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    Sunken flanks and heavy breathing

    No treatment, as according to results she only had 'light' allergies and she was fine everywhere else. I was told to pick her up, and they did absolutely nothing in the clinic, just told me to get hold of some meds for ulcers and make her hay wet. They just love doing nothing when it's not...
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    Sunken flanks and heavy breathing

    She had severe episodes, sometimes she'd be fine and awake and others she'd sit in a corner pumping her flanks so hard, head down and in pain.
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    Sunken flanks and heavy breathing

    Yeah, she was on grass with a friend for a week and she almost looked perfect again... We sadly couldn't stay. No sunken flanks, no heaving. Still some puffiness around the eyes but I figure that would've gone eventually too. Haylage arrived today, so I hope she'll have less trouble now... It...
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    Sunken flanks and heavy breathing

    It's really just poor pasture management here and too many horses... the stable started out fine, but then in winter last year she was fed only 1/5 of a small hay bale a day, and then she 'couldn't go on the big pasture' because she was fat and I was going to ruin her, and now she's on the big...
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    Sunken flanks and heavy breathing

    So, my mare has had this for about a year now - we've managed to get it somewhat controlled with soaking her hay, but it's still not enough. Her symptoms - when standing still, you can see her stomach slowly 'pull up' as if trying desperately to purge the air out of the lungs. She's...
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