Nose bleed at rest??

[bunnereeny]

Ive had my boy for about a year now and in that time he has had a handful of nose bleeds at rest. Nothing when he in working always when he is just stood around but he has had 2 in the last week.

Have booked vet for friday but just wondered if anyone has had simular experience.

never a lot of blood less than 1/4 of an egg cup only ever out of one nostril

He is an 18hh 15yr old Selle Francais x TB dont know alot about his history but he was resuced from auctions last year and was extremely poor at the time and looked as if he had been for some time.

 

[Llee94]

My mare had a nose bleed once after a fall, so can't comment on the rest factor. I just know that they can get them from strenuous exercise or a trauma to the head. Maybe they just have them occasionally for no reason like us?
Horse and Hound did a article on it (you have probably already seen this) http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/horse-care/vet-advice/red-alert-equine-nosebleeds/
Hopefully the vet will be able to give you an answer and that it is nothing serious. Let us know how you get on

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

My horse gets them randomly but he has a dust allergy and was also a racehorse so he is doubley screwed! Lol!

Your horse could have banged his head that you haven't seen, could have picked up a minor nasal infection, could have yeehaa'd around the field whilst you weren't watching, not all nosebleeds show straight away so it could be work related but took a while to come through - plenty of reasons.

What colour is the blood? The brighter red it is the closer to the lungs it has come from. If it's quite dark then it's probably a nasal passage thing.

A scope won't do any harm to see if there is anything going on down there but don't be worried if you horse gets a nosebleed from the scope!

 

[Silmarillion]

My mare had them regularly, but an endoscopy showed that she had perfectly healthy guttural pouches (guttural pouch mycosis is one of the things vets check for). Vet had no idea what it was - she once got it eating dry Readigrass, I can only assume that she breathed something in! Vet told me not to worry unless it started coming from both nostrils at the same time, as that's a sign that it's from the lungs which is more serious.
My mum's gelding got a couple in the field when we first had him, in some particularly cold and dry weather. He's not had any since!