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| So as odd as it sounds.... my horse is walking like he drunk and is dragging his toes.. he was like this a week ago and then he came out of it after walking for 10 min and was in the barn I was thinking he simply got coldone and everything was tight on him because he got better the more he walked. This morning he was walking like he was drunk again and dragging his toes. I don't know how else to describe it but that he is walking like a drunk. He has been eating and drinking like he normally does and no fever or nasal discharge and he is bright eyed.. any other suggestions BESIDES Epm because that's the only thing I can think of.
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Location: Bandera, TX | Other than your assumption...high spinal cord occlusion. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | EmtRoper - 2015-12-26 10:03 AM
So as odd as it sounds.... my horse is walking like he drunk and is dragging his toes.. he was like this a week ago and then he came out of it after walking for 10 min and was in the barn I was thinking he simply got coldone and everything was tight on him because he got better the more he walked. This morning he was walking like he was drunk again and dragging his toes. I don't know how else to describe it but that he is walking like a drunk. He has been eating and drinking like he normally does and no fever or nasal discharge and he is bright eyed.. any other suggestions BESIDES Epm because that's the only thing I can think of.
Was he tested for EPM? Did he have a head injury? |
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| He has an appt this week for a vet to do testing for EPM and he has had no injury. He leads a pretty cushy life lol. |
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| Wobblers and ionophore tainted feed would be at the top of my list.
When Sidekick had wobblers, he'd look normal one day and the next day he wouldn't know where his feet were. Then he'd be fine. He got progressively worse over time though. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | EmtRoper - 2015-12-26 10:10 AM He has an appt this week for a vet to do testing for EPM and he has had no injury. He leads a pretty cushy life lol.
Prayers his test comes back good and hope that the Vet can find out what is going on, so scary when we cant help them right away. |
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Location: OH. IO | is this happening after a workout or just randomly? |
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| jake16 - 2015-12-26 10:59 AM is this happening after a workout or just randomly?
My thoughts were tying up |
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| Just randomly. |
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Location: Madill Ok | can you check to see if he has a nose twitch or any facial twitching, abnormal twitching anywhere. That would be signs of west nile, could also be EPM. Does he act like he can see properly, any swelling top of his head and you need to check his tempurature. if they are running a temp, they feel terrible but temp would be in relation to WN or EPM too.
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| Sounds similar to Stacy Westfalls horse (not Roxy) that had a bone spur grow into his spinal cord. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Is this happening after hes been rode? And does he sweat? |
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| Nope it isn't after he has been rode. It is just randomly like one time it was after he was outide all day and then today it was when we went to lead him out of his stall to go outside for the day. |
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Location: Kansas | i seen a deal a while back where some horses were doing this after being wormed. i think it was the quest wormer but not sure. has he been wormed in the last couple weeks? here is the think:
https://www.facebook.com/lynn.cochran/videos/10206040060258841/
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| Nope last he was wormed was November 1 |
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Location: Florida.. | if it was Skeeter season I would say could be West Nile.
could have be getting into any toxic weed? toxic grain.
botilism can do that as well. wobblers , epm or spinal is my thoughts as well. |
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Location: Where I am happiest | What are you feeding? I would have feed contamination at the top of my list. |
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| He is fed Purina Omolene 200 and that was my original thought but we have 2 other ones on the same feed and they are showing nothing. |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | some grasses can do that if they have a certain type of fungus in them. Dallas grass being one in particular. What kind f grass is he on, and what type of hay is he getting? How old is he? Mini-strokes come to mind too. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | My feed was doing it to my gelding but not my mare.
The bags are VERY inconsistent. It can cause one horse to have drunken like symptoms and the others to be fine.... Where is our Feed Guru on here??? She can tell you the specifics in fancier terms |
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Edited by IRunOnFaith 2015-12-28 11:33 AM
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| Vet suspects Epm but we caught it early. He has started on meds today and tests should be back on monday b or early Tuesday. Plus side is he not any worse and he is in great spirits and only leans on the wall for a short period to shift his weight. |
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Location: Arkansas | EmtRoper - 2015-12-30 5:48 PM
Vet suspects Epm but we caught it early. He has started on meds today and tests should be back on monday b or early Tuesday. Plus side is he not any worse and he is in great spirits and only leans on the wall for a short period to shift his weight.
Prayers, and keep us updated on him. |
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| So we are waiting for test results to come back should be back tomorrow. He is eating and drinking well as well as peeing and pooping fine. He has been wanting to lay down a lot. We have been getting him up every hour and he gets a good drink and then stands and eats his hay. After about 20-30 min he lays down. How long should I let him lie down. His getting him up every hour too much ? I understand he is tired and most of the time he gets up with a little assistance.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | EmtRoper - 2016-01-03 11:17 AM So we are waiting for test results to come back should be back tomorrow. He is eating and drinking well as well as peeing and pooping fine. He has been wanting to lay down a lot. We have been getting him up every hour and he gets a good drink and then stands and eats his hay. After about 20-30 min he lays down. How long should I let him lie down. His getting him up every hour too much ? I understand he is tired and most of the time he gets up with a little assistance.
