casportpony]

I’m thinking of stopping at least the Cephelexin today,

Are you giving this too?

 

[Goosebaby]

Yes he’s been on cephalexin too. (125 mg every 12 hours)
He’s now been on the cipro and Cephelexin for 9 days. His last round of cipro was begun on March 19 for 14 days (125 mg every 12 hours) which is the same dosage I’m following now. The Cephlalexin I’m really considering dumping. He was on it for a suspected staph infection of the spine, but at this point I think it may be more harm than good and I have no way of knowing if staph was even the cause of his repeated lameness, he never had bumblefoot, he did have a small beak wound in March that was slow to heal, not particularly swollen but it still could have been a source of infection.

 

[casportpony]

How much does he weigh?

 

[Goosebaby]

I’ve been assuming he’s still fighting the same illness, but it could be multiple issues I guess.

 

[Goosebaby]

How much does he weigh?

His normal weight is around 14 pounds

When he first became ill he had lost so much weight he was down to only 10 pounds, when I was tube feeding him he gained a little, he averaged 11.4 pounds. When he regained the ability to walk the week of May 7 he was beginning to average 12 pounds, after the 19th it began declining to an average of 11.6 pounds, today he’s 11.4 pounds. Very thin.