Had shock this morning!

[marinitagsd]

One of my girls frightened me to death this morning when I went to lead her out of her stable, it was as though her back legs had locked and she couldn't move them! I eventually got her to walk forward and they loosened up after about 10 seconds, she has never done this before and I am quite worried. Any ideas?
Anita
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[martlin]

My mare had a similar bouts at certain points of her cycle, vet advised that it was lack of Iron and Magnesium and prescribed a supplement accordingly.

 

[Racing_Gal]

Is she young? We had a 3 year old who had a problem that sounds simlar to this, there is another name for but the vet called it 'sticky stiffles' he advised to work her every day and said she would more than lightly grow out of it, she did.

I know a girl through YouTube who has a pony with this problem but it hasn't grown out of it. Her vet advise to work the pony hard each day even though it is young, this is risky as it could cause problems later in life but they said it was the best advise they could give. There is an Op they can do where they can cut one of the tendons to stop the legs 'locking up' but this means the pony will suffer with arthritus later in life and will not be able to sleep standing up. I can send you my friend YouTube link if you like, I'm sure she'd fill you in, she considdering havign the Op.

 

[marinitagsd]

Yes she is young, three and a half. I long reined her and she seemed fine, turned her out and she went galloping off! Will be interesting to see if she does it again tomorrow.
She passed a full vetting in June of this year.
Anita
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[Racing_Gal]

Could just be one of thoses things they try on to scare us! If it happened again maybe callthe vet and ask for some advice?

 

[amandathepanda]

Could be upwards fixation of the patella. It starts when they are young & wouldn't necessairly show on a vetting. I had one with it a few years ago. When they are in work & reasonably fit it is much less likely to happen & it didn't stop my one from having a huge jump.

 

[trendybraincell]

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Could be upwards fixation of the patella. It starts when they are young & wouldn't necessairly show on a vetting. I had one with it a few years ago. When they are in work & reasonably fit it is much less likely to happen & it didn't stop my one from having a huge jump.

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Thats what I thought it sounds a bit like. I know a Welsh Cob with this, it fixes more frequently when his turnout is limited but we found asking him to walk back a step unlocks it.

Again same as Panda...it never affected his work, had a huge jump on him!

 

[melnmoll]

One of my horses has a problem like that when he was younger. The vet said he had locking stifles, and the only way to help him (not get rid of it) is to ride him, and do lots of uphill work, and walking is best. I also put him on cortaflex, and after a while he got a lot better. Still has a bit of a problem sometimes though.