How long to get a cob fit? One that has tied up for no apparent reason.

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Little Cob tied up a couple of weeks ago, for no apparent reason.

D1 is pretty gutted :(. She'd been working him good and steady and he was getting fit and really starting to come on well :). Was aiming for the ODE at Eland in August.

Anyhoo, he was listless a few weeks ago, turns out the bloods showed that he had been tied up! No idea how or why.

He's on field rest for until Friday, when the vet will be back out to see him and possibly take bloods again.

D1 is keen to start getting him fit again as soon as she gets the go-ahead from the vet, but appreciates it's going to be a slow and steady process.

Any ideas how long it might take to get him fit?

And, does anyone know if working/competing LC in the warm/hot weather in the summer could bring on another episode?

I'm going to put this in Comp Rider and Vet and SY as well (to get as much coverage as possible! :D). Thankies in advance to anyone who is able to offer some guidance/advice :D :D. Hot choccies :)
 
um, no idea, soz... but i guess the good thing is that he's had field rest rather than box rest, so i presume he's not totally wasted away already?
i'm sure someone clever on here will be able to tell you, maybe even give you a fitness plan of sorts.
i hope the vet gives him the all clear. good luck! xxxx
 
Years ago my pony tied up, she had treatment from the vet and then was given a selenium supplement from then on and it never happened again.
Im sure the vet will advise you the best way to bring him back into work good luck x
 
CCP - he's hooning around the fields quite happily :). Daft hoss! Hopefully it is keeping his muscles ticking over.

LM - thank you hun :). It will all be slow, just not sure how slow 'slow' should be :o

K - selenium does seem the way to go :)

M - thank you for that link - some very interesting reading. Will add oil to his diet (he gets no hard feed); already gets Codlivine, but might have to review :).
 
fingers crossed for LC that it's only a one off episode. My mare had azoturia 8 years ago and the vet couldn't say the reason why. It didn't seem to be too much hard feed or exercise related. She's a Welsh cob x and hasn't had another tying up episode since.

I didn't worry about working her in the summer but she did have electrolytes added to her feed after work if she got sweaty. She also had vit E and selenium supplement. For the winter she has a huge selection of exercise sheets to cope with any sort of weather. I don't add oil to her feed as remember reading an article in which the oil could be a trigger for an attack. Can't remember where I read it so not much use to you.

My mare had a month off - but her attack was severe and then followed vet's fittening programme and was back to full work within 4 weeks. Even now I give her lots of time for warm up/down.

Hope LC back up and running soon.
 
I would ask the vet's advice on this tbh. Do I remember correctly that this happened after he'd been given a protein-rich feed and then taken of it again? I believe that in the days when draught horses were known to be at risk of 'Monday morning leg', this was usually because they had stood in on Sunday, after a week's work, with very little or no hard feed that day. With any luck this will be a one-off episode and he'll soon be back to normal.
 
Thank you B1 - he has every possible rug, but I'm sure we could shop for more lol :). I'll be adding Vit E and selenium: will discuss oil with vet :).

PaS - ta hun. Yes he had the Instant Response, but that was a week and a half before the episode, but I guess it could last that long in his system. Vet says to stop everything but what he has always had, i.e. keep the Speedibeet.

All crossed that it was a one-off :).

B1 - it is promising that your lass was back in full work in four weeks :). Obviously it will vary by horse, but that gives me some guide. Vet will advise a fittening programme, once we know the results of this coming Friday's bloods :).
 
My Marley was diagnosed with PSSM. The tying up episodes are obvious in the summer becasue of the sugars in the grass, so this year he is on restricted grazing about 4hrs a day and then starvation paddock with soaked hay, he is exercise about 5 times a week hacking out for a couple of hours and fingers crossed has not tied up since diagnosed which was a year ago, he does recieve supplements and salts daily. As far as the fitness goes I guess its just building up what you do gradually, keeping the weight down and listening to his breathing and recoevery after a trot or long canter. We do a lot of hacking and Marley still sounds puffed out after a canter, probably because we just dawdle a long most ofthe time:D
 
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