Omg my heart sank!!!

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My_chestnut_mare

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Omg I got the shock of my life this morning!!!
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Took my son to school then went up to check on the horses i got to the field and couldn't see them then got out and here they were both laying flat out not moving i shouted on them and shouted on them and no move meant nothing.

I then went running over to them and hari kinda lifted her head as if to say mum what you doing we are sleepy.

they must of been in a deep sleep.

Can horses do that?

Ant ways i had to get them up just to make sure they were ok but dont think they were to best pleased with me.
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LOL! Reminds me of us and FB - we NEVER see him lie down except when he is feeling colicky so when the neighbour told us he was 'lying down sunbathing' in the paddock we raced up there in a panic!

He was, in fact, lying there flat out, sunbathing and looked most ticked off about being made to get up and trot about so we could listen to his guts
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My friends three often all lie down flat, noses to the middle and just snooze for about twenty minutes or so. I think they do it in the morning after a night of being quiet and alert in case the 'wolves' come for them!
 
I HATE it when horses do that
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On my yard we have indoor stables, at one end of the building is a typical stable door and on the other a full door which is slid open and always makes a noise. Years and years ago when I first got one of my ponies he had to be stabled due to laminitis and at this point the stables were just stand in stalls so he had to be kept in one of those until we converted them. One morning went through the sliding door to see his bum poking out the end and he was laid down, he ALWAYS whinnied at the door opening or whenever you called him. He didn't, so I called him, again nothing. I didn't dare go and look, so ran back to the house in floods of tears convinced he was dead (I was only young) went back with my dad and he was still down and silent, went up to him and he whinnied and looked very happy when he saw us.
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ETA - I can see my fields from the house and always panic if I see my horse laid down as I very rarely see him laid flat out. The other two in the field are laid flat quite a bit out especially if it is sunny.
 
All the horses here lie down and sleep
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- especially in the sunshine
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!! Some days it looks like they have all keeled over - all you can see are the Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's floating over the fields
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!! Myself and the YO are used to it - morning kip is between 9.30 and 11 - but a lot of the other owners never see their horses lying down so do panic!!
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Couldnt find my old horse this summer...couldnt see him in the field- and he is white so tends to stand out....cue heart racing etc etc...turns out he was catching a few Z's in the long grass......as I was pacing the field his head popped up and voila-there he was
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I know exactly what you mean, it's quite a scare!!!

I had just taken over a pony on loan as a companion who was around 25-30 years old. He'd only been in the field a couple of weeks when I went up to check them as usual one morning and he was lying flat out. He did not respond to my voice, or me walking over to him, eventually I was shouting his name over his head and he was not answering - by this time I was sure he was dead and was wondering what I was going to say to his owners!!! He finally moved when I touched him, but by then he had already given me a heart attack!
 
Reminds me of friends who had a shock from F & B one day. They had been out 24/7, and F was flat out and not moving. B was standing over him, picking up his hoof by his teeth (F wore over reach boots) and dropping it, for all the world like he was trying to get his friend up. This happened several times and still no movement from F, so friends ran over, one dialing vets on mobile, the other his owner... until they get close to him and he raises his head and looks at them, sleepy but certainly not dead!
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Apparently it was an odd phone call to receive.
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Heh, "morning kip" in the Spooky Pony's field also seems to be between 9:30 and 11---wonder if that's common horsey sleepy time? He's often the only one standing---I've only seen him down once or twice.
 
I regularly used to find my mare like this --> asleep

The YM tells me that she'd usually get down and have a nap around 11ish every morning. 9/10 times when i'd go to get her in the morning on a weekend she'd be slumped out asleep and it would take me a good five minutes to get the lazy bag up. It would then be accompanied by the loudest groans and grunts as she "had to" heave herself up.
 
It sure does give you a fright!! My bro-in-law came round the other night and told me mine had given him the fright of his life. He had gone into the field on the quad bike and he was lying flat out,nose to the ground about half way down the field. As he approached, he was thinking, surely he will get up soon, but nope, he just lay there. He was convinced something was wrong and drove right up to him!! Engine still running, he touched his face and horsey just opened one eye and sighed, as if to say "what now". He then drove off and twenty minutes later he was still sunbathing. Must be very relaxed!
 
We are forever getting calls from the police and the SSPCA telling us we have 'dead' horses in the field...
We have a herd of 18 in one field (young cobs over 30 acres) and they are always lying flat out. even in the rain!! (idiots)....... it's an ongoing joke with them now....... they ring to say - you have another dead horse in the field .......... poor public...... always seem to think horses never lie down....
 
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