Sweating in stable

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Several times over the past few days I’ve noticed my 8 year old cob getting sweaty in the stable, especially around his neck. He’s unclipped but it’s been quite chilly here and he’s not been exercising as he’s just standing around eating hay. He’s been retired from being ridden due to completely out of character, unpredictable bursts of explosive behaviour - he’s normally a very calm ‘energy conserver’ but every now and again he will suddenly panic and run blind. Nothing found on x-rays and scoped clear for ulcers so our vet’s best guess is an abnormal facet joint which could be causing sudden twinges of pain. His bloods were normal apart from one finding which suggested a mild myopathy but not severe enough to be causing the behaviour. But now he’s started getting oddly sweaty and I’m wondering if it’s all connected? He’s coming in during the day for a few hours off the grass to try to lose a bit of weight. He’s got the company of another fatty and doesn’t seem at all stressed - just sweaty - any ideas?
 
He's young for it but it can be a side effect of Cushings.
However I would expect he is just a bit warm as the weather isn't particularly cold for horses. You could clip a strip off under his neck and chest if he carries on being sweaty.
 
I clipped my retired cob about a month ago. She just grows too much winter coat and overheats through autumn.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with her, she just grows a thick coat, always has done.

I was mucking out in a T shirt yesterday.
 
I had to have four of mine stabled for a vet visit. One was quite chilled and one really stressed, bucking, kicking out, box walking and trying to jump the door. The other two just stood being groomed. The vet took heart rate readings before vaccinating and the really stressed one had a low heart rate but the chilled out one had a heart rate through the roof. Moral is that those looking all calm and serene could be really stressed by being stabled.
 
rabatsa said:
I had to have four of mine stabled for a vet visit. One was quite chilled and one really stressed, bucking, kicking out, box walking and trying to jump the door. The other two just stood being groomed. The vet took heart rate readings before vaccinating and the really stressed one had a low heart rate but the chilled out one had a heart rate through the roof. Moral is that those looking all calm and serene could be really stressed by being stabled.
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We’ve unfortunately had quite a few vet visits recently and his heart rate is definitely no higher than normal - he’s in for a few hours during the day to get him off the grass and he really doesn’t seem stressed at all, certainly less stressed than he would be with a bout of laminitis ..
 
Not sure about either your temperature nor the thickness of his fur. But my Icelandic got sweaty in the stable when he wasn't clipped. He got a fur typical for the breed, nothing too extreme, and I'd estimate that it was about -10° inside. He was young and showed no other signs so I just assumed that he was too warm and clipped him a little in the front, solved the issue.
 
Muddy unicorn said:
Possibly but the day I first noticed it was really cold and he was just standing in the stable, not running around
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Mine gets too warm just stood in a stable. He lives out but we have a stable that he goes into to keep him contained when I take my horse out hacking. I cannot have him in for even an hour or two without him being at least bib clipped. He even sweats just walking him out for a short inhand walk. It's just so mild at the moment and he has a thick coat.
 
Could it be condensation rather than sweat? Our indoor-barn type stables can get very damp from condensation sometimes and it can leave my lad with a damp mane/fur (he’s quite hairy for TB).
 
I had similar with daughter’s pony in the trailer, she had a bib clip which did nothing so now has a trace.

A few years ago, New Years Eve to be specific she was in during the day, I went to turn her out about 3/4pm and she was sweating and puffing.

Not wanting to be the d!ck who called the vet at midnight I called them out, they gave a painkiller and took bloods, we all expected a colic incoming…

£300 later we all came to the conclusion she was just hot 🫣
 
HopOnTrot said:
I had similar with daughter’s pony in the trailer, she had a bib clip which did nothing so now has a trace.

A few years ago, New Years Eve to be specific she was in during the day, I went to turn her out about 3/4pm and she was sweating and puffing.

Not wanting to be the d!ck who called the vet at midnight I called them out, they gave a painkiller and took bloods, we all expected a colic incoming…

£300 later we all came to the conclusion she was just hot 🫣
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I nearly did the same 2 weeks ago. Toasty pony mentioned in my post above was puffing a bit in her stable. We had recently moved over to the winter paddocks so she had been out on more grass than she’d been used too.
Hoping that she just needed a massive fart I walked her in the arena to get things moving.
I eventually came to the conclusion she was simply too hot….and hand walking her wasn’t helping!
 
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