High Water Veterinary Services

12/22/2024

With the high and low weather changes of late, please be very careful with our obese or over weight ponies, miniature horses and 🫏 donkeys.

Hyperlipaemia, or abnormally high levels of triglycerides in the blood, is a common metabolic disease in donkeys and miniature horses. It can occur when:
*A donkey's energy supplies are limited, such as when they are off feed
*A donkey's nutritional demands increase, such as during pregnancy or disease
*A donkey has insulin resistance.

💥Signs of hyperlipaemia in donkeys include:
-Lethargy
-Weakness
-Poor appetite
-Decreased water intake
-Diarrhea
-Muscle fasciculations
-Ventral edema
-Colic
-CNS dysfunction
-Recumbency with seizures in late stages

Hyperlipaemia can be a primary condition or secondary to anything that causes a donkey to go off its food. It's associated with a high mortality rate due to organ failure, so prompt and aggressive intensive care treatment is essential.

If you have a sick donkey or miniature horse please seek treatment promptly. Early intervention is very important!

(419)577-9060

12/21/2024

A cold, snowy first day of Winter out seeing Emergencies.

12/20/2024

Last work day before the holidays.

If you need medication please let me know today! Especially if it needs ordered! Tell me now! Or wait till next week. 😬

Love when I have helpers during Soundness Evaluations! Helping me to evaluate and clean up the mess I made! 😆😁

Happy Friday everyone!
(419)577-9060

12/19/2024

Fantastic article regarding Gastric Ulcers, and diagnosis. Love to see my wonderful friend and colleagues, Dr. Chad Davis as a part of this article.

Equine ulcer treatment and preventive measures require a multifaceted and individualized plan for a successful outcome. Learn from top equine veterinarians.

12/18/2024

***Clients***

I am trying to make a decision on purchasing a new piece if equipment for the practice. I am currently demoing a Shockwave unit. This is sound technology which helps with pain management of arthritis, navicular pain, kissing spine, tendon/ ligaments fiber healing and even wound healing. Treatment costs vary but are often $250-450 depending on what kind of treatment being applied.

There are also small animal applications. This week we shock waved a torn ACL in a canine patient with great results.

For most patients, no sedation is required. Which is a huge plus.

I am interested in knowing is this is an added service clients would be interested in. The next units are in our area are 45-60 minutes away.

I appreciate your input!
Dr. Meer

12/16/2024

I am back from PA early this trip. I am hoping to play catch up on paperwork today.

Truck goes in for service tomorrow. I am hoping to have it back quickly. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

The Gastroscope is having a few hiccups, so I am sending it in for service. I will let everyone know when it is back. We will keep a list of patients and schedule as soon as it comes back.

Next week, we are headed to Cincinnati to see my family. My parents are working on their Living Wills. I am needed to sign paperwork and get on bank accounts during business hours. This means we are headed down Monday (12/23) and will be back Wednesday afternoon (12/25). I will be reachable by phone.

Fenneke is the best Vet Trip buddy. ♥️

12/14/2024

I am traveling to PA today for clients. I will be back either late tomorrow or Monday.

Additionally, I may have bumped something with the Yukon 😬 which requires some repair. It is being dropped off at the shop on Tuesday morning. This means I will have a loaner and my equipment will be a bit in pieces. Please let me know if you need something specific so I can make sure I have it. We will be carrying what we need as I suspect it will be a small SUV as a loaner.

I am also trying to catch up on paperwork, and I apologize for being several days behind. But to be honest, being out in the cold all day makes me absolutely exhausted and I lose the battle of notes to sleep every time. I promise I will get them done.

I am available by phone if you need anything.
Dr. Meer

12/12/2024

Just a polite request made for every Veterinarian, Farrier, Massage Therapist or frankly anyone who works on horses for a living.

Please have your horse clean, brushed off, legs and feet cleaned. Please do not apply hoof oil before the vet or farrier comes.

This is an all year round request. But especially this time of year. I will not put hypodermic needles (vaccines, coggins, regional limb blocks, microchips) or acupuncture needles through mud and dirt. Acupuncture horses need to be dry. When I do lameness exams or spinal manipulations I am going to be touching the legs and feet. Mud does show up on radiographs and can look like unwanted things.

Please, please, please have your horses clean and preferably dry for our appointments.

This is a picture of what is not ok, and this was the clean side.

Your, sick of being covered in mud and wet, veterinarian. 😬😬

12/11/2024

We are getting to the point in the year when we are temperature watching, and hoping the projections are semi accurate.

I am trying to schedule procedures which require sedation, scrub and prep, water, cold metal speculums or a gastroscope. Ideally, these procedure require above freezing temperatures. 🥶 We may be contacting you to change dates or times in efforts to avoid sedation in under freezing circumstances, especially when it is in our control.

In an emergency situation, we do what needs to be done, but for scheduled appointments, let’s do our best to keep everyone warm.

