Horse Fell Over

[Heatherbear]

This morning, when I was turning my 25 year old mare out, another horse ran between us to try and attack a pony, and yanking the lead rope out my hand in the process. Not entirely sure what happened next, but I thinks she stood on the end of the lead rope and tripped herself up, as she went right over. I panicked as she pretty much landed on her neck. Heather jumped up, and I checked on her, and she then canters over to her friends at the other side of the field. I followed her to make sure she was ok, and discovered that she had grazed her muzzle quite badly, but no obvious other injuries.
Caught her again and brought her in to wash her muzzle and put cream on. She went out happily and was munching away. Wasn't eating the next time I checked on her, on the way home, but none of the horses she was with were eating at that point ( one lying down, and the other two dozing in the sun.
What should I look for tonight and in the morning?

 

[Cragrat]

That must have been scary, but hopefully she's fine. Being out and moving around is definitely good.

Just check for swellings, especially to joints, partcularly hocks.

Also check her head/neck/ poll / wither areas if you think she landed there - is she holding herself normally? can she bend to both sides and raise / lower her head normally? Any unusual sensitivity to being touched?

Is she lying down / getting up as normal?

Fingers crossed she'll be fine!

It MAY , possibly be a sign she is getting les coordinated as she gets older - might be something to be aware of .

 

[SEL]

The boy in my avatar took a similar tumble - I think he fell over a ridge in the field. Fortunately I was there and saw it because he hit the ground with one hell of a thud and was sore for a while. The vets said that any swelling needed to go down before they could really do anything useful so keep him turned out so he didn't stiffen up and bute as needed. He was moving, eating, drinking but I could feel a swelling on his shoulder and he didn't really want anyone touching him for a few days. The bute did help a lot.

I got a bodyworker to him after about 4 weeks and she could still feel some warmth on the shoulder so he could well have done some damage but he was already retired and was vet phobic so I decided just to keep on with the bute and see how he did. The dentist 6 months later spotted a wave mouth which he'd never had before so we guess his body being out of balance put his jawline out of balance too. Otherwise he was OK, but I did have some sleepless nights

I'd suggest running your hands gently over her and seeing if you can feel heat. If there is then bute is useful because it will help bring the swelling down - if she's really sensitive then vet.

 

[Heatherbear]

Thank you !