ShadowHunter
Well-Known Member
Sorry in advance if its a little long.
I have slight concerns over my 8 year old mare, theres just something i can put my finger on. The other night she sweated up in her stable, only in a lightweight. She is clipped but its growing back so i put it down to this and a mild night. Then she came in a few nights later slightly lame, there was no heat or pulse so put it down to a slight strain. 24hrs later, all fine.
Today she and her friend had a mad 5 minutes as something upset my gelding, brought them both in and discovered she was dripping with sweat. head to toe. You could have steamed vegetables on her back! She was in a 200g rug as its been -1 today, she wasn't too hot when i had checked a few hours earlier. She is also overweight but even so, i didn't expect to see so much sweat.
The biggest thing is my geldings attitude, he dotes on my mare and cannot be separated. In the last few days he's got very grumpy and anxious. He even had colic two days ago, possibly down to stress. Today, I noticed big chunks of wood missing between his and her stable, and a couple of bars have been bent. There is nothing on my mares side or on his door. He has also been pooing in his water bucket which is in the same area. Is it possible he's picking up that theres something wrong with my mare? I only ask as it was one of my dogs that alerted us to the fact that another one of the dogs had cancer. So just going along the same lines...
Could it be cushings even though she's so young? anything else? Or am i just reading too much into it? Probably going to be ringing vet tomorrow but just wanted to see if i was over reacting...
Cookies and wine to whoever makes it this far!
I have slight concerns over my 8 year old mare, theres just something i can put my finger on. The other night she sweated up in her stable, only in a lightweight. She is clipped but its growing back so i put it down to this and a mild night. Then she came in a few nights later slightly lame, there was no heat or pulse so put it down to a slight strain. 24hrs later, all fine.
Today she and her friend had a mad 5 minutes as something upset my gelding, brought them both in and discovered she was dripping with sweat. head to toe. You could have steamed vegetables on her back! She was in a 200g rug as its been -1 today, she wasn't too hot when i had checked a few hours earlier. She is also overweight but even so, i didn't expect to see so much sweat.
The biggest thing is my geldings attitude, he dotes on my mare and cannot be separated. In the last few days he's got very grumpy and anxious. He even had colic two days ago, possibly down to stress. Today, I noticed big chunks of wood missing between his and her stable, and a couple of bars have been bent. There is nothing on my mares side or on his door. He has also been pooing in his water bucket which is in the same area. Is it possible he's picking up that theres something wrong with my mare? I only ask as it was one of my dogs that alerted us to the fact that another one of the dogs had cancer. So just going along the same lines...
Could it be cushings even though she's so young? anything else? Or am i just reading too much into it? Probably going to be ringing vet tomorrow but just wanted to see if i was over reacting...
Cookies and wine to whoever makes it this far!