Here are some research articles regarding anesthesia or sedation in horses and what happens to their core body temperature. These are obviously in the clinic. But imagine what can happen in the field in a cold barn. Things to avoid if we can.

Dr. Meer
https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eve.12981

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10328424/

Core body temperature decreases steadily in adult horses anesthetized in a cool, dry environment. Forced-air warming devices can attenuate this decrease. Additional body heat can be lost rapidly when anesthetized horses are positioned on cold surfaces during recovery.

12/07/2024

Recheck Gastroscope appointments are super important. This is the same horse, in the same portion of the stomach within 4 months of medications and rechecks.

The last images of what we want to see! The first is a nest infection of bots, the second is moderate squamous ulcerations and the third is clean.

Let us know if you would like an on the farm Gastroscope!

(419)577-9060

12/05/2024

Just a reminder post for the cold…and soon to be coming warm up this weekend.

-Turnout and movement is important for GI health. If they can’t go out, hand walking or light riding is super helpful.

-Fresh water is essential. You can add grain to a bucket of water to make it more appealing. Please dump these buckets every 12-24 hours to keep fresh.

-Blanket appropriate to horses coat, age and living conditions.

Please let us know if you have questions or concerns! We are here to help!

(419)577-9060

12/02/2024

Just a reminder!

Hello Huron County! This is a post to remind you 2025 dog tag season has started! Don't forget is it a state law to tag your dogs!

(Section 955.21 of the Ohio Revise Code for information on this law.)

OUT POST FOR 2025 DOG TAGS!
These are our out post for 2025 dog tags. These places sell dog tags from December 1st 2024 until January 31st 2025.

Norwalk:
1. Huron Co Dog Warden
(Mon-Fri 8AM-430PM)
130 shady lane building E Norwalk OH. 419.668.9773 (CHECK OR CASH ONLY)

2. Huron Co Auditor Office
(Mon-Fri 8Am-430PM)
12 E Main St #300, Norwalk, OH 44857 (419) 668-4304 (CHECK OR CASH ONLY)

3. Huron Co Humane Society
(Tue-Sat 1PM-5PM)
246 Woodlawn Ave, Norwalk, OH 44857 (419) 663-7158)

4. Norwalk BMV
(Mon-Fri 8am til 5pm) (Sat.8am-12pm)
305 Shady Ln Dr, Norwalk, OH 44857 (419) 668-8602

Greenwich:
1. Bucks Hardware
(Mon-Fri 7am-4pm) (Sat. 8am-12pm)
14 Main St, Greenwich, OH 44837 (419) 752-6141

Willard:
1. Fish N Game Convenience Market (next to save a lot)
(Mon-Fri 12:00PM-unknown.) please contact this store for hours.
20 Woodland Ave, Willard, OH 44890 (419) 933-2263

New London:
1. Gilbert's Hardware
(Mon-Fri 8am-430pm) (Sat. 8am-3pm)
16 E Main St, New London, OH 44851 (419) 929-2371

Bellevue:
1. York Animal Hospital
(Mon-Sat 8am-unknown) this place closes at 5pm on certain days please google search or contact for hours.
1184 W Main St, Bellevue, OH 44811 (419) 483-7480

2. Bellevue Animal Hospital
(Mon-Fri 8am-5pm) (Sat. 9am-12pm)
718 W Main St, Bellevue, OH 44811 (419) 483-6345

We hope this helps with purchasing tags and saving time and gas! Cant make these times???? you can always PURCHASE ONLINE!

ONLINE PURCHASING
Please go to the Huron Co. Auditors Webpage

under new announcements you will see a tag for dog registration. any question please call us or the auditors office!

Original 1 year 2025 dog tag is $22.75 per tag
Medicine Fund Tag (Ohio State Tag) $27.75 per tag
($5 donation tag that goes towards the shelter dogs medical needs)

Needing 3 year to lifetime tags?
Please stop to see the Huron Co. Auditors Office they can help you with these!

11/28/2024

🍁🍁Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🍁

We will be closed for regular appointments 11/28-12/1. I will be available 24/7 for emergencies.

11/27/2024

I will have the phones for the next 5 days. Kim is headed to New York to visit family. I am available for Emergencies during this time. I will be doing my best to spend some time with family, buying deals on Black Friday and hopefully sleeping in a bit.

Please use the main HWVS number: (419)577-9060

Kim will not be checking her texts while away.

Dr. Meer

11/23/2024

This is a great local NonProfit. Great people, wonderful horses, amazing mission. ♥️

11/22/2024

We are home. Matt’s doing well.

I should be ok to leave for an emergency if needed.

11/22/2024

Just a reminder to clients

I am at the hospital with Matt for a medical procedure this morning. (All is well, just some preventative medicine checking after his heart attack 8 years ago.)

I will not be available for calls during the procedure. I will let you all know when I feel comfortable leaving him once we get home.

Kim and I will have the phones, and I am going to get caught up on medical notes. 😬

Picture from our recent WA trip.

11/20/2024

I am forever grateful for my amazing clients. ♥️