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Sunday afternoon Gail from TIER noticed Radar was uncomfortable. He would eat a mouthful of hay, walk off, stand for a minute and then start walking his enclosure. She took his temperature, which was normal, listened for gut sounds (there were some, but not normal) and administered Banamine. She contacted their vet who said to keep a close watch on him and let him know if there were any changes. After awhile Radar seemed to be okay and quit his pacing. She continued to check on him until about 10:30 pm.

Yesterday morning at 7:00 a.m. he was lying down and was reluctant to get up. Poor guy was covered in mud. It did not appear that he had been thrashing around, but he was not feeling well at all. TIER contacted the vet and he was out within the hour. Temperature was normal, but gut sounds were diminished. While the vet was checking him, he did pass some manure and they thought we were home safe! But, the vet concluded that he has an impaction high up in his intestinal tract. Radar was given Banamine and tranquilized. The vet administered Mineral Oil and Radar was placed in the round pen with no food 9but he does have clean water).

The vet instructed TIER to not give him ANY feed until he had passed the Mineral Oil which would take about 24 hrs. This would be obvious because he would have oil on his bottom. Radar did lie down again while in the round pen, but he is standing and moving around this morning. There is no sign of oil on his bottom. TIER will continue to monitor him, and if there are no apparent changes, they will call the vet again. So far, Radar’s vet bill is $175.00. They could use some assistance with paying this bill if possible.