Fitting Ex Racer

T

Tanya1989

New User
Joined
9 February 2010
Messages
7
Location
Derbyshire, UK
www.loweherz.co.uk
does anybody have any experience with a fitting horse. i was told last night that my ex racer has had a fit. a full on seizure, was lay flat on his side neck arched back, eyes rolling around in his head, thrashing about so much he trashed the front of his wooden stable, so now he has been moved into a block stable.
i know things are looking bleak, obviously he has now been retired, but in the next fit, if there is any the vet has to come and PTS. i am gutted and it doesnt help that i have been unable to see him for a while due to an unhorse related accident that has left me in a wheelchair. i feel so guilty all the time and even more so now.
he is being recorded by farm staff, but he is also having narcoleptic type attacks where he loses consciousness and crashes to the floor.
frown.gif

the vet is reluctant to PTS until he has seen evidence of a fit although he suspects a brain tumour and there is no way we can afford a brain scan and our vet says the insurance wont pay out for the scan.

does anyone else have any experience with seizures?
 
I am so sorry to hear this but i do believe PTS is the best option. I have had experience of this before in a native that had meningitis as a foal. His last fit squashed his rider and he was still fitting when the vet arrived. He was PTS on the spot, he was only 4 years old
frown.gif
The rider was lucky to "get away" with severe bruising and a total loss of confidence.

It is so dangerous and what if he fits and lands on you or the staff?
 
What bad news. Personally would reconsider his stabling totally. If he kicked his wooden stable so badly he may well break a leg if he fits and he's in a block stable! Have you a crew he could go in, even if it's got cattle in! Not sure I agree with the vet - gives me the impression he'd rather your horse injures himself or someone or gets colic to boot just because he wants evidence! (That reads a little harsh but you can appreicate the thought can't you?) Surely it's a responsible owners right to decide what to do and you sound responsible. Unless the vet is going to move in with you and wait to see a fit it's going to be a bit hard for him, imagine by the time they've arrived horse has recovered.
 
yeah, i understand it needs to be done, its far too dangerous to keep him around and it would be selfish, god knows what damage it is doing to his brain.
just got to wait now to see what the vet says. i think he's thinking of my insurance company not paying out unless they have some sort of evidence. i dont really know as i havent spoken to him i have just heard from the farm staff. i think ill give them another ring. when i heard i couldnt really take it all in so mind has gone a bit blank.
 
yeah, i know what your saying about the stable. it is a big stable and rubber matted up as much as can be. its times like this i wish there was some sort of pen or shed type thing as that would be the best thing to prevent any injury. if it was summer he could stop out, but he really wouldnt be able to cope with the weather as it is at the minute, even with all his wooleys and 3000 rugs on.
he is being video recorded so that people can see whats happening, but i feel so unsure about the whole thing. i'm hoping this was a one off fit, but i really doubt this giving all his other symptoms.
during the past year he has had little work due to an accident he had last jan which took til august to recover, i had surgery last may which put me out for a year. he was just coming back into work fully before xmas (someone riding for me) when we had all the snow. his temperament has changed during this past year, i just assumed it was through lack of work but now i am doubting this and think it is more to do with a neurologic condition,
he lacks muscle tone if he has a week off, i just put this down to being a poor do-er,
sometimes he is incredibly laid back and will walk past anything and occasionally he will throw a massive wobbly, i just put this down to being a TB,
now im thinking that all these symptoms are related to this neurologic problem and that things have gradually got worse over time until it erupted to a seizure.
i went to see him last night for the first time in 3 months because getting about in wheelchair was not happening lol and he looked really well in himself apart from he looked really drawn in his face, i think im the only one who has noticed this because i havent seem him a regularly as everyone else or maybe its just psychological because i now know something is wrong with him
frown.gif
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top