Tripping - would u worry??

[MrsMagoo]

Was lunging my mare monday night and she kept tripping, well stumbling on her front right..would this be something you would worry about?? Does it mean anything?

 

[Paint it Lucky]

Depends, i assume you checked the ground to see it wasn't unlevel/ stoney etc. How long since she was last shod, if along time then her feet may be getting a bit long and this could cause her to trip, even if she has been shod recently i would ask a farrier for advice as good ones do know a lot about hooves! I would check her hooves for heat. Is this the first time she's done this? What pace did she trip in, could it have been just laziness/ tiredness? Was she in sidereins? Prehps they were too tight? Would see how she is today, if she continues to trip and she is not due for shoeing i would be worried and ask yard managers advice. If it continues i would call the vet.

 

[MrsMagoo]

Well last shod end of Feb and due 12th April so not that long, and she was tripping in trot. She was in a pessoa which I have used times before and hadnt noticed her tripping (def not school as its nice rubber/sand

) Hmm prob just laziness as you say and im panicking over nothing lol...

 

[B_2_B]

one of the mares at Mossburn stumbles all the time! she just doesn't pick her feet u properly. it's quite unnerving sometimes if she properly trip. and if she doesn't want her feet picked out she just drops her hoof so you can't keep a hold of it and her foot bends at the ankle! she's got really bendy feet lol

 

[Nailed]

the only time i have come of ted x 3 times were all when ted stumbled and fell..
Thats because he is not croop high but his hind legs are about a foot longer than his front.
Loux

 

[Dovorian]

I'm sure that this will not appply but I am sure it can be a symptom associated with some heart deisese. I had a horse which started to stumble a lot and he had a murmer.

 

[Petrie]

I think stumbling, especially if it's on the same leg all the time, can be an indication of a problem, so I would have it checked out, but then I'm super-fussy!

Stumbling can be a sympton of navicular, for example.

I should think it's something innocent, but it's worth catching things early if there is a problem.

 

[Shilasdair]

Stumbling, toe dragging and reduced co-ordination can be a sign of selenium deficience (as some areas of pasture don't have enough in the soil). It affects horses which live out and don't get supplements or much hard feed, and is really easy to correct!
Good luck
S