A pony called Honey needs your support - Updates

Honey our last update. I am closing the funding tomorrow.

17 May 2024

Thank you everyone for your amazing support with trying to help Honey.

I’m letting you know first that I set her free because she was telling me she had enough.

She worsened the past week and I made the terribly upsetting decision to let her free.

I know this is not what we wanted as an outcome.

I honestly thought I could help her.

Right now I am in grief and plan to study her feet and the fetlock.

I’d be really grateful if you could keep this confidential for now. I’m not ready for social media.

In time I’ll share my findings on her leg.

Her only option was a tenotomy.

Expensive and not a promise.

After she passed I did a tenotony. And thankfully it made absolutely no difference to her leg. It was totally jammed up.

Honey has taught me so much and I will share this with the world.

Thank you all for donating and giving us the funds for all her investigations.

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17/05/2024 by Claudia

I am so sorry. I know this was not an choice but I believe the right one. It is gift we can give them. It takes great courage. Hugs and love and light.

Update- 6 may 2024

7 May 2024

Daisy Bicking flew over from Australia last Wednesday to see if she can help Honey. Daisy was running a clinic in Australia- she is from the east side USA!

Daisy thinks the tenotomy route is best for Honey to relieve the constructed tendon that’s pulling her foot up and subluxing her fetlock.

Daisy has a lot of experience in this.

I am still considering if we go this route or not.

It sounds pretty convincing. But but but… do I want to put honey through this?

Unfortunately honeys bad leg has worsened because of the massive weight applied to it in the wrong place. Causing buckling. Every buckle causes more soft tissue damage and of course pain.

I created different supports for her leg but they all caused rubs and despite the most careful padding, horses are just not like humans.

Humans would rest up with their leg up. And just do a few walks or exercise. Horses just continue as they do 24/7. And they literally pound their legs incessantly.

I am unsure still what to do

I know that your funds have lightened my load financially. For that I am completely thankful.

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Expert Daisy Bicking is comming to help Honey!

29 April 2024

Daisy is a world famous farrier who specialises in cases like Honeys. She is running a clinic in Australia and is popping over to me this Wednesday to help me with Honey.

She is helping for free but I am funding her airfares and airfare changes so it’s another chunk of money to find.

Once we have honey assessed by Daisy we will know what her options are.

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The $ spent so far

20 April 2024

X-rays and insulin test $1044

Sawdust bedding for deep stable bedding $120

Sand- for her to stand in $200 when in the yard- deep to let her out her feet where she wants

Brace materials, laminitis materials- pipe, metal, DIM, plywood, equitape, equine bandage, soft bandaging for under the brace - approx $175

And these folk donated their time and expertise for free

Amanda Winstanley- equine dentist- dental

Brendan Emmitt- farrier

Fiona vivienne- trims

Becky greenwood- bodywork

Pepe Ewan - contact care practitioner

And vets north for slotting in urgent X-rays and giving us quality time and heaps of support and ideas.

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Update!

20 April 2024

Honey is still going strong. Sassy and wants to live.

Her left subluxed fetlock seems to trouble her and I’m looking more at a brace to help support it.

I realise there is a lot going on in her fetlock that probably can’t be fixed but hey! Most of us humans can be fixed but we carry in

She is on pain killers herbals plus paracetamol.

Her laminitis feet appears a bit better - pain wise so I feel I need now to focus on her wonky leg to try and relieve some weight from her laminitis foot.

Peeps foundation did not come back to me.

Consults with the top vet in the world is $500 and no guarantee plus $50O us per hour after. So we can’t do that unfortunately.

Honest insulin test came back normal! She does not have insulin dysregulation.

Your donation paid for the test! Thanks so much.

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Next steps

12 April 2024

The next steps are to improve her left foot- the laminitis foot. She needs it to be healthy to support her bent fetlock leg- her right.

Farrier came yesterday and we brainstormed.

We decided to build a clog for her in plywood.

It has a cut out piece where the top of the coffin bone sits to avoid any pressure in that vital area.

The clog allows to reduce the load on the laminae bit share the load more with the back of the foot. It gets the proper mechanics working and the body will respond to that by creating new tissue. If it’s not being crushed or has too much pressure in it it can repair.

I have the clog instructions and am creating it today. The great thing is that I can pop it on with tape and see how she feels. Comfort is number 1.

If she likes it then I’ll secure it with special tape. No nails.

Then we X-ray again on say 4-6 weeks.

In the meantime I’m creating a brace for her subluxed fetlock. I have been given the plans.

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Honey update!

12 April 2024

The bill for the X-rays and the insulin test has come in and thanks to you I was able to pay this.

I’ve forgotten if I shared the X-ray results with you?

Her right fore- the fetlock subluxed joint- the joint is cleanish. It’s not got much arthritis in it. There is an area that is possible a fracture of the cannon bone or a piece of bone that’s chipped off at the tendon insertion at the front.

There is DDFT, and colateral ligament calcification.

The coffin bone looks great!

Her good foot is not so good. Years of being the supporting limb for the bad fetlock leg has caused a lot of damage and laminitis.

Her insulin is perfect! She is not insulin dysregulated.

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Todays update.

5 April 2024

I literally spent all day discussing Honeys case with experts. It’s been harrowing.

This is not an easy or quick fix.

I need a farrier to make a special shoe to get her wonky limb working better biomechanically. To find such a farrier in NZ it’s pretty much a hopeless case.

Then a splint to be made- i would be able to do that.

But the big problem is her “good” foot as it is supporting the bad foot and it’s really bad with laminitis. There is a lot of soft tissue destruction.

I made her a soft soled boot today for her “good” foot. She was brighter.

She was low today. To say I’m worried is an understatement but I’ll take it day by day.

Please be prepared that she may not pull through despite all the options. And the options are not nice - tenotomy- surgery- stall rest. I can’t do that to her.

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A gruelling day today.

4 April 2024

The vets came today to X-ray Honeys leg and feet. We also did a test for insulin resistance to help me with her diet etc in the future.

The X-rays were harrowing. To say I’m shocked is an understatement.

She had sustained a fracture in her right fetlock. It was historical but there are none chips floating about. Her deep digital flexor tendon has calcifications meaning long term injury and probably associated with the fracture.

I felt sick- so sick on seeing the X-rays but a professional in Canada thinks this is able to be sorted.

Honey ended her day with a contact care session. It’s rather woo woo but she loved it and I saw some great body posture changes.

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New goal made due to extra costs

4 April 2024

The vets were here with Honey for 2 hours today and so the costs for X-rays and investigations will be higher than anticipated. I also want to consult with Dr Ric Redden who is the world’s expert in this issue.

The X-rays revealed a historical fractured fetlock.

This is not the best of news but I am positive and have initial feedback from another expert that this is extremely fixable.

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WOW thank you so much!

29 March 2024

As of right now, 1 pm Easter Friday, you have donated $1300! Incredible!

I have booked the X-rays for Honey for Tuesday 2nd April 2024.

I am in communication with "the peeps Foundation" who engineer custom foot attachments/shoes to correct her wonky fetlock.

She has been bathed in a treatment for lice as she is live with them!

I started trimming her forefeet and am slowly bringing down the heels (on professional advice).