Vintage
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone.
My 36 year old veteran tonight displayed some very unusual behaviour. He had previously been mooching around his stable while the OH and I were skipping out, he will happily pass back and forth checking you out and generally being friendly. I had my back to him when my OH pointed out something was wrong.
Pony had his eyes shut, and his head was rapidly lowering. I went to reach for his head when I saw his back end dropping and his legs buckling and he staggered. He opened his eyes briefly when I had hold of his head, he almost paused and then all 4 legs buckled again sinking lower and he staggered against the wall. It was very much like he had been given a GA and was slowly sinking back ready to lay down. He had several slaps on the nose and seemed to wake up and right himself on all 4, paused for a minute and went over to my OH wondering if he had food.
Pulse was 34, 10 mins later was 40.
He is a PPID pony and is treated with prascend and a low sugar diet, he is also mostly blind in his right eye and his left isn't overly clever. He does 'nap' but has never displayed such a sudden thing before.
His energy levels have dropped recently as he was no longer on oil, which he is now back on, and though it was lateish, he was still active right up to this point where he suddenly seemed to drop off. There had also been no fireworks going off to cause a lack of sleep, so I am unsure. He seemed fine and ate his dinner afterwards with no problem.
Any thoughts?
My 36 year old veteran tonight displayed some very unusual behaviour. He had previously been mooching around his stable while the OH and I were skipping out, he will happily pass back and forth checking you out and generally being friendly. I had my back to him when my OH pointed out something was wrong.
Pony had his eyes shut, and his head was rapidly lowering. I went to reach for his head when I saw his back end dropping and his legs buckling and he staggered. He opened his eyes briefly when I had hold of his head, he almost paused and then all 4 legs buckled again sinking lower and he staggered against the wall. It was very much like he had been given a GA and was slowly sinking back ready to lay down. He had several slaps on the nose and seemed to wake up and right himself on all 4, paused for a minute and went over to my OH wondering if he had food.
Pulse was 34, 10 mins later was 40.
He is a PPID pony and is treated with prascend and a low sugar diet, he is also mostly blind in his right eye and his left isn't overly clever. He does 'nap' but has never displayed such a sudden thing before.
His energy levels have dropped recently as he was no longer on oil, which he is now back on, and though it was lateish, he was still active right up to this point where he suddenly seemed to drop off. There had also been no fireworks going off to cause a lack of sleep, so I am unsure. He seemed fine and ate his dinner afterwards with no problem.
Any thoughts?
