Bpremium1
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My horsey headshakes throughout the summer months, and although the equilibrium nose nets work a treat, i was just wandering wether anyone else has any other advice or tips to help him?? Thanks.
Headshaking - Any advice?
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Kate_13
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Try putting vaseline around the nostrils to prevent the horse being sensitive from the nasal passage.
Bpremium1
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Lovely jubbly i'll try that.
Just when I'm riding him or all the time?
Just when I'm riding him or all the time?
Eccles
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I had an intermediate event horse that was a terrible nearly--knock-you-out headshaker. He was fantastic cross country and was ridden before me by a well known (at the time) event rider. We gave him conceivable treatment (although vet passed him sound enough to event to high level when we bought him!!), you name it, he had it and to a certiain extent, partic out hacking you just had to ignore it. The problem with him was eventually (and he was 11 at the time) sorted. He had flat feet, lame on and off, best treatment, best vets, etc, etc but everyone misjudged what the long term effect was on him. In the end, he had a year off, in field, no shoes, only corrective shoeing and treatment from a brilliant and well known physio. When he came back into work headshaking had stopped and he was placed at Milton Keynes Int, losing one shoe in the water. He remained sound and retired hunting - never hunted before due to his headshaking. Just check everything you can, go with your gut instinct and don't make an issue of it, for his sake.
Good luck
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Good luck
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Kate_13
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Just when riding.
Echo the other post, check out any other possibilities for headshaking, if it is generally midges and pollen the vaseline should help.
Echo the other post, check out any other possibilities for headshaking, if it is generally midges and pollen the vaseline should help.
Bpremium1
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Cheers for the advice.
Going to try the vaseline as the vet says it's definatley the pollen, and he really does hate the midges and flies around his nose, fingers crossed!
Thanks again
Going to try the vaseline as the vet says it's definatley the pollen, and he really does hate the midges and flies around his nose, fingers crossed!
Thanks again
exracemad
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I know a lady whohad a really bad headshaker and put some vix (i'm sure it was this) up his nose and put the end of cut up tights on his nose. worked a treat apparently
YorksG
Over the hill and far awa
Hilton Herbs now do a headshaker liquid, we have the big girl on it, but not sure how much difference it is making yet. She is very sensetive to smells as well as headshaking and we think the two may be linked in her case.
DollyPentreath
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Global Herbs Shakefree works absolute wonders with my eventer.. The difference is amazing. But then every horse is different I suppose..
fedupofthis
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Hello-re headshaking hose,would like to share our experience
We have had amazing results with our headshaking horse-using a full face-sunlight blocking face mask.He is always ridden in an Equilibrium nose net as that stops him shaking when ridden-but during summer he has to be ridden in full light blocking face mask-darth vader style!!
We suspected that he was a photic headshaker at the end of last summer-but then 2 weeks ago he began shaking very badly-putting himself and our daughter in danger.
He became very agitated when bringing in from the field-rubbing his nose along the floor-trying to hide his head-and the constant and very violent head tossing and manic twitching-he was unrideable and for our daughter un manageable to bring in-it was making him very upset and it was obvious that he was very distressed.
I bought a full face-with extended nose mask made by an American company called Cashel-i chose this brand because it said it blocked out almost 80% of the suns rays.We put in on before turn out in the morning-it is a robust(if a little strange looking!!)mask-but the difference in our boy was amazing-he has been out this past week in brilliant sunshine and a cloudless blue sky and is not shaking or violently twitching in any way-our duaughter has been able to start riding him again-and he is very much calmer.
I cant recommend it enough and i hope it might give some hope to other owners-i am going to contact the manufacturers now and tell them how wonderful it is-it might mean the difference between a manic horse and a very manageable one to some owners this summer-and i cannot rate it highly enough.We found out that our horse had moved homes 3 times in 7 weeks last summer-and we now think we know why-i am just so glad that i bought one of these masks-they are not cheap(around£30)but worth every penny i am sure thay could help many more poor sufferers!!! We left his mask off yesterday cos it was raining on and off-and poor boy was back to square on when we went to bring him in-the sun must still be really strong between the showers-so he will be mask boy all summer now!!!
We have had amazing results with our headshaking horse-using a full face-sunlight blocking face mask.He is always ridden in an Equilibrium nose net as that stops him shaking when ridden-but during summer he has to be ridden in full light blocking face mask-darth vader style!!
We suspected that he was a photic headshaker at the end of last summer-but then 2 weeks ago he began shaking very badly-putting himself and our daughter in danger.
He became very agitated when bringing in from the field-rubbing his nose along the floor-trying to hide his head-and the constant and very violent head tossing and manic twitching-he was unrideable and for our daughter un manageable to bring in-it was making him very upset and it was obvious that he was very distressed.
I bought a full face-with extended nose mask made by an American company called Cashel-i chose this brand because it said it blocked out almost 80% of the suns rays.We put in on before turn out in the morning-it is a robust(if a little strange looking!!)mask-but the difference in our boy was amazing-he has been out this past week in brilliant sunshine and a cloudless blue sky and is not shaking or violently twitching in any way-our duaughter has been able to start riding him again-and he is very much calmer.
I cant recommend it enough and i hope it might give some hope to other owners-i am going to contact the manufacturers now and tell them how wonderful it is-it might mean the difference between a manic horse and a very manageable one to some owners this summer-and i cannot rate it highly enough.We found out that our horse had moved homes 3 times in 7 weeks last summer-and we now think we know why-i am just so glad that i bought one of these masks-they are not cheap(around£30)but worth every penny i am sure thay could help many more poor sufferers!!! We left his mask off yesterday cos it was raining on and off-and poor boy was back to square on when we went to bring him in-the sun must still be really strong between the showers-so he will be mask boy all summer now!!!