it's time for Flashy Hank....

[alsea1]

OMG I can't believe your vet did not inform you she was going to be out of town.
Sounds like your having a hell of time with this lil donkey.
He could turn around anytime and get better.

 

[promiseacres]

Hank is still going but VERY weak this morning, can't even lift his head. Going to call the vet out....it's time.


DH is in a snit which makes it so much harder, the donkeys were his. I know he's just upset...I really think he thought we'd be able to pull him thru...guess I should of called other vets....I just didn't want to hear another euthanise him theory when he was still eating....IDK guess it is what it is, and we do the best we can.

I"m sure going to miss them hollering at me everytime I went outside.....

 

[Southern by choice]

So sorry Promise Acres!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Aww soo sorry! I was rootin' for him!

 

[bonbean01]

X 2!!!

 

[Shelly May]

Promise Acres, your way, If he is suffering it is for the best.

 

[alsea1]

So sorry to hear this news about Hank.
Sounds like you guys really did your best though

 

[bm12171]

My heart goes out to you!! Our little Johnson looks similar to little Hank. Gosh, we love our little guys, don't we?

 

[GLENMAR]

So sorry. I just had to do that with a horse, so I know how it feels. I did not have a good feeling about him being able to make it. He looked like a sick fella.
You are doing the right thing.

 

[violetsky888]

Just throwing out some ideas. I had the same problem with a non responsive vet, too busy to spend time with a horse that needed extensive emergency medical care and more
interested in focusing on easier quick turn around calls. (long story) The suggestion to get a new vet usually isn't too helpful in most areas there is ONE large livestock vet.. Anyway,
I would be inclined to think they got into some kind of acidic poison based on the lip ulcer. Perhaps the donkeys were more inclined to sample a plant or non food item than your other
livestock. There was a big
temperature drop and freezing rain, is it possible you put out some kind of ice dissolving commercial salt for roads?? If he is still eating I would keep feeding him something easy on the
stomach lining like alfalfa and give him time without doing anything other than basic nursing care. Roll him, raise him up in the sling keep him clean and well hydrated. I bet he'll be ok
in about ten days. I was watching my neighbor's cow herd one day and noticed one particular cow was eating sassafras leaves which I thought was odd. Since then I've noticed she regularly
samples plants like privet and rose of sharon that the other's ignore. The donkeys may just have wilder taste in foods, just like some people.