Horse suddenly looks like she has stringhalt in both back legs???

[snopuma]

Okay so I have been working my TB (ex-racer) lunging and ridden work its all very gentle, just trying to calm her down and relax, all going well, until yesterday morning when I go to turn her out and she looks like she has plungers for feet and is having a job to get them off the floor, when she does they both ping up with a lovely twanging sound!!!! It looks horrific! there is no swelling, and she is not at all bothered, once out in the field she walks off okay but looks like she has limited bend in the hock, she is slightly bum high, but has has the physio out twice this summer, getting her sore rump and poll sorted, tack all fits fine, and its just really sudden, I don't know what to do, give her a week off? get the vet out? carry on riding gently? any ideas greatly appreciated!


alpen and coffee and thanks!

 

[Circe]

Hi
I don't know where you are located, but I had a horse get stringhalt ( australian stringhalt ) over night. He'd been put in a paddock with dandelions, which we think was the cause.
I think this is just a problem in Australia / ? New Zealand as well.
I would get the vet to have a look at him TBH.
Kx

 

[snopuma]

Has anyone else found this has happened overnight?

 

[canteron]

This is probably way off the mark, but is your horse shod behind?

My retired gentleman was 'moon walking' with his back legs when I saw him first thing yesterday - and it seems it was because so much mud had become packed in his back feet that he was walking on mud stilts!!

After a quick panic, the hoof pick sorted it. He has been unshod now for 6 years, I think this more commonly happens with newly barefoot horses.