Can you test me?

great thread - has kind of made me think that maybe it's a good thing getting my own horse is not an option at the moment because there are quite a few questions here I couldn't answer.
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You go feed your horse, after eating is begins showing signs of distress including:
straining
lots of fluid/mucus coming from his nose/mouth

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That's choke I think... and call the vet asap and don't feed the horse anything until the vet has been and given the ok. So yes, you were right
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LOL SF is correct, this is what happened to Murphy - it looked like he was straining through the neck and check. His face and neck muscles were RIDGID, and he kept looking like he fancied going down, so I walked him off called the vet.
It was indeed choke, caused by him bolting his food (also caused by not wetting food i believe ) it can be life threatenning so always call vet - to help relieve pain I think you can massage throat to help diss-lodge any food etc.
Vet administers an anti spasmodic i think to loosen his muscles to help food go down and a painkiller (if i remember rightly!)
 
I have one,

Pony is shivering, cant stop, appears to be coming from stifle area and is meant to be on other medication that it needs at that time, what do you do (Pony doesn't feel cold)?

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Walk it around keep it calm?
Or do you mean it needs the medication right that instant? would depend how it was administered but i would ring vet and see if it was ok to still give the pony it.

i'm not sure on that one either.
 
LOl, it stuffed us, we rang the vet, couldn't walk pony around was unable to. The medication was for sever sweetich, but we were not to give it to it till the vet came. I poor pony had an infection!
 
You want to go out for a hack but your horse is napping at the gate to the yard as there is a new sign that has gone up (ie brand new, very permenant object that you have to go past but you can't just get off and move it out of your way). What do you do about it?
 
Yep, well possably, but if it is too high horse may raise his head, and have sides of his mouth pulled up more than 2 creases, If it is too low, cant stop/steer and no folds in cheeks/touches teeth!
 
It's certainly one way of doing it! Personally, if gentle but firm encouragement had failed, I would have tried to get a friend to help lead us past or better still, get another horse to give us a lead, but that''s only becuase if Silver decides to do his 'I'm waaaaaaaaaaay too scared to go past that twig so I shall whip round and canter off in the opposite direction' display, it's easier to stay with him if you're on top than if you're attempting to keep up with him on foot
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how about this?
you go to get your horse in from the field. he's pulled his shoe off. after a night in the stable, the next day he is absolutely crippled, won't put the foot to the floor. what would you do?
hint: you don't have to call the vet straight away for this one, necessarily.
 
Make sure the horse stays away from the friend in case it stands on her. Put them in recovery position if needs be and call an ambulance.
If they are able to walk, help them to a seat and give them water to drink? Still call an ambulance though.

I'm not too clued up on this because if anyone has an accident at Mossburn, we've to go get one of the adults.
 
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For Lexie's question I'd get a couple of lunge lines, find a strong friend to help me and loop one lunge line over the front pastern nearest the floor, put the other round the hind pastern nearest the floor, both of us would stand on the other side (away from horses legs) and pull as hard as we could to get horse to roll over and onto it's feet.

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Yup... thats what I would of done. It can be SO scary , but when you know what to do simple to sort!!!
 
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Check his hoof for anything stuck and any abnormalities. Get farrier out? cold hose it?

Umm, yep, you'd check the hoof straight away, obviously. if he's hopping lame the next morning, chances are he's pricked his foot, so a poultice (animalintex or sth) is ideal... if that doesn't help, yes, get the farrier out to explore.
sometimes these can be treated without needing to call a vet out.

well done BB, this thread is a good idea.
 
Haven't a clue about BHS way but I have a themometer that I can use for my neds then I'd look at chest rise for resps and listen to heart with a stethoscope!!!
 
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