GermanyJo
Well-Known Member
HI
Anyone any experience of this? I have read a few things on the internet about it , but would be interested to hear of anyone having seen this.
Just as background, my horse is relatively fit, he is ridden every day - either schooling, jumping or hacking for min an hour a day - he is fit enough to be doing a english equivalent Intro or Prenovice ODE.
It is very warm here at the moment (same as you guys I think... 30 degrees.. horrible humidity etc etc).. On Saturday we went to a hunter trial... about 40 mins in the lorry - Mickey has not been out much in the last 12 months so he was extremely wet when we got to the competition - only managed to get half way round the course (another story
).. so did not really exert ourselves too much ! - journey back got very wet again (we are talking lorry floor swimming).
Sunday we only hacked out quietly.. Monday 40 mins schooling - Tuesday back to the hunter trial to have a school through the water (where we had the problem) - same story with the travelling.. very wet on arrival .. did not sweat too much whilst working - but very wet when we got home again.
Got to the yard yesterday.. he is looking fine.. had a short jumping lesson - went well .. full energy.
when I finished heard some girls talking to my boyfriend saying that Mickey was making some funny noises when they went to lock up last night... sounded a bit like hiccuping they said... they went in the box, checked him out.. he stopped making the noise then started to eat his hay as normal.
..... I have thought about the whole day and cannot think of what it could have been.. he does not windsuck... and I asked them if he was moving his head and neck and they said no........
Might be nothing.. but am wondering if it could be SDF? ... he is fed on a good quality muesli at the recommended amounts for body weight , fully balanced.. the only extra he gets is Magnitude. He has a salt lick in the box, but I have yet to see him use it.
sorry it is so long... probably something or nothing , but thought I would post and see if anyone had any comments.
Horse in himself is in good form.. drinking normally etc.. but just a bit worried and wondered if I should be getting a blood test done for electrolyte levels?
If any of you feed electrolytes would be interested to hear how often and whether in feed or water... I used to give the hunters some after hunting when I did them years ago.. but they were doing a bit more work than Mickey
Anyone any experience of this? I have read a few things on the internet about it , but would be interested to hear of anyone having seen this.
Just as background, my horse is relatively fit, he is ridden every day - either schooling, jumping or hacking for min an hour a day - he is fit enough to be doing a english equivalent Intro or Prenovice ODE.
It is very warm here at the moment (same as you guys I think... 30 degrees.. horrible humidity etc etc).. On Saturday we went to a hunter trial... about 40 mins in the lorry - Mickey has not been out much in the last 12 months so he was extremely wet when we got to the competition - only managed to get half way round the course (another story
).. so did not really exert ourselves too much ! - journey back got very wet again (we are talking lorry floor swimming). Sunday we only hacked out quietly.. Monday 40 mins schooling - Tuesday back to the hunter trial to have a school through the water (where we had the problem) - same story with the travelling.. very wet on arrival .. did not sweat too much whilst working - but very wet when we got home again.
Got to the yard yesterday.. he is looking fine.. had a short jumping lesson - went well .. full energy.
when I finished heard some girls talking to my boyfriend saying that Mickey was making some funny noises when they went to lock up last night... sounded a bit like hiccuping they said... they went in the box, checked him out.. he stopped making the noise then started to eat his hay as normal.
..... I have thought about the whole day and cannot think of what it could have been.. he does not windsuck... and I asked them if he was moving his head and neck and they said no........
Might be nothing.. but am wondering if it could be SDF? ... he is fed on a good quality muesli at the recommended amounts for body weight , fully balanced.. the only extra he gets is Magnitude. He has a salt lick in the box, but I have yet to see him use it.
sorry it is so long... probably something or nothing , but thought I would post and see if anyone had any comments.
Horse in himself is in good form.. drinking normally etc.. but just a bit worried and wondered if I should be getting a blood test done for electrolyte levels?
If any of you feed electrolytes would be interested to hear how often and whether in feed or water... I used to give the hunters some after hunting when I did them years ago.. but they were doing a bit more work than Mickey
