Roaring Lion

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kimberley mine
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Roaring Lion

Postby kimberley mine » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:54 am

Roaring Lion colicked shortly after arrival last week at Cambridge Stud in NZ. He was operated on almost immediately for a small intestine twist.

He had another surgery yesterday to loosen some adhesions from the first surgery.

It's looking really, really bad.

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Re: Roaring Lion

Postby Joltman » Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:18 pm

last I saw he came out ok. did he have to go back in?
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Re: Roaring Lion

Postby Tappiano » Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:38 pm

Yes there was some dead sections of intestines they had to remove.
I don't know that he will survive and if he does how they will ever get him back to Europe.

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Re: Roaring Lion

Postby kimberley mine » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:23 pm

A lot will depend on the next 2 months.

I expect there will be a lot of meetings between various owners, shareholders, and insurance company reps in that time.

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Re: Roaring Lion

Postby kimberley mine » Wed Aug 07, 2019 1:27 pm

Tappiano wrote:Yes there was some dead sections of intestines they had to remove.
I don't know that he will survive and if he does how they will ever get him back to Europe.


Per the Cambridge Stud twitter page, Roaring Lion has had 25% of his small intestine removed.

Good god.

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Re: Roaring Lion

Postby kimberley mine » Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:55 pm

Out of the hospital and back to Cambridge Stud.

He's one lucky bugger, that's for sure.

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Re: Roaring Lion

Postby Mahubah » Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:18 pm

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Re: Roaring Lion

Postby kimberley mine » Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:13 am

Sad and disappointing but also unsurprising. Whatever was going on must have been bad for the vets to only ultrasound him and decide to euth then and there.