... Desperate times for Quick Silver...

Desperate times...

I'm asking all of my friends, clients and everyone with a heart for horses, a minute of your time

...Meet Quick Silver...

Many people might not know this, but I have been fighting for years for this horse to be treated. And it felt like a never-ending battle. This boy is very dear to me and my heart aches for him. I've tried many things but I just simply am lost.

Quick silver has got a condition called EOTRH affecting his incisors.

This is very painful, and has been progressing over the past few years.

I have now taken this beautiful sweet boy into my care, with the help of Débora and many others we will bring him to a safe place with lovely people that really care about him, like I do. My dear friend Natalie (who you will all know, from Monte da Ribeira) has offered a place for him.

He is without an owner at the moment but this is the only way out as Euthanasia isn't an option!! He will be a healthy happy horse once he is treated.

His treatment / surgery is very expensive and impossible for me to make this happen. But he needs it so much.

So I am asking all of you for your help. All the little things bring us one step closer to make this happen for him and hopefully giving him a happy and pain-free life.

I will be helping with his treatment, after care and I'll be there every day whilst he recuperates.

Débora, Natalie, myself and lots of friends involved in this will try to get funds together for his keep but he will require lots of attention.

Please help us by donating towards his treatment / surgery / medication / his keep

His treatment will happen before the end of this year, as his condition is worsening. The vets and dentist involved, as treatment, can be followed by facebook

A little info on EOTRH

Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis.

Short explained :

The roots of the incisors (and sometimes canines) start to resorb, or basically dissolve. This is an inflammatory process. Some horses also develop hypercementosis, which is an excessive buildup of cementum on the roots of one or more teeth.

(to make up for the resorption of the roots).

This process can give the appearance of bulb-like swellings around the roots of the affected teeth.

This is a very painful disease.

Unfortunately, as the disease progresses affected teeth eventually start to loosen and become even more painful.

In which stage the only treatment is extraction of affected teeth. Horses live very well without their incisors and can live a very happy and healthy life after treatment.

You can contact me if you'd like more information 911922997