Is Adrian going to be okay? He's been eating garden waste.

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Adrian is a 5 yo ISH who lives out 24/7 with his friend Jenny on 2.5 acres of poor to average grass.

I went to catch him in for a jumping lesson today & to my horror all 4 legs were quite badly filled. O/h & I had a walk around the paddocks & found that one of our neighbours whose garden backs onto the field has kindly put a huge heap of garden waste, hedge clippings etc right next to the fence.

There's nothing there which looks poisonous but obviously I can't tell what he's eaten or how much. I'm pretty sure there weren't any fresh grass clippings on the heap.

His legs are swollen & his feet are slightly warm but not hot. He's walking slightly carefully but stride length is normal. Not at all reluctant to move. He doesn't seem to be at all colicky. He has done a normal poo. He's bright in himself & his appetite is normal.

Jumping teacher has seen him & said to keep him in overnight & call the vet in the morning if he's no better. Does this seem reasonable? Obviously we're going to electric fence off that part of the field before he goes out again. Also he lives at home so I can keep a close eye on him for the next 24 hours.

Is there anything else I could do or should be worrying about?
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Bl**dy neighbours.
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Awwww (((((HUGS))))

I had this with a very elderly Highland and a giant pile of fermenting grass cuttings when I was a child. Neighbours thought they were giving him a treat.


I hope everything is fine and that Adrian is bright and well in the morning.
 
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Stupid bloody people, do they not realise the damage they could do???
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Hope he continues to recover well
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No, probably not.

Fingers crossed he's ok, I'd have a quick word with them asking them not to - can't see why they'd mind as they probably had no idea at all.
 
We've already asked one lot of neighbours (nicely!) not to leave grass clippings where he can reach them. I looked out of the window one morning & saw A very intently up to something in one corner of the field so went to investigate & was in time to interrupt him gorging himself... As jemima_too says, they thought they were giving him a treat...

Thank goodness I didn't sleep in that morning or there might have been consequences.
 
I've just this second been to take him an apple. He's chirpy, doesn't appear to be in pain & has been amusing himself by washing his hay in his water bucket.

His legs are still huge but I s'pose they aren't going to go down until he gets turned out tomo.
 
Woken up at 6 by him neighing to be let out. Very full of himself & towed me down the field. Normal in every respect except for the huge legs. I've turned him out in the bottom field away from the garden waste in the hope that they'll go down if he walks about. O/h is working from home this morning so can keep an eye on him.
 
Great to hear that he's fine! Hopefully when you get back tonight his legs will be back to normal.
 
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Adrian's been out all day with the garden waste corner electric fenced off. His legs have gone down by about 50% - the tendons are now visible on all legs altho they're def still puffy.

His feet are cold & he's not at all pottery. I took him in the school & mooched about in walk for 15 mins to see how he felt, then did another 5 mins with a bit of trot & he felt fine. O/h said he looked good. His legs had gone down a little more when we'd finished.

So hopefully we're in the clear. Altho he did do about 5 single coughs over the 20 mins & he never normally coughs, so I hope that's not going to be the next thing.
 
Glad to hear he is ok.

There is a dry cough going round at the moment, I am Essex based - have heard it is a mild virus. Know personally of a few horses with it.

Chancer had a dry tickly cough for just over a week but no other symptoms. I gave him the week off just in case and he had a horselyx respiratory lick which he very much enjoyed.

He is now back to normal with the very occasional cough.
 
I had the same problem with my mare when my last yard decided to put the whole of the yard onto a field that had been rested and left to grow knee high with out most of the owners knowledge. At least three horses including mine had swollen legs but could walk ok.

I stabled mine and walked her out on the road which got the swelling down after two days, I then put her green gaurd Muzzle on when she went out (she was out 24 hours a day but had to be stabled at night after that) and the yard owners didn't move the horses after being asked to top the field.

Not long after that we moved.
 
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