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| I have a 6 yo mare that has problems with tying up.......thought I had it taken care of and she did it again tonight. I've noticed when I pressure her or make her do something she doesn't like is usually when it happens.....sometimes I barely ride her and she'll tie up. I am so over it, but wondering if I have some blood drawn and have the vet run some tests if there is anything out of the ordinary any of you would recommend I have him test for? I have her on the most bland, basic diet possible, so I don't think it's in the feeding program. I have only owned her about 3 month, but previous owner said she never had trouble with her tying up........ideas? |
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| Change in environment (you say you just purchased the horse) can be enough to trigger tying up, or the seller lied/didn't know he was tying up, and there are many things that can cause it. What are you currently feeding for hay and grain and how much? The type 1 test is $40 and the other varients can be tested through EquiSeq for about $249 no vets required, just pull hair and mail it in. |
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Location: southeast Texas | What is your bland feeding diet? Correct diet is the best way to manage a horse that is tying up. PSSM type 1 and type 2 are slightly different diets. The Facebook PSSM forum and one for PSSM forum and 5 panel genetic testing
Edited by roxieannie 2017-10-12 6:28 AM
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | I agree test. P1 is a sugar/starch problem. They can't handle high NSC feed. The other variants need more protein and it's not as important about NSC. But a lot of people say even their P variant horses benefit from a lower NSC diet. Some it doesn't matter. |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Some of the variants will show up as high CK and AST levels in blood work. Some it doesn't show in blood work. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | I would do the blood test. Other factors could also be at play.If the horse is worked hard then left to stand tied to cool out will do it.one must be walked down to cool out.Vitamin E is a must for any working horse,it feeds all the muscles,and a horse has a lot of muscles to feed! I would up the feed a little in the vitamin/ mineral department. |
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| I'd run some blood tests with your vet, do a basic panel and also ask to check vit e, selenium. I'd also test for pssm type 1 on your own as its pretty cheap. Would be your cheapest options at the moment. Pssm always comes to mind to me (because I own 4 type 2 horses, one with RER as well that has only ever tied up when stressed), but of course tying up doesn't always mean pssm. If you rule everything out then the equiseq tests would be worth the investment, or at least try switching to the type 2 diet if you don't want to spend the money on the tests right now.
I had mine on what I thought was a basic diet and they were doing horribly. All are doing well since I figured out they had pssm and started feeding them correctly. |
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