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Just been to rug up and feed and lottie has had choke again. Not seen it since stopped feeding when she got chubby in spring but she does need to start back on the feed for winter now. We deal with it ok walking a bit massaging her throat and turning neck side to side like vet showed me and she stays nice and calm but looks so tired after. She's in nice dry stable now and friend will give hay and supervise first few munches in couple hours. Likely to be this routine all winter now. Any ideas beyond damping it and little and often to stop it happening?
 
couldnt you make ur feed really sloppy ? i soak my horses feed until its like thick soup if im not there when hes having it.
 
Have you had her teeth done recently? I have to get my lads done early each year as he gets it about a month or so before he's due his teeth done again.

What do you feed her? I don't suppose vet has found any old scarring down her throat or similar which could trigger it?

Coming from someone else with one prone to it, I sympathise!
 
Has she had her teeth looked at recently? Recurring choke can be a sign that they're not chewing properly and could perhaps have a tooth infection? Might be worth having the vet/dentist out to look at teeth and maybe take bloods to see if there's any infection? Hope she's feeling ok soon xxx
 
My old boy had choke several times. What worked for him was to feed in a large flat rubber bucket with 3 or 4 bricks in he had to pick around. Couldn't get a big mouthful and never happened again.
 
Thanks guys. Teeth done every 6 months and dentist very impressed for her age. I'll be making it even wetter moving forward, bricks is a good idea. She doesn't look like she's bolting her food. Mot from vet due soon so if it keeps happening i'll get him to look again. She is 32 so some malfunctions are to be expected I guess.
 
I had one, so frustrating and awful to watch. Rather than bricks I used very large round (2 hands to pick up size) smooth stones. Found mine in the stream.

I used a huge flat bowl, put the thoroughly soaked feed (conditioning cubes for my oldie) into the bowl but only a cm deep, so rather than pick it up he licked it up, then put the stones in so he had to push them around to lick his bowl. Never left him alone to feed and if he was having a fair amount I put small amounts in the bowl and then added more as he licked it up.

Never feed a choker by or insight of another horse, if they are greedy feeders it makes them rush and increase the choke possibility.
 
kerrieberry2 said:
use allen and page soaked feeds or soak feed with warm water so it goes really mushy
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Page and Allen CAUSED my horse to have choke!
Despite soaking longer than the required 10 mins the C&C she gobbled, got lodged and continued to swell.
And it would have to be a late night call on a bank holiday Monday too.....

Any feed fed to a choke prone horse needs to be like soup!
 
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