Baby Horse's pre-purchase exam was last Friday. As basic physical exams go, all was well. He's a healthy happy flexible little guy, and there was nothing that indicated anything to prevent him from being able to physically have the potential to achieve my dressage goals in the future. All good, right?
Not so fast...
Despite looking and acting 100% healthy, he had a fever of 103. Normal body temperature for a horse is 101.5. He had no other symptoms, not even swollen lymph nodes. So where does this leave us? After talking to the PPE vet, my vet, and my trainer, the consensus was that most likely he was having an immune reaction to being exposed to something he's been vaccinated against (due to lack of any other symptoms). Like children, baby horses often get sick and we don't necessarily know it because we don't randomly take our healthy looking horses temperatures. Not a big deal in all reality.
The plan moving forward was to have the seller take his temp every day, and once it was normal for three days in a row, call the vet in to officially take his temp and then issue the Health Certificate (needed to transport a horse to Montana). That is were we are at now. His temp is back to normal and now we wait for the vet appointment, which is scheduled this coming Monday.
Given that everything else during the PPE looked fine, I have signed a bill of sales pending the health certificate, and once he is in the clear, funds will be exchanged and he will officially be mine. At that point I'll put my superstitions to the side and post photos and tell you all about him!
Eeek!! I can't wait to hear more :D
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