Has anyones horse been really sad/flat after being scoped?

[Charrose77]

My mare went to the vets overnight last Tuesday to be scoped on Wednesday. They found grade 2 ulcers which she is now being treated for using Omeprazole and Sucralfate. Since coming home she is very quiet, doesn’t really want to be in the field, when she is out there she just stands in the mud waiting/calling for me and doesn’t bother going down to the nice grass with the rest of the mares (this is all very unlike her, she loves her girls and normally right in there). She definitely hasn’t rolled in the field since being home and I can’t guarantee she has laid down in her stable....had a bit of straw in her tail today but not a lot. She was off her hay the first night, barely ate anything. Then I bought her some very soft second cut hay and she is happily chomping away at that. Eating her feed as normal, taking the meds etc. Just VERY quiet and not her normal slightly mental/neurotic self. Am thinking I will get a camera for stable to watch her overnight behaviour. Has anyone else had any experience like this?

 

[milliepops]

Mine was definitely not keen on her hay the night after she was scoped. i wonder if the procedure just made her a bit sore.

other than that she has actually been a bit more lively, first day out in the field she leapt around like a bronco which is very unusual! I'm 3 weeks into treatment and yet to see an improvement under saddle but she's quite happy in hand now.

 

[welshpony216]

my mare was scoped, and behaved a bit strangely afterword- very nippy and almost angry seeming, which was vey odd as she was normally a very kind hearted girl, she is still a little angry-ish several months after.

 

[Charrose77]

my mare was scoped, and behaved a bit strangely afterword- very nippy and almost angry seeming, which was vey odd as she was normally a very kind hearted girl, she is still a little angry-ish several months after.

Oh dear, that’s a shame. Hope she cheers up soon!!! Fern seems a little better today. She gave me a little “love bite” when I did her rug up which was much more like her normal self ? and she finally rolled in the field. Am actually going to ride her tomorrow. It’s been a week since the scope and she just seems bored. I have always said she is at her kindest/nicest/happiest after being ridden. She is a girl who likes a job and now having had two weeks off I think she may be a little frustrated. We shall see!!

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

My gelding has been scoped a few times and he was definitely not himself afterwards off his food and very clingy, he also doesn't like staying at the vets and it can upset him for weeks afterwards.

So I would definitely say it can affect them in a negative way, I hope she gets back to old self soon.