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Location: Cocoa, Florida | I've been tuning on a friends horse I sold her a while back and I've noticed after every run and even exercise session when I tie him up to unsaddle he's standing slightly parked out. Sometimes more excessive then others, I do notice he pees a lot, especially after his runs, I told her to check for a bean and they did, no bean. I'm sure he's in pain somewhere but shows no signs of lameness when I ride or run him so I'm stumped.
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| If he doesn't show any other signs of lameness and is up to date on chiro, I wouldn't worry about it. One of my horses loves to stand camped out, whether I'm on him or at the trailer. He is 100% sound with great conformation. He likes to stretch back on his hind legs like a cat, and goes so low that my feet touch the ground. I'll try to post pictures. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I had a gelding that would do this once in a while, he stressed himself out and would get a case of mild colic. |
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Location: MT | I'd have his kidneys checked. This was the first sign in my gelding who had decreased kidney function. Exact same things as you described. |
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| Get the SI checked again, which can be hard to find on lameness exams. Then hocks. Make sure you're using a really good lameness vet. A lameness locator is useful here looking for tiny hitches humans can't see. Also, check hoof angles. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | And another thing I would be checking for is uclers. |
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | Parking out is a sign of navicular too...to take pressure off...not that your horse has it but if the other stuff is ruled out might check there.. |
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| My colt off the track would do this just standing in his pen from the time i picked him up. No lameness and beans etc. I did notice he urinates a LOTTTTTT more frequently than any of the other horses. Never affected him though performance wise. So one day I just ordered some SLH Kidney cleanse and he has been on it close to 30 days now. Pretty much stopped the behavior and urinates at same rate as other horses. I have 30 days left on this bag. THey do sell a 2 week " Tune up" type of size. I might run one of those through him ever so often. |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | He's kept up on chiropractic work regularly with two great people down here. I had Always wondered if he had navicular because he needs front shoes or he will periodically go slightly lame. I also told her to get his hocks checked, the kidney thing makes sense if he's peeing a lot.
I'll just tell her she needs to check up on these things! Thanks everyone |
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| my roping horse I sold hear awhile back peed a lot too. and first though was a bean. there was a couple but he keep doing same thing you have mentioned. I took him off alfalfa hay and it all stopped, first horse ive had with this issue. maybe not you issue. |
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| RnRJack - 2016-07-31 11:55 AM
He's kept up on chiropractic work regularly with two great people down here. I had Always wondered if he had navicular because he needs front shoes or he will periodically go slightly lame. I also told her to get his hocks checked, the kidney thing makes sense if he's peeing a lot.
I'll just tell her she needs to check up on these things! Thanks everyone
I think you have thought of everything
Front end laminitis or navicular can cause a horse to stand stretched out.
The frequent urination could be a kidney problem.
The horse may have two different issues going on at the same time. |
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| Check for pssm |
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Location: Florida.. | They Park out for a tummy issue
If he gets alot of protein in his diet.. alfalfa and or high protein grain..They pee alot
If the front legs are more forward it can be navicular
Edited by Bibliafarm 2016-07-31 9:53 PM
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Location: Phoenix | Mine will pee and be too lazy to stand normal again....just throwing it out there.
I really like the SLH Kidney support. Dose with a bag and see how he does. |
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| This could be a sign of tying up. It's actually very dangerous for a horse that is tying up to pee because it's very hard on the kidneys and can cause serious health issues if it continues. If you think they may be tying up, give them some Banamine to help relax the muscles. I would talk to your vet about it. They may want to draw blood the next time it happens to test for PSSM. Maybe put him on a law starch/ low sugar grain if he's not already. I have a mare that occasionally ties up and I started her on MVP In-Sync and Ultium and I haven't hardly had a problem since. And, this is not meant to be a sales pitch, but I am an MVP dealer if this is something you'd be interested in. |
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Location: Wisconsin | I noticed this with our rope gelding. Ended up being a "tummy" issue. He coliced as he had a benign tumor. We had surgery to remove it. Unforunately, we lost him 6 months later as he developed lesions. |
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I had one do that and put her on a PSSM diet - problem solved, she's never done it again. I guess she was PSSM! Anyway, it was an easy fix and may be something for you to try.
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