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Location: Texas | We have a new horse. Pulled her out of a killer lot and are going to take a chance on her. The one odd thing I noticed is most of the time she stands stretched out/camped out. I'm thinking sore back or loin area? Any other ideas? Thanks |
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| Could have foundered in the past. Might want to have feet xrayed |
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The Advice Guru
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| Founder
Kidney/bladder stones |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | How long have you had her? |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I'm going to guess founder too |
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Location: Florida.. | back end stretched out check ovaries as well. |
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Location: Montana | I have a young stallion did that with gastric and hind gut ulcers. |
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| needmocash - 2015-04-19 8:21 PM
I have a young stallion did that with gastric and hind gut ulcers.
How did you treat his ulcers since he had both? |
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| I took my mare in yesterday that was doing this. Sand colic, luckily caught early. She is coming home tomorrow. |
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Location: Texas | We just got her a few days ago. She is all beat to heck, poor thing. Had mud up over her knees. Taking a chance she will come around without costing an arm and a leg. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Like many on here, it may be some gut thing or kidney thing. If not, its probably in her feet. |
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Location: 'Hawk Country | Tle2424 - 2015-04-20 12:50 AM I took my mare in yesterday that was doing this. Sand colic, luckily caught early. She is coming home tomorrow.
This is what I was going to suggest.
I had a gelding doing this and he had an impacted cecum. |
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It could be PSSM - my mare did that and I switched to low starch, low sugar feed (Seminole Perform Safe) and no (or very little) coastal hay. I haven't had the problem since the diet change.
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Location: Texas | She does seem incredibly muscle sore down her ribs and over her loin area. Who know what has happened to her. She is supposed to ride well but I am going to figure out what is bothering her before we get that far. Sweet mare not spooky. Let us hose her legs off and is used to being fly sprayed. She was someones horse at some point. She doesn't stand like a typical founder. I did worm her yesterday, she has a rough coat and she is thin.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | aqha4mejt - 2015-04-20 8:12 AM We just got her a few days ago. She is all beat to heck, poor thing. Had mud up over her knees. Taking a chance she will come around without costing an arm and a leg.
Since you had her only a few days I'm kinda thinking she has a mild case of colic with all the changes that has happen to her, bought one out of the sale years ago and he was standing the way your mare sounds so I thought what the heck I gave him some banamine to see what would happen and he felt so much better after that. And no more standing streched out. |
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| My gelding did this and it was mild gas colic. I thought he was trying to pee but turns out just his way of trying to get comfortable from the tummy ache. |
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Location: IL | My horse does this when his hocks are starting to get sore or the bug are eating him up under his belly or in between his hind legs. |
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| merdth6 - 2015-04-20 2:51 PM
My horse does this when his hocks are starting to get sore or the bug are eating him up under his belly or in between his hind legs.
Exactly what my mare does too! |
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Location: Quinlan, TX | I had a mare that started doing that after I had been giving bute for pain from founder.....she ended up with ulcers. I learned the hard way not to use bute on a daily basis no matter what your vet recommends. |
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Location: Arkansas | I just wanted to say thanks for giving her a chance. . . |
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| Sounds like a symptom of Colic... Were you going to have a vet look at her by chance? |
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Location: Texas | JagsLuck - 2015-04-21 1:59 AM
Sounds like a symptom of Colic... Were you going to have a vet look at her by chance?
Since she is eating/pooping they don't think it's a colic. She was however in a mud lot (not sure for how long) over her knees. Vet on the phone said to give her a couple more days of relaxing before we do anything at this point. I don't know what sort of dirt they had in the lots but that crap was like trying to wash off concrete. I may stick a set of front shoes on her to see if it is a hoof issue. She has no heat in her feet and no rings like an old founder. Could be the mystery mare! LOL |
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| aqha4mejt - 2015-04-21 12:19 PM
JagsLuck - 2015-04-21 1:59 AM
Sounds like a symptom of Colic... Were you going to have a vet look at her by chance?
