Ok, I am just a total bonehead. I totally cause my
horse to tie up and I should have known better. She had lost a little
weight so I brought her in from pasture so I could figure out how much food she
was eating (instead of miss piggy pasture mate). And I added a little
more Equine Sr and gave her some orchard hay mixed with her timothy (which is
not her favorite anyhow). Then I figured out that she needs her teeth
done so I figured I’d leave her in a stall and run til I get her teeth
done, which will be almost the end of the month unfortunately.
So I just kept giving her extra Equine Sr and lots of beet
pulp. Events worked out that she hasn’t been ridden for the past
few days either but today the snow melted and the sky was blue so we decided to
go do a quick ride over lunch. We didn’t go real fast because it
was mucky, but we were trotting.
Suddenly I noticed that her neck was sweatier than
normal. We were climbing a hill and going slower than normal, I thought
because it was muddy and I’d asked her to go slow. At the top of
the hill she was trembling so I got off and we slowly led back, checking to see
if she was unwilling to walk because I was pretty sure what I’d
done. She was willing the whole way and her muscles didn’t seem
incredibly tight so we kept going. We did about 3.5 miles total, 1.3
miles after I realized something was wrong.
I got a blanket on her, her pulse was around 60, gave some
bute and let her decide what she wanted to do. I did see her pee and it
was reddish, but a clear red like food dye. She hasn’t had any real
difficulty walking, but her rump muscles are harder than normal. We called
the vet and he said we were doing the right things.
Anything else I should be doing? What should I be
considering for a return to work as far as timeframe and distance/speed?
I would like to put her back on pasture during the days (there’s not much
grass, but there is some, I thought I’d let her eat in a stall first,
then go out and come back in for evening feeding) – does this make sense?
Upcoming plans were