Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Question: weird clicking noise from horse

 Lisa - let's see.  No pasture, just a dry lot.  There is a mineral/salt
block in the pen, but she hasn't spent more time on it than usual.  I
haven't been using electrolytes for our training rides - just for the
competitions.  The last ride we did, though, I changed brands from
Farnam's Electro Dex to Enduro-Max.  At that ride, Scarlet's pulse hung
at 90 for about 2 1/2 hours after we finished, although she was perky,
trotted out fine and passed all other vet criteria.  We did feel it was
the change in electrolytes that caused her heart rate to hang.   That was
several weeks ago.  Could her body's disagreement with those electrolytes
from then be a possible cause with her problems now?  Can my vet check
for a magnesium deficiency?

Rae
Tall C Arabians - SE TX

On Thu, 16 May 2002 07:58:45 -0400 Lisa Redmond <lredmond23@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Rae--The clicking has me baffled, but the fact that Scarlet's 
> insistence on
> cantering instead of trotting and her trot feeling "weird", along 
> with the
> wobbling and trembling sound like a magnesium deficiency--it can 
> cause an
> equilibrium problem sometimes. Then you had the stiffness, which 
> sounds like
> some tetany going on there, as well.  Potassium can tie up 
> magnesium...are
> you using a lot of electrolyte supplements?  They are high in 
> potassium, so
> the mare's potassium/magnesium ratio may be off.  The clicking could 
> be a
> side effect of the tetany.  You say she cleaned up her feed without 
> any
> problem--did she by any chance spend some time eating/licking 
> mineral after
> you put her up?  If so, she may have corrected the problem herself 
> and
> that's why she's doing fine this morning.  Grass tetany (magnesium
> deficiency from eating lush spring growth) isn't something that 
> normally
> occurs in horses, but if she's on pasture as a significant portion 
> of her
> forage diet AND getting electrolyte supplementation, that could be 
> what's
> happening.
> 
> Lisa
> 
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> Subject: [RC] Question: weird clicking noise from horse
> 
> 
> Rae tallcarabians@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Ok, I'm posting as a guest because the email I subscribe to is at 
> home and
> I'm at work, but this question is starting bug me.  Last evening, I 
> took my
> mare, Scarlet, out on a run (med/fast trot) with some friends.  She 
> was
> going good and keeping a steady pace, but I started to realize that
> something just wasn't right.  For one, she kept breaking into a 
> canter and
> this is a mare that just hates to canter.  Her trot started to feel 
> a little
> wobbly, too.  So, I cut the ride short and took her home.  She was 
> not
> acting like she was tying up (that has happened once when she lived 
> in a
> show barn).  She had a very faint tremble in her neck.  No heat in 
> her legs
> or hooves and her attitude was fine - cleaned up dinner with no 
> hesitation.
> The main thing going on was that she just wasn't moving freely and 
> when I
> did get her to move, every movement would be accompianed with a 
> series of
> clicking noises.  It was kinda like when you crack your knuckles.    
> Anyone
> have any experience or suggestions as to what I should be looking 
> for here?
> She was fine this morning.  No stiffness or clicking.
> 
> Thanks
> Rae
> Tall C Arabians - TX
> 
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