My horse of only several weeks died this evening at about 8:40 pm due to kidney failure. We purchased Azan Azan (named so after our last horse, an Arab stallion, who died a couple of years ago from colic), perhaps 3 weeks ago for RM 5,000. Pretty cheap as he was already 20 years old. In human terms that would be termed ancient.

On Monday afternoon the syce found him lying down in his stable not having touched his food or water. The vet initially diagnosed the horse with colic. As a result, we did everything that we could to treat a horse suffering from colic. Lots of water, electrolytes and walking him about. That first day the vet gave him an equivalent of 22 litres of water. He did urinate a lot and so we thought he was out of the critical stage.

In spite of all this, the horse did not seem to be recovering. His breath smelt bad and his tummy was extended and hard as a rock. I visited him on my way back from work on Monday not knowing that that would be the last time I ever saw him alive.

Initially I thought I had caused the colic because I was riding him day in, day out. But we were informed that this was a case of kidney failure rather than colic. I didn’t feel so bad after hearing this news (as if I had killed Azan Azan) but…still…that doesn’t make me feel any better today.

I’ll miss the chestnut. Eventhough we were together for such a brief time, I truly enjoyed Azan Azan.

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