Probably a foreign body had worked its way into the tongue, and festered there. So a last ditch trip to the clinic, a sad vet pointed out all of his issues - maybe Cushings disease, equine odontoclastic root resorption (we had to pull several loose molars this spring), but the serious issue was fever and an anaerobic infection at the base of his tongue - causing the tongue to swell, thus the difficulty eating. Merri commented that she didn't think he 'could' eat - couldn't or wouldn't swallow. ![]() He was no longer eating, and barely drinking. I made arrangements for euthanasia and burial on our ranch, sadly accepted his loss. Losing weight gradually this year, significantly over the past month, and looking near death after I got home from Weiser Fiddle festival a couple days ago. My amazing Russian Orlov Trotter (half Arabian) (thankyou Lari Shea) big black brave athletic horse was about gone. ![]() (a painting I did of Kruschev last winter)
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