happyhorse978
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I have noticed my new horse will sneeze/clear his nose a lot whilst being ridden. I took him for a 30 min walk hack at the weekend and he had about three coughs and then continued to do the ocasional sneeze/nose clear noise. He only does this when being ridden worked and never at rest. He did the sneezing in the school and whilst on the lunge too. He is only 4 and recently backed so I haven't done a long ride or harder schooling session to know if this clears with work? There is absolutely no mucus at all. He makes a grunting noise before sneezing usually. He continues to walk out whilst doing this.
My vet is coming out to give him his vaccination in a couple of weeks so i will mention it to them at that point. He is totally happy in himself so i am just wondering what it could be? I am trying not to worry myself!!!
In the meantime, I am starting him on Equine America Airways Xtra Strength Powder today to see if this makes any difference. He is on chopped straw bedding so I am going to change this to a proper wood shaving bedding to see if this makes a difference. He is on lovely meadow grass haylege which is not dusty at all and I have removed the chaff from his bucket feed as this can be quite dusty/loose particles, so will see how it goes. It just seems strange as it is only when he starts to work up a bit of a puff when being ridden?
I am wondering if there is something causing him an irritation or whether he has a bit of a cough/sneeze etc before he came to me and it just needs clearing up? Any advice is greatly appreicated
Thank you!
I have noticed my new horse will sneeze/clear his nose a lot whilst being ridden. I took him for a 30 min walk hack at the weekend and he had about three coughs and then continued to do the ocasional sneeze/nose clear noise. He only does this when being ridden worked and never at rest. He did the sneezing in the school and whilst on the lunge too. He is only 4 and recently backed so I haven't done a long ride or harder schooling session to know if this clears with work? There is absolutely no mucus at all. He makes a grunting noise before sneezing usually. He continues to walk out whilst doing this.
My vet is coming out to give him his vaccination in a couple of weeks so i will mention it to them at that point. He is totally happy in himself so i am just wondering what it could be? I am trying not to worry myself!!!
In the meantime, I am starting him on Equine America Airways Xtra Strength Powder today to see if this makes any difference. He is on chopped straw bedding so I am going to change this to a proper wood shaving bedding to see if this makes a difference. He is on lovely meadow grass haylege which is not dusty at all and I have removed the chaff from his bucket feed as this can be quite dusty/loose particles, so will see how it goes. It just seems strange as it is only when he starts to work up a bit of a puff when being ridden?
I am wondering if there is something causing him an irritation or whether he has a bit of a cough/sneeze etc before he came to me and it just needs clearing up? Any advice is greatly appreicated
Thank you!