Pumpkin - the donkey with a personality
 
 

Data


SPECIES: Donkey, burro, Equus Assinus
SEX: Female
COLOR: Gray with a white muzzle and small black spots
EYES: Dark brown
EARS: Long (about 10")
HEIGHT: 12 hands (48") - Standard to Large Standard donkey
CALCULATED WEIGHT: {Girth²[57"]² x Length [53"] / 300} + 50 = 624 lbs.

Laminitis

HoofHOOVES: Despite trimming them every 6 weeks, being neglected in the past (no regular foot care and unrestricted access to pasture), both forefoot developed laminitis which is the result of a failure of attachment of the epidermal lamine connected to the hoof wall from the dermal laminae attached to the coffin bone. White line in 2008 picture of Pumpkin's right forefoot is marking the coffin bone which is tilted from the hoof capsule. It is close to penetrate the sole but it luckily didn't happen because the situation meantime stabilized and there was still relatively thick layer of the sole left. When a penetration does happen (laminae all around the hoof capsule, not only in the front, gets inflamed and stops holding the coffin bone from sinking), the equine (called "sinker") must be put down. Red line in the picture represents position of the coffin bone how it would be in the healthy hoof without inflammation. The coffin bone is attached to the hoof wall, and it's position is ground parallel.
PLACE & DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
HEALTH PROBLEMS (except those stated under HOOVES): Treatment for uveitis (inflammation of the eye) in the beginning of January 2004 and 2005. Hoof crack (infection in the right front toe) treated on September 24th, 2007 by dr. Peck, DVM. Treatment of liver for Hepatitis "Cholestasis" (elevated GGT values in blood) with 10 dissolved tablets of Trimethoprim/Sulfa per day for 14 days (5 in the morning and 5 in the afternoon), starting on August 27th, 2010.
PERSONALITY: Wonderful, playful, smart, not touchy, cats loving, extremely sensitive, with a warm look and sometimes a human-like touch, depending on her mood... But to be able to see all this and much more, you have to spend a lot of time with her. She surely knows how to let you know what she wants, likes and dislikes, and what is on her mind. Just watch her for a while, play with her and you will understand. Nobody before me did...

 

 

Donkey & Cat
Pumpkin always loved cats

 

With Love