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Location: Central, Texas | Any suggestions on how to help him get away from the wall so he can get up? It's just me out here. |
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Location: Central Montana | Try to get a halter rope or whatever you have close by and roll him away from the wall/fence. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | You need man power, scary deal but you need to pull it away from the wall, if you can roll him over, but be very very carefull to not get kicked. |
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Location: Central, Texas | I've got two guys on the way that know nothing about horses. So how do we flip him over without hurting him?
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | fasterhorses - 2014-09-28 10:53 AM I've got two guys on the way that know nothing about horses. So how do we flip him over without hurting him?
If you can get a halter on him and have them pull him away from the wall, but be careful not to hurt his neck. I have seen cast horses and it was alot of work to move them away from the wall, you have got to be carefull not to hurt their neck and legs, and the people have got to be carefull not to get hurt, just slowly try to pull him away, but the best bet would to roll him over. Just so hard to explain over a computer. And maybe get a rope around his neck and work it down to his chest and have them pull this way too. So is he right up against the wall? If legs are easy to get to put rope around them and you should beable to roll him on over.
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2014-09-28 11:09 AM
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| I usually throw a rope around both hind legs if I can and just pull them over . I have had to do by myself pretty often and have had some I had to go around the neck first and pull some because they were in a fence and had to move front legs and hind legs out before rolling over. They roll over easier than you would think. Be careful though sometimes when they get up it can be a little wild and unsteady if they have been stuck a while.
Edited by cutnrunqhmt 2014-09-28 11:06 AM
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Location: Central Montana | Any updates? |
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Location: Central, Texas | Thanks for all the help. We were able to get a rope around his back legs and slowly flipped him over, and he got up. THANKS SO MUCH ! ! |
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Location: California | I'm so glad you got him up okay! This is one of the worst feelings being alone and with a large animal in distress. My 35 year old mare slipped going into her stall and got cast in the doorway. I was by myself too and it was horrifying! |
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|  I can't imagine how scary that was. I am lucky to not have that happen yet. After this thread though I have learned what to do in case it does happen. |
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Location: Flat Rock,IL | I was checking on some mares at the horse farm and I found one mare in foal casted, in the stall, I was by myself when I found her,and she was starting to be really stressed. Finally got someone to help me get her up. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Yeaaa, I am so glad to hear that everything turned out ok for horse and helpers. |
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Location: your guess is as good as mine | Not to scare you but keep a close eye on him for a few days. Had one of mine that we thought was colicking - ended up having to do surgery on him and they found that he didn't have an actual obstruction - his intestine was looped up over his left kidney/spleen. When we looked at his pen we found a spot where it looked like he got cast up against the fence & the vet agreed that's probably what did it.
Glad you were able to get him right-side up. |
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