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Merrylegs

Well didn't we just have the scare of our lives this morning! My new agister turned up to feed her girls just as I was going out to feed mine and she came running across the lawn saying one of her horses was down!

I raced to the yard to see the mare up again but staggering like she didn't have full control of all her limbs and then she stopped and stood all funny with her mouth hanging open and her eyes kinda glazed over. As we called the Vet she suddenly came back to herself and stood calmly like nothing had happened.

My agister tells me she pulled up in her car and as she did the horse seemed to spook and then started to fit and fell flat on her side. She struggled to get up and I got there just as she staggered back to the gate where we were.

Her pulse was 44bpm, temp normal, gums a good colour and no other signs of distress. The Vet was here for ages checking her out, doing some neurological tests and then took bloods. The horse has been fine ever since (been keeping a close eye on her) now we're waiting on the results from the blood test.

The horse has a bad case of seedy toe on her off hind and what looks like an abcess (poulticed up now). She finished her penicilin about 5 days ago and has been off the bute for 4 days as she seemed to be more comfortable on it.

Anyone else had simular probs and can share their experiences?

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norrishbex

That is very odd. I think that she may have to investigate that one a little further, coz I can't see why a horse can't have a fit, but I have no experience with that sort of thing though.

Merrylegs

Forgot to add that we double checked the feed, there's no mould or signs of rye grass or anything that shouldn't be there also my paddock and yards are all free of toxic plants.

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blitzen

wasn't there a stockie on here this year who lost her horse thru a fit? it was very sad... i can't remember her name.

i don't know the symptoms, but could she have had one of those HYPP attacks? common in quarter horses with Impressive lines.

idk, i hope you get to the bottom of it though. VERY scary for the pony's mumma!

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jumpsfences

I worked on a TB stud where a broodmare had epilepsy (or so I was told). It used to throw itself on the ground and fit for a few minutes, settle down, then get up and be fine. Very scary if you've never seen it before! But the other people that worked there were used to it and just used to make sure she couldnt bash her head against anything, leave her to it, then carry on leading her or whatever they were doing as if nothing had happened. Apparently its not that uncommon.

Sweet Euphoria

Had a similar situation a fortnight ago...except temp was up to 42.9C!! horse was taken to murodch, there on a drip for a week, lost losts of body coniditon, bloods came back as viral.

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Merrylegs

Well this horse has been perfectly fine since the episode and we know she's back to normal because she trod on her owner's toe and tried to kick me through next week this morning whilst we were changing her poultice (foot abcess) so she's definately feeling back to normal cheeky thing!

I haven't yet heard the results of the blood test so still waiting on that front.

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Bec1404

I have a mare who fitted terribly twice, for no apparent reason and about 6 months apart. The first time she went straight through a post and rail fence - splitting the rails in half! (Luckily no injuries!) I got the vet out straight away and had lots of tests done and found nothing! She has been fit free for about 6-7 years and i have never found out what the cause was. Weird!

Merrylegs

Oh yes the bloods came back perfectly normal, and no other signs of trouble either. Perhaps a form of epilepsy? The Vet seems to think it was a one-off.

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Bec1404

Yep - sounds the same! Just keep a close eye out for any signs. I make sure that i dont stress my mare at all - i keep a very strict routine now as the only thing that i can think of that linked the two fits my mare had was that she could have been stressed! (poor darling - she is quite the drama queen!)