March 2, 2009

Well today Kaite had her first visit from the vet, and let me tell you the weather could not have been worse rain and sleet and it was COLD! Thank goodness the other horses had all grown a nice full fuzzy winter coat so I was able to pull the old winter blankets that we had from when we lived in Ohio and put one on her (and it fit pretty good to).

The vet gave Katie all her shots and drew some blood work to make sure that her weight loss was not due to an underlying medical condition (after we got the results all her weight loss was due to not being fed) She got her teeth floated foe the first time in God knows how long. She is missing a few of her back teeth and the ones that she has left are worn down to the gum line. The vet was assessing her overall condition and rated her about a 1 on the body scale chart, there was no fat left on her body. Well during the checkup we noticed that Katie has LICE!!!! UGH talk about making your skin crawl! Vet told me what to do ... clip her .... bathe her ... and dust her.

We clipped off what little winter coat she had and gave her a quick bath, since it was still kinda cold. It was horrible she did not just have a few lice on her but she was COVERED in them... when we got her wet the white turned into a flea bitten gray look! We dryed her off and put the powder on her, what a MESS that was!

Here is a pic that we snapped a few days after she had her coat clipped off ..... you can really see just how skinny she really was under the winter fuzzys