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| I just had a new colt on 04/03/2018. Everything seemed normal until 4 days later and he was straining to poop. Took him to the vet the next day and she gave him plasma, checked his IGG, drew blood, xrays, everything. He pooped a ton and we were sent home, the next day he was still straining to poop so took him back the following day because I saw urine coming from his umbilical, he stayed a few days there, everything seemed good. He started to poop normal and pee normal. Now I have him home and there was still some dribbles from his umbilical. Has anyone had any experience with this?
He is currently on antibiotics and probios.
And I have been in contact with the vet again, just wanted to get some inside info. Thanks!
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Location: Up North in Minnesnowta. | Is he urinating normally at all? I had a donkey that was born with this. He did not urinate normally at all. He did heal with antibiotics and time. Within a few days he was urinating normally. That is my only experience with patent urachus. |
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| Yes!! He is peeing normally and he is pooping good now too! Just a dribble here and there. He is on antibiotics and hoping it heals on its own and soon :( I beleive my vet is thinking that it will, I just need to be patient :( I am not good at waiting and always thinking something more is wrong. Thank you for sharing your experience :) |
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| The vet needs to cauterize the umbilical quick. Its a dangerous thing to play around with.
Edited by Whiteboy 2018-04-12 3:40 PM
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| Thank you for your input, did you have an experience with it? Thank you |
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| stjelde - 2018-04-12 4:00 PM Thank you for your input, did you have an experience with it? Thank you Yes, I had a colt last year that would drip when straining. The fix was simple. The vet was very concerned that we get it sealed off immediatly before any bacteria got inside. He claimed, once its in, they rarely survive.
We cauterized it the day after he was born.
Edited by Whiteboy 2018-04-12 4:13 PM
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| Thank you for sharing, I am going to text my vet and ask what she thinks about that. She talked about it and also mentioned surgery. I need to get a better answer of our plan from her. The huge problem is she is 3 hours away from me, I have been there 3 times in 5 days. But will take him in again in a heart beat. Thanks again for sharing! |
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Location: Up North in Minnesnowta. | Any updates on your baby?  |
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Location: Arkansas | Bump |
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Location: Royal J Performance Horses, AZ | I've had 2 colts with it over the years BOTH were easily fixed by cauterizing with NItrogen sticks. Fairly inexpensive and effective....
Otherwise your other alternative is usually surgery. |
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Location: TN | My parents had a colt born with this 2 years ago. He was pooling urine in his abdomen and it burned his skin from the inside out. I believe they cauterized it and had him on antibiotics for a while plus had to clean and treat his burns. Poor baby had a rough start but he’s now a 2 year old and doing well. |
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