We had received a call about this horse from a concerned citizen and after speaking to the owners they gave the horse to us. They didn't seem to realize what bad condition she was in as they fed her plenty of food and felt it was just her age. As it turned out she had few teeth and couldn't process the hay and grain she was being fed. Free-for-All is a TB mare over 30 years old.
She now eats about 6 pounds of wet cubes and four scoops of equine senior per feeding twice a day. She eats everything and is looking for more! Free has been ridden and loves to go on the trail. She has developed quite an attitude, which we like to see. She is a totally different horse today. She will stay in Sanctuary.
On July 26 1, 2003, One of the volunteers noticed that Free was breathing with difficulty and was burning up with fever. Immediately, we assumed it was pneumonia and started her on penicillin injections. Twenty-four hours later, she showed no improvement and the vet was called. He also diagnosed pneumonia and stared her on an IV drip and a different antibiotic, plus Banamine to reduce the fever. She was showing improvement and three days later we switched her back to penicillin. Two days later she was burning up with fever again and we immediately switched to Naxcel and Banamine. Our vet went on vacation and we callled out another group of vets and Free had edema and something was going on besides the pneumonia and the vets recommended that Free be put down and on August 5, 2003 she was freed from her suffering. Free was buried next to Sandy, her friend that had crossed the Rainbow Bridge a year earlier.