Tying Up

[skewbaldmillie]

Just posting to see if anyone happens to have any alternative management suggestions that have made a difference, already had multiple vets opinions and following all their advice!


I have a 9 year old warmblood mare who has a real issue with recurrently tying up. First happened the day after arriving when I purchased her 2 years ago and whilst we’ve managed to get away with minor stiffness and very gradually fittening so far, this weekend she tyed up severely from spooking on a walk hack.

She’s already turned out daily, muzzled to restrict grass intake and fed analysed soaked hay. Always hand walked before turned out or ridden, really slow warm up and cool offs, exercise sheet on and hind end never clipped. She’s fed recovery mash and vitamin E and Selenium, nothing else. We’ve tried increasing fitness on Dantrolene but always seems to go backwards as soon as we try to wean her off. She’s been tested for PSSM and is negative.

Has anybody found anything different that helps? Willing to give pretty much anything a try at this point.

 

[P.forpony]

Have you had ck levels checked and if so what kind of elevations has she shown?

And what dosage of vitamin E is she on currently?

 

[TGM]

Recovery Mash is 10% starch and 6% sugar and contains barley flakes, so I would try to find something lower in sugar and starch. You say that she is turned out daily - is it possible for her to live out 24/7? The amount of turnout makes a huge difference to our horse who ties up, he is much better out at night and in during the day. His tying up incidents have often been when he is kept in overnight.

 

[Birker2020]

Recovery Mash is 10% starch and 6% sugar and contains barley flakes, so I would try to find something lower in sugar and starch. You say that she is turned out daily - is it possible for her to live out 24/7? The amount of turnout makes a huge difference to our horse who ties up, he is much better out at night and in during the day. His tying up incidents have often been when he is kept in overnight.

I know someone who has a gelding who ties up and she keeps him t/o as much as possible. He's done BE at quite a high level but she still finds it hard to control from time to time.

 

[SEL]

How much vitamin E? Have you done a blood test for selenium levels? I'd do manganese and magnesium too.

Have your vets recommended a muscle biopsy?She sounds like RER rather than PSSM if a spook can cause a tie -up & she does well on dantrolene. A biopsy would tell you for certain what's going on