Slight panic!

[poiuytrewq]

I’m away for the weekend and daughter is looking after horses in the morning and someone else PM
She hasn’t done horses in years now but is capable of general looking after of them now and then.
Got sent this this morning

Super impressed she remembered or even knew to put her weight on his head whilst he was thrashing and try to get help. She had been unable to move him at all herself.

She called a non horsey male friend who luckily was staying at his parents locally and was there fast.
They managed to get a lunge line under him and pull him round.
He’s up and fine.
I’m incredibly impressed at essentially two
Non equestrians managing to get a at the time
Struggling TB up.
I’d asked her to get off and take the photo in the hope I could direct how to try and get him up, I didn’t have to though as friend arrived and they got to work!

What on earth would you do though if there was no one to call?!
It’s happened countless times to me at work but there’s always someone to call on.
This horse did it once before and I was by myself. He ended up smashing the wooden dividing wall in.
He’s going to have to not be stabled I think, it makes me think though I don’t really have much back up where we are. Mr P and the farm guys are great at things if they/I are around but this did make me worry this morning.

I *think I’m this situ he may have been able to get up after resting perhaps but she said it was still or mad thrashing

 

[asmp]

Gosh. How scary. It’s only happened to me once and my horse just lay there waiting to be helped (fortunately he did it while I was there).

Not heard of putting weight on the head to stop the thrashing though

 

[Lurfy]

That's so scary, I am really glad your daughter and friend got your boy free. My tb got cast in his stable twice and was sore both times. He hasn't been stabled for years now, never again.

 

[Edgehog]

Pop an anti cast roller on him https://www.robinsonsequestrian.co.uk/hkm-anti-cast-roller/p5833

 

[snowangel5]

Jeez that looks incredible frightening but well done to the friend and daughter I remember seeing in a horse magazine years ago if that happens the word that was used was casting if I remember right

 

[Honey08]

My horse actually sleeps like that every day, curled up in the corner like a dog. Scares the life out of me every time I see him, but he always gets up. He had cracked two kick boards though.

 

[snowangel5]

My horse actually sleeps like that every day, curled up in the corner like a dog. Scares the life out of me every time I see him, but he always gets up. He had cracked two kick boards though.

has he done that with any other horse owners before he came to live with you or has he only done it twice with you Has he ever done it in the field as well or just the stable

 

[Love]

Mine went through a period of getting himself cast when he was younger and on box rest with a lavage system in his eye. An anti cast roller stopped it happening and he only had to wear it overnight as during the day the yard Owner and staff were always on site. His was a quite heavy leather one as was all I could get at the time but have seen lighter webbing ones too

 

[poiuytrewq]

The scary bit was just sitting in a hotel bed being totally unable to deal with it.
Also the one person who’s super close and able to sort horse mess out and usually says she will be on call if needed was also away!

 

[Snowfilly]

Gosh. How scary. It’s only happened to me once and my horse just lay there waiting to be helped (fortunately he did it while I was there).

Not heard of putting weight on the head to stop the thrashing though

Yes, always push the head down if they’re down and panicking. It also helps to keep you away from flying hooves. You can kneel on the crest of the neck and brace down onto the cheek with your hands if it’s safe to get into that position.

9/10 times, it freezes them into a panic mode type response and they stay still like a rabbit on its back.

 

[Honey08]

has he done that with any other horse owners before he came to live with you or has he only done it twice with you Has he ever done it in the field as well or just the stable

We’ve had him 17 years. It’s his normal way of sleeping- this is a photo of him this week, you can see how close his legs are to the wall. Sometimes he is like a dog, almost curled up in the corner. He’s a big 17h horse, but he’s in a 14’ stable, got loads of room in there.

 

[Birker2020]

Me and my friends had to right a big mare once who had got cast. She was very heavy and my friends were only five foot twins and I was recovering from a slipped disc! Technique won out and we managed to get lunge lines under the bottom feet and haul her over.

