Have a bit of a dilemma...

[nomini]

Alisha is on box rest due to a hairline fracture of the pedal bone. She has been on rest for a month and is now allowed to walk out for 10 mins twice a day. I have to give her ACP to walk her out at the moment as, as you can expect she is fairly on her toes having spent 4 weeks in the stable. However, each afternoon when she is having a snooze (standing up) she falls forward almost onto her knees and has a cut each side just above her fetlock from when she does this, which keep being re-injured from when she falls forwards.
So, should I take her off the ACP again and not walk her out or keep ACPing to walk out and just bandage her legs? I am not keen to take her off the ACP and walk her out as at the moment that could be a recipe for disaster! Any ideas welcome

 

[Caritas]

How many acp's is she having and how long after having them is she going to sleep and falling over?

 

[nomini]

She was on 4 every evening so she could be hand grazed, cut this down to 2 in the evening and she was still falling over - vet said to give her 5 in morning and 5 at night but that was far too many. She is having 8 to be walked out.
She is having the tablets about 5pm and then falling over about 2-3ish the following day!

 

[Caritas]

Are you sure its the acp's doing this or could it be a coincidence that you are having another problem at the same time? Why dont you try her without for a few days and see if it still happens??

 

[merlinsquest]

Weird.... sounds unrelated to me..... more like narcolepse (sp)!!!

If you think about it, a sedated horse will be far more affected than acps at that amount, and they manage not to fall over (usually)!!!

 

[nomini]

Have taken her off the acp so will monitor it for a few days, she seemed a lot more alert tonight than she has been so maybe she had too much acp in the system...

 

[Caritas]

Still, im not concinced it is the acp causing the problem! Do let us know, best of luck.