[RC] Horse Health Question - Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk
I apologize in advance for this not being endurance related,
really.? A friend’s 10 year old quarter horse mare had a seizure of some
kind on Friday.? Here are some details:
1)Has had
mysterious gashes and cuts in the past (tho horses are good for this no matter
what)
2)Foaled about
2 months ago
3)On hay,
water, dry pasture
4)At about 2 ½
hrs after incident, I got there and gave the horse Banamine; checked heart
rate, etc.? Heart rate was 100, from stress and pain, probably/obviously
5)The vet got
there later in the afternoon and took fecal and blood samples (heart rate at
that time was 45) and while she didn’t really have much to go on, it
seems her blood calcium levels were low and she was hypoglycemic…odd.?
Anyway, the vet is competent but not a nutritionist nor an
equine vet exclusively.? I was hoping that the vets (Heidi, Susan G, etc) might
be able to make some suggestions or if others have had these issues with a
horse, there might be some ideas.? I’m thinking it must be symptoms of
something not just isolated issues.? Any thoughts, anyone.? Please feel free to
post privately as this is not really endurance stuff.
