Phoenix Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation LLC

Farrier day wasn't a total bust for Delta. A little more work was done on her fronts. She's seeing the Farrier at 2 week intervals but it's going to take time and attention to get her hooves back to a more "normal" and functional condition. Her back hooves still need alot of attention but the last 2 attempts made proved that Delta is still feeling alot of discomfort and can not balance well enough to allow the farrier to do what he needs to do. Sedation at this time is not an option because of her balance issue.
From watching Delta move and function, there may be other contributing factors to her instability and discomfort. This goes well beyond the condition of her feet and I believe having the vet do a blood draw and runs labs could paint a better picture of what could be going on and hopefully confirm my suspicions. X-rays are also not out of the question at this point either.
Id like to give Delta every benefit of the doubt and do what is needed to try and figure out what else coukd possibly be going on with her. I'm going to be very honest, Delta is in pain and very uncomfortable. With that said, her pleasant mood and loving personality has shown bright since the day she arrived. She spent the day all day Sunday an a lawn ornament laying in the sun. She had no urge though to get up and wander around. It took about 20 minutes to get her up, get her land legs working, and to walk about 50 ft back to her paddock. Mobility is something she has ZERO urge for. 80%, if not more, of her day is spent laying down.
I will be reaching out to the vet today to get her appointment scheduled. Once it's scheduled I'm going to be creating a medical fundraiser for her if need be. I know I may be saying that a bit premature but I feel it's owed to Delta to find out what is causing her conditions and pain and to treat it, if that's an option. I'm going to try and remain positive that we can get her turned around but I'm also not going to set extremely high expections and I'll try to prepare myself for the possibility of bad news.
Again, I want Delta to have every benefit of the doubt and be able to try and fix the human failures of her past. She's got the "try" in her and is doing her absolute best. She just needs some helping hands right now.
Prayer go out for you Miss Delta. I hope we can move past this and on to brighter days.