If a horse gets cast....................

Horse got cast the other day at our stables. Looped a rope round back legs and pulled her over onto her other side, helped her with her with her head as she was twisted at a funny angle, and she managed to scramble up herself. But was very careful to keep out of the way of her legs
 
lunge lines round the legs furthest away if u get what i mean.... then pull it back over lol....

apparently u can get anti- cast rollers if ur horse gets cast often/../.

and tall thinner banks help as opposed to block banks.
 
My ginger mare has managed to get cast 3 times. twice in a 12x12 stable and once in a 20 x 16 foaling box each time hse had large banks.
We used lunge lines on each occasion to pull her back legs away from the wall and allow her to scramble up. We then used an anti-cast roller on her for about a year afterwards although we were concerned about causing back problems with it.
 
Spider - not sure why you're asking but do be aware that if a horse is suddenly getting cast a lot he may have a low grade colic that may turn nasty fast. Happened to a friend of mine. Lovely gelding. Awful unnatural conditions he was kept in. The owner was originally gonna keep him as a stallion (der - bog standard riding school, NO stallion facilities) but he started to crib bite. Not surprised really as he only had an hour or two solitary turnout in the school a couple of times a week. Talk about stress. So she had him gelded and one of the instructors took him on loan. He still had a wretched life as she worked about a 500 hour week and he was boxed except for when she rode him. Don't ask me why. Anyway, he started to get cast every so often. I didn't like the look of it as he'd just lie there without even trying to move. I think he was in low grade pain for weeks before the final episode of true colic. Surgery. Never recovered. Poor, poor horse and poor, poor instructor who worshipped him. He was a total poppet and didn't deserve that. Be suspicious if your horse suddenly starts getting cast regularly.
 
Referring to Box of Frogs post. Horse at our stable is boxed 24/7 may go out once a week. it is constantly grinding its teeth. Its only three so must be terrible unhappy kept in. Also has been cast several times.
 
My mare's been cast twice even though she's in a 14x14 stable! Now got timber anti cast rail up and when she got stuck against back wall we pulled her over with a couple of lunge lines. Some horse panic so for obvious reasons watch out for their legs.
 
The horse of mine who broke his neck used to always get cast. At least once every couple of weeks. This went on for about 2 years. The bizarre thing about it was that he has always lived outside 24/7 and only a couple of times did he ever become cast in his shelter. He has been cast next to fences mainly. He used to do it because he would always lie down next to the fence and then he would roll prior to getting up, then he would end up caught upside down. Wasn't really his fault though as he couldn't move like normal horses.

He is a fanastic horse to pull out of being cast though. He does not kick or move at all. He will wait until I have gone to get another person to help me pull him over and he doesn't fight. I always ask whomever is helping to take his front leg and I take the hind leg. Then we pull and roll him back over. He never used to get up until we were out of the way and then he would quietly stand up and go about his business.

Thankfully he seems to have fully recovered (finally) from his horrific injury. He has regained full mobility of his body and neck and he hasn't been cast for a long while now.
 
One of our horses used to get cast quite often - although she usually managed to free herself, but it is worrying in case she injures herself doing it. So we put the stripe of rubber round the wall of the stable (a bit like a dado rail in a house - and a similar sort of height). You can buy them from companies who make rubber matting (I think Fieldsafe make them). That really works well, very easy to put up and not too expensive, and gives them something to get their feet against to push if they are cast. She definitely gets stuck a lot less often now.
 
Good post spider - I wouldn't know what to do either (but I can change a wheel on a car!) I like to think I'd know what to do in an emergency!
 
I'd never had a horse get cast until today ! my tb mare had been lying down in a yard next to the fence, rolled and got stuck. Luckily somebody saw her and raised the alarm - what surprised me is she never panicked, just lay still and waited for help. we tried to dismantle the fence but she was still stuck and so using lunge reins we pulled her away from the fence and she stood up . Big relief !! shes got a few cuts and scrapes but could of been alot worse.
 
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