horselover522
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Normally pretty laid-back mare. Loves hacking but like to take in the scenery even in canter so we don't generally go at any great speed!
Occasionally grumps about having girth done up but not with any consistency
She got choke a couple of months ago which resulted in her having about 20hrs with no food, 2 days of a bucket of slop every 2hrs from 6.30am - 11pm and then another 3 days of eating less than normal.
Bought back into work slowly, but once we got to cantering you could hear her breathing. After about 2 weeks got to the point where she didn't want to canter at all.
Thought it was choke related so was scoped which was all fine, and had bloods taken, also all fine.
Cut the work right back - did just walk for a week, then trotting week 2 then reintroduced canter at about 3 1/2 weeks. First week of cantering was ok, then could hear breathing again (not a fitness problem)
She has become ridiculously spooky to hack (real coiled spring, about to explode type thing) and 3 times has taken off cantering when asked to trot (never done this before in 5yrs of having her) but has been fine in the school.
Yesterday I went to ride her in the school but she was super tense as soon as we got in the arena, so stuck her on the lunge and she had a complete explosion (again something she's never done before)
Wasn't brave enough to ride today so lunged again - she was much better but wasn't happy cantering - bucking and speeding off and I could hear her breathing.
She has been grumpy about having her belly brushed and inbetween front legs and grumping when I just put saddle on her back (but not every time)
She seems to be better in the school if she's got a belly full of hay, but this doesn't seem to make a difference to the hacking.
Her appetite doesn't seem to have changed and she's not lost weight.
Does it sound like ulcers? Or something else? I'm pretty sure its not grass related as she's been in this week (she loves her stable and being in doesn't normally send her stupid)
Occasionally grumps about having girth done up but not with any consistency
She got choke a couple of months ago which resulted in her having about 20hrs with no food, 2 days of a bucket of slop every 2hrs from 6.30am - 11pm and then another 3 days of eating less than normal.
Bought back into work slowly, but once we got to cantering you could hear her breathing. After about 2 weeks got to the point where she didn't want to canter at all.
Thought it was choke related so was scoped which was all fine, and had bloods taken, also all fine.
Cut the work right back - did just walk for a week, then trotting week 2 then reintroduced canter at about 3 1/2 weeks. First week of cantering was ok, then could hear breathing again (not a fitness problem)
She has become ridiculously spooky to hack (real coiled spring, about to explode type thing) and 3 times has taken off cantering when asked to trot (never done this before in 5yrs of having her) but has been fine in the school.
Yesterday I went to ride her in the school but she was super tense as soon as we got in the arena, so stuck her on the lunge and she had a complete explosion (again something she's never done before)
Wasn't brave enough to ride today so lunged again - she was much better but wasn't happy cantering - bucking and speeding off and I could hear her breathing.
She has been grumpy about having her belly brushed and inbetween front legs and grumping when I just put saddle on her back (but not every time)
She seems to be better in the school if she's got a belly full of hay, but this doesn't seem to make a difference to the hacking.
Her appetite doesn't seem to have changed and she's not lost weight.
Does it sound like ulcers? Or something else? I'm pretty sure its not grass related as she's been in this week (she loves her stable and being in doesn't normally send her stupid)