Mines been cast before. Horses are stoopid! I know one old boy got cast under the only tree in a 40 acre field!

 

[SEL]

You must have felt so helpless not being there

I've turned a cast horse on my own - desperation because there was no one around. I did grab my crash hat with the lunge rope though.

Fortunately he sort of helped himself too scrabbling around.

The last one there were two of us and he just lay there with his legs sticking up the wall looking ridiculous. We rolled him back and he got up like nothing had happened (wasn't the brightest..)

I'd be buying wine for your friends!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I’m away for the weekend and daughter is looking after horses in the morning and someone else PM
She hasn’t done horses in years now but is capable of general looking after of them now and then.
Got sent this this morning View attachment 141760

Super impressed she remembered or even knew to put her weight on his head whilst he was thrashing and try to get help. She had been unable to move him at all herself.

She called a non horsey male friend who luckily was staying at his parents locally and was there fast.
They managed to get a lunge line under him and pull him round.
He’s up and fine.
I’m incredibly impressed at essentially two
Non equestrians managing to get a at the time
Struggling TB up.
I’d asked her to get off and take the photo in the hope I could direct how to try and get him up, I didn’t have to though as friend arrived and they got to work!

What on earth would you do though if there was no one to call?!
It’s happened countless times to me at work but there’s always someone to call on.
This horse did it once before and I was by myself. He ended up smashing the wooden dividing wall in.
He’s going to have to not be stabled I think, it makes me think though I don’t really have much back up where we are. Mr P and the farm guys are great at things if they/I are around but this did make me worry this morning.

I *think I’m this situ he may have been able to get up after resting perhaps but she said it was still or mad thrashing

We had a few cast here, its hard when they trash but once you have the rope round the lower legs you can flip them but you need two people. Pony is the only one who struggled as by the time we came out she had got up. scary though. We always have two lunge lines outside the tack room for emergencies

 

[Fjord]

Wow, kudos to your daughter and her friend! I've heard of putting a board round the wall part way up, to give them something to push against, not sure if it works though.

 

[sbloom]

How composed of her, brilliant.

Pop an anti cast roller on him https://www.robinsonsequestrian.co.uk/hkm-anti-cast-roller/p5833

Sadly they're not good for posture, muscling etc. An anti cast strip around the stable might be worth a try but it depends on the horse and situation.

 

[ITPersonnage]

Strips like these could have saved you all a a panic https://fieldguard.com/shop/anti-cast-strips-m12/ but very good reactions, well done daughter!

 

[poiuytrewq]

Strips like these could have saved you all a a panic https://fieldguard.com/shop/anti-cast-strips-m12/ but very good reactions, well done daughter!

The site won’t load properly! I can see a photo but nothing else!
How do they work? Just by giving a lip for the horse to push against?


We are home now and he’s ok! He does have a scuff to the inside of a hind leg but it’s surface only and hasn’t even broken the skin really so he was pretty lucky!

 

[poiuytrewq]

I’ve just googled and read about anti cast strips.
Perfect! Thank you for that suggestion. I was going to turf him out of his stable and give him the turnout pen and shelter but I did try that when he first came back off loan and he seemed to hate it! He then made a huge point of trying to get back into “his” stable each morning so I gave in!
That’s a great solution if it works. I’ll get Mr P into it! I figure something like a fence rail attached at the correct height should work.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Yes, always push the head down if they’re down and panicking. It also helps to keep you away from flying hooves. You can kneel on the crest of the neck and brace down onto the cheek with your hands if it’s safe to get into that position.

9/10 times, it freezes them into a panic mode type response and they stay still like a rabbit on its back.

I’m really impressed and surprised she remembered that!
Funny what little snippets of info sink in sometimes!

How composed of her, brilliant.



Sadly they're not good for posture, muscling etc. An anti cast strip around the stable might be worth a try but it depends on the horse and situation.

Yes! Other than being surprised she remembered how to deal with it (being only a kid/young teen when she would have seen it) but that she didn’t go into melt down mode

Apparently they have now bonded