antic cast rollers-are there any cons +reccomendations please..

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my 4yo has got cast a few times, but thought we had sorted it with ginormous banks...apparently not.....iv just been out to skip/hay and he was laying down, he usually gets straight up when he hears the hay barrow but tonight rolled, went over, got stuck against the wall and panicked, proper power kicking the wall, thrashing, groaning etc.
i was just pulling my phone out to ring my dad to help me, and going in to try and hold his neck down when he managed to get up.he's fine thank god but i dont want it happening on a regular basis!!!!!!

so, are there any cons to using an anti cast roller and if not, which ones are good/sturdy???
 
we have some at work.but there fairly old

very good tho, i personally would recommend, but of course ensure it fit well
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yes, the modern ones look really flimsy???

he is well rugged most of the year, but i think they come with big foam pads dont they???

silly sod, you would think they would learn NOT to keep doing it!!!
 
Just a thought - are you sure he's rolling because he likes to? Could he have a grumbling low-grade belly ache? Keep an eye on him. Friend of mine had a gorgeous gelding on loan. Through no fault of her own, he had virtually no turnout. He started getting cast and she assumed it was just coz he was enjoying a roll and got stuck. I think he had low grade colic for a couple of weeks, caused by the dreadful feeding regime and stress from no turnout while all the other horses had at least some. I think he rolled because of bellyache and got cast a couple of times. One evening he had a full blown humungus colic attack and eventually was boxed off for surgery. He survived the surgery but never came right again and after a week or so it was clear there were further serious problems. They opened him up again and discovered further massive holes in his bowel and he was pts on the operating table. Poor lad, what a life.
 
Being old enough to remember leather rollers with an iron arch and their good value, I recommend them. Use a pad underneath, but keep it up above the spine. Also would it be possible to line his stable with bales of straw? One bale high, it makes the stable seem smaller and may discourage him from rolling over. Banking the straw is very comfortable but has little strength or substance.
 
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