Rasputin has died - Rest in Peace little fella

Yesterday afternoon at 12.00 we arrived at the Equine Hospital to collect Rasputin. They said he was well and ready for collection.

We brought him straight home and he had a nice clean bed for him and his buddy to relax in. On our arrival home, we immediately noticed he was not quite right. He was not eating and he was groaning quite a bit. We naturally presumed discomfort to the limb that had been surgically rebuilt. We rang our own vet immediately, they prescribed pain relief which we collected and administered straight away.

But to no avail. at 9.45 last evening Rasputin died in his pen in the barn. We were naturally horrified at this sudden unexpected turn. It was very quick, I cannot tell you how fast his condition deteriorated. We were devastated.

This morning our vet David Hollingsworth carried out a Post Mortem examination, the result was in no doubt. Massive ulceration and hemorrhaging of the third stomach C3. The cause, well who knows. But stress related for sure. Maybe stress from the pain of his injury, from the movements to Hospital, from the General Anesthetic, from his recovery period. We will never know of course, probably some or all of those things were a contributing factor. He was being treated with products to counteract stomach ulcers, as alpacas are known to have problems in this area. On this occasion it didn't work.

Well, we tried everything we could to save this lovely young boy. Sadly to no avail. Some times things are just not meant to be are they.

We'll be back soon.......