Horse caught in haynet - anyone had similar?

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Last night my horse got his hind shoe caught on his haynet. It is a small holed haylage net, correctly tied and not dangling but he must have rolled or got cast and when owner fed this morning he was up but with his hind leg pulled out behind him in a hell of a state, shaking, sweated heaps etc. The net had got caught on the heel of his shoe but despite his frantic efforts, neither the shoe or the net had given way. he really was in shock and non weight bearing which made my heart stop. Vet came and checked over and nothing immediately obvious but is hopping lame and fetlock is very very swollen on the suspended leg. He is obvously very sore and stiff and was given pain killers intravenously and then allowed to be turned out in a small area when had calmed and settled etc and though hes is now chilled, there is a lot of selling. Am obviously very concerned and he will be seeing the vet again tomorrow and/or going in for further tests and checks on Wednesday morning if needed. Put this post up to see if anyone has had similar and also so people see the dangers of nets, even when correctly used.... Am so worried as he did a tendon on this leg 2 years ago and the swelling is worse than it was when he did that injury.
 
Oh no...
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What a nightmare for you
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Hope he recovers ok - he must've been terrified
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Sadly this can happen with haynets - which weren't actually designed to be used all the time (not very BHS if you get me
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) You could always use something like a haybar - and if you wanted to use nets for convenience, put a tie ring at the top of the haybar and the nets just sit in the haybar (if tha makes sense?)
Keep us updated of his progress.
Kate x
 
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My horse did something similar, i think, although not with a haynet. You know those bars that you can put inbetween stables so horse can see others? a grill type thing?

my horse rolled and got his foot caught in grill, he pulled it out with great force i presume and basically twisted his hock - he was absolutley crippled. Intravenous pain killers etc.

But he is right as rain now, there is still swelling that i can see but i dont think that will ever go
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Hope he improves soon.
My mare had bad swelling from cellulitis and we used a herb called clivers ,you can buy it of ebay,it can be used with his pain killers.Thought it might help swelling and drainage.
Another fan of hay bars although I use hay net during the day when there are plenty of liveries about .
 
Unfortunately there have been lots of stories on here along the same lines. Lots of cold hosing will help. I hope your horse hasnt done anything serious
 
My old mare used to get entangled sometimes, no matter how I tied the net up. Not ideal to feed hay off the floor either as she also box walks & mixes it in with her bed.

I now put straw only at the back of the stable & stick her hay in a corner at the front on the floor & hope for the best. She is only in overnight maybe half a dozen times a year if the weather's particularly awful & as she's 36 she prob wouldn't recover if she injured herself.

Hope your horse is okay.
 
i would have ostepath to check or over to make sure she has not pulled anything and give her some arnica tablets to help with the brusing!
 
Sorry to hear about your poor boy, sounds like he's given himself a real scare. I have had my horse caught in his haynet three times that I knew of. The first he was just stood there rocking with his leg in the air, - he is very laid back and luckily someone saw him 'acting strangely with this weird rocking movement' so investigated further and managed to detangle him. The second and third times happened on a weekend day when certain staff on the yard seemed unable to tie a haynet correctly and my horse got caught up. I decided due to the probable likeliehood of the staff incompetentcy happening again I would feed him out of tubs which is much safer for him but a total nightmare for me when it comes to pulling all the bits out of the bed when you come to muck out.
 
poor you. my sisters horse managed to get himself tangled in a haynet a couple of months ago. fortunately he was fine just his hind shoes had moved a bit and a tiny cut. she still uses nets tho im not sure how wise it is. good luck on a quick recovery x
 
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