Anyone elses horse cold this morning?

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My wussy welsh cob was shivering head to hoof this morning- gave me a right panic especially since she had been licking her lick and was a bit foamy round her mouth I thought she had rabies at 1 point lol. She was fine once I fed her and put a couple of rugs on her to warm her up- foamy mouth and shivering gone- rabies therefore cured lol. Mine have both gone back into stable rugs until it warms up again.
Anyone else had this problem?
 
I have a TB who didn't talk to me when I arrived at the yard this morning, usual sign he is cold!! I had left a lightweight NZ hanging up in his stable which he had pulled down during the night and laid down on. Took the hint and put a fleece on him tonight, never known having to rug in June !!
 
You two are joking aren't you?? Cold? In this weather?
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Wish I was. Seriously had a cold horse this morning, tummy tucked up and hair stood on end etc. Even though has plenty of bedding, still pulled the NZ rug down to sleep on for extra warmth!! Just have an absolute wimp of a horse when it comes to temperatures below 10 degrees at night (due to be 6 degrees tonight) !!

Plus he stops drinking when he is cold and has caused himself a water works problem before as he didn't drink enough fluids to flush his system. Don't need any more vet's bills!!
 
No its no joke. It was 6 celsius in the Midlands last night (thats 42F). When its 6C in the winter you would have two rugs on your horse, whats the difference in the summer? I just don't get it, 6C is cold, whether its spring, summer, autumn or winter!!!!! 6 is 6 after all!!!!
 
It was 5 degrees C this morning and pouring here and I had to put a rug on my wet and shivering older Arab. Oddly enough, the younger one, all draped in a soaking wet flysheet, wasn't bothered at all.
 
Ours are out 24/7 and were fine this morning. Weather's all over the place though, 26 degrees one minute, 5 the next. Not surprised some of the horses are feeling it.
 
Hey! Calm down!

Of course 6C is the same regardless of time of year, but that is not really very cold in the first place.
 
i wouldn't rug my horse at 6 degrees no matter what time of year it was except in winter when it's 6 he's clipped. now it's 6 he has a lovely coat and i'm sure it's enough to keep him warm, along with the extra fat he's gained since winter. if i found him shivering i'd def rug him though.
 
i wouldn't rug my horses in 6 degrees no matter the season and would be very concerned if they were shivering in a stable at the temperature.
i could possibly understand it if they had been out all night and were soaked to the skin, but not in a stable.
 
My welsh is a wimp and has done this before once in may 2006 when she lost her stable rug for the first time and once at a show she was fine then it drizzled and she started to shiver then.
I'm glad it wasn't just her that was cold although slightly mortified that mine was the only native. My tb was fine though so it might just be the welsh getting old bless her.
 
My TB was cold (not shivery though) this morning. Her fur (what little there is of it as her coat is v fine) was standing on end.

The other 1/2 bred mare was fine though as she grows more fur.

They are out with LW turnouts as the rain is to continue most of the day over here, and from experience the TB will definitely start to shiver when she is wet.

Fiona
 
Apparently ours were shivering when fed at 0830 this morning, and when I went up at around 2 o'clock they were both still shivering - both are "hardy" welsh cobs who live out all year round!

They are now drying off inside with towels on, later to be replaced with lightweight (no fillings) rugs before going back out for the night, as it's supposed to rain here again.
 
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