Since she is eating/pooping they don't think it's a colic. She was however in a mud lot (not sure for how long ) over her knees. Vet on the phone said to give her a couple more days of relaxing before we do anything at this point. I don't know what sort of dirt they had in the lots but that crap was like trying to wash off concrete. I may stick a set of front shoes on her to see if it is a hoof issue. She has no heat in her feet and no rings like an old founder. Could be the mystery mare! LOL
Mud fever? |
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Location: Texas | cheryl makofka - 2015-04-21 3:44 PM
aqha4mejt - 2015-04-21 12:19 PM
JagsLuck - 2015-04-21 1:59 AM
Sounds like a symptom of Colic... Were you going to have a vet look at her by chance?
Since she is eating/pooping they don't think it's a colic. She was however in a mud lot (not sure for how long ) over her knees. Vet on the phone said to give her a couple more days of relaxing before we do anything at this point. I don't know what sort of dirt they had in the lots but that crap was like trying to wash off concrete. I may stick a set of front shoes on her to see if it is a hoof issue. She has no heat in her feet and no rings like an old founder. Could be the mystery mare! LOL
Mud fever?
I would say no on the mud fever. She has no swelling or open sores. I've seen it before and she has none of the usual signs. She has no fever, no snotty nose or anything. I was cleaning her feet out earlier and the only thing she was sensitive about was when I ran my hand down the front of her leg and got to the hair line of the hoof. I was trying to feel for heat and she kept moving away. She stood like a rock when we washed her and lets me fly spray her so at some point she has been cared for. Wish she could talk. Although it may be a sad story----oh and she has had a colt or two. There is a rocking 2L brand on her left hip and a 42 on her left shoulder. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | So shes still standing stretched out? Do you have any pictures to show how she's standing? |
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| Is she standing stretched out front to back or just with one leg or the other? If only one leg stretched out I'd check the tendons. If her whole body is stretched out I'd xray her feet. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | As to the kidney and bladder stones...my mare had both and never stood stretched out. Only to urinate, she originally had 3 stones in the bladder, two small one BIG, and 4 stones in the left kidney and one stuck in the uretor. Don't know if she is just that tough or what but the reason we took her in was she passed blood in her urine, never once acted off or stood funny. Hoping you figure out your mare's issue soon. |
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Location: Central Texas | Could just be just hock and stifle sore if she was in deep mud for a period of time. Hoping it's an easy fix. |
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Location: TEXAS | My gelding would stand around stretched out. Found out he is navicular |
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Location: LaCygne, KS | Test to rule out EPM. |
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It's one of the first symptoms of PSSM. PSSM has an easy fix, don't overlook it. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Do you have any pics of her so we can see her? Her coloring looks pretty.
Good for you for giving her a chance. |
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Location: North MS | Any percentage of walking horse/saddle horse/gaited would make this normal. They stand weird all the time. |
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How is she doing? Can we see her whole body? |
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Location: southeast Texas | aqha4mejt - 2015-04-21 4:00 PM Here are pictures of her brands.
The 2L brand is the Lawton Ranch in South West Louisiana |
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Location: Iowa, LA | I'd rule out PSSM. |
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Location: Texas | Well we found out the mare is papered!! Now trying to get info from the last recorded owner. She still has moments of standing stretched out. I am thinking navicular at this point, she is "pointing" with her left front more now. I'll let you know what we find out!!
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| I justs saw a grey gelding for sale that has your horses exact brand, hot branded with numbers on his shoulder. He's in oklahoma and they have him advertised as a finished barrel horse |
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Location: Nashvegas | Had a gelding that did this, he had feet issues, not navicular but the vet labeled it navicular syndrome. Thank you for saving her. Good shoeing and feet care kept him sound and running, 1D times even, until he was 20. I suggest xrays of the feet. |
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Location: Minnesota | slacy09 - 2015-04-22 8:44 PM
My gelding would stand around stretched out. Found out he is navicular
This. My old mare did the same thing and was navicular. |
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