seizures?

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my mare had a seizure this morning then walked backwards in circles
when my yard owner approached to catch her she was started suddenly
the only other symptom is that shes drooling excessively and that she has two ulcers (her teeth were done not a month ago by a specialist), which could be causing the drool

apart from these things she is competition fit, her heart rate and temperature is normal, no loss in appetite, no change in mood, her gums are lovely and pink, no weight loss in fact shes probs carrying a bit more because i perfer it that way for her age to be going into the winter months
after the episode she was completely fine, went back to eating and being a happy and a picture of health

we called the vet on arriving to the yard and she checked the nerves on her face, checked her mouth, pulled her legs out to see if she reaconised that they weren't in their normal place, watched her walk in a straight line while pulling her tail to see if she was strong - all led to nothing
and she took a blood sample to test for liver disease

info on the mare
16 years old
sec d x tb
148cm
chestnut
does head shake which appears to be caused by light but otherwise has been totally injury and disease free her entire life

i was just wondering
1. that if she was having seizures because of liver disease, wouldn't it suggest that she was in the very late stages and wouldn't you expect severe weightloss amongst the other symptons, all of which she doesn't have

2. has anyone had any expirence with horses that have had seizures before? any expirence of any kind?

thanks
 
Morning my tb suffers with seizure like episodes but accosiated with colic they think it Is pain when he colics than a true seizure feel free to ask any more questions
 
I had a livery many years ago that was a slight headshaker, also sunlight related, he had a major seizure type of event that required sedation to get him out of it, he was showing colic type of pain but it seemed to be more in his head than anywhere else he pushed his head into the walls of his stable then went backwards round it. It took hours for him to stabilize with no obvious reason for this he was sent off to hospital for a full work up and tests, they found nothing wrong, even stating he was not a headshaker, so he was put back into work, he still headshook, never repeated the behaviour and was eventually sold on and as far as I know the new owners had no problems.

The only explanation I could come up with was that the weather was very hot that day and he was worked hard, he was a DIY so I had nothing to do with feeding or caring for him, I think he had some imbalance of salts, electrolytes and probably dehydration but that is only a guess, at the time he was fitting no bloods were taken the vet was more concerned with getting the horse stable, it was only once he seemed ok the next day we wanted to find the cause and expected the hospital to come up with something.
 
Hi there OP. My mare has epilepsy and has been successfully treated for it since 1998. Please PM me as I have some interesting info for you. You have already given me two very significant pieces of information in your original message!
 
Lobelia posioning can cause tremors, uncoordinated gait and excessive drooling as can other types of posioning. It sounds very much like some kind of plant or substance she has ingested to me.
 
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