Poor guy sounds like hes getting weaker.. |
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| I got.off the phone with the vet and he said that it is a sign that the med are killing off the parasite and it can cause the spinal cord to swell some more.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Had a horse that would lean on the fence and a post for support and was really depressed after the testing found out he had West niles.. Scary stuff.. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | Are you doing High doses of Vit E? Also, I've had a few that I was training on and the clients didn't want to pull them from training while they were on the EPM meds. I would give them B12/Phosphorus to help keep the muscle strength up. |
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Location: Florida.. | Pretty normal to want to lean or lay down for a few weeks its rough.. laying own is fine id get them up every other hour.. for a few minutes.. rolling is not ok though.. prayers.. |
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| So update here... he has some good days and today was a bad day :(. I am hoping he is in his crisis period that they say will happen. I know they say it normally happens in week 2 but I am hoping that this is the time because he went from standing to he is still laying down all the time. But we are getting him up every 2 hours all day and night. He has gotten to where we don't have to help him much but tonight we did but like I said today was a bad day.. when he lays down he is sleeping very soundly so at least he is getting some rest. I keep telling myself to take it day by day. |
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Location: Arkansas | EmtRoper - 2016-01-06 9:55 PM
So update here... he has some good days and today was a bad day :(. I am hoping he is in his crisis period that they say will happen. I know they say it normally happens in week 2 but I am hoping that this is the time because he went from standing to he is still laying down all the time. But we are getting him up every 2 hours all day and night. He has gotten to where we don't have to help him much but tonight we did but like I said today was a bad day.. when he lays down he is sleeping very soundly so at least he is getting some rest. I keep telling myself to take it day by day.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | How is things going? |
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| Hello everyone, we ended up having to put him down. He essentially was paralyzed on the entire left side of his body within 24 hours. We had a necropsy done and are still awaiting results. The thing we do know for sure now was that he did not have EPM, the spinal test was negative. |
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Location: Keeping up with the numbers! | I am so sorry to hear this. Sending you prayers to help you get through this.  |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Any results from the narcrepsy...sorry, spelling stinks today... |
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Location: OH. IO | Im so sorry for your loss. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Well heck this is not what I was wanting to hear, I am so sorry, this has been a rough start to the new year for some of our BB's, hugs  |
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Location: Where I am happiest | I am so very sorry for your loss. Please keep us posted and let us know what the results are. |
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Location: Arkansas | I am so sorry about your boy. . . And I agree with STPG, many of our friends on here have had a bad year so far with injuries and sicknesses and worse. Sending prayers for your loss. |
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| i wonder what caused those nero symptoms.
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| So sorry for you and the terrible part is not knowing. I lost a great horse in October from stomach cancer and he had crazy symptoms, started out thinking he had epm. Let us know what u find out it will help someone down the road. Again I am sorry. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | EmtRoper - 2016-01-22 12:01 PM Hello everyone, we ended up having to put him down. He essentially was paralyzed on the entire left side of his body within 24 hours. We had a necropsy done and are still awaiting results. The thing we do know for sure now was that he did not have EPM, the spinal test was negative.
Most likey he had Chaga's then. I'm so sorry for your loss. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | EmtRoper - 2016-01-22 12:01 PM Hello everyone, we ended up having to put him down. He essentially was paralyzed on the entire left side of his body within 24 hours. We had a necropsy done and are still awaiting results. The thing we do know for sure now was that he did not have EPM, the spinal test was negative.
Oh how scary... Prayers for you. My heart hurts for you... I couldn't imagine something like that happening....
Keep us updated.... I'm curious what they find.... So Sorry.... |
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Sorry for your loss, that is tough.
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Location: So. California | uno-dos-tres! - 2016-01-23 11:35 AM Most likey he had Chaga's then. I'm so sorry for your loss.
What is Chaga's? |
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Location: That part of Texas | Sending prayers your way. I'm so sorry on your loss. I hope you get some answers on what really happened if it wasn't EPM. (((hugs))) |
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Location: Alberta Canada | So sorry for your loss :(
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| I'm so sorry for your loss. If it wasn't EPM, then I would suspect it to be either wobblers or ionophore intoxication. |
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Location: So. Cali. | So very sorry for your sudden & unexpected loss. I hope you get some answers. |
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Location: OH. IO | Continued prayers to you.I do hope you update on the results.Again im sorry for your loss. |
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Help....UPDATE on page 2 horse walks like he is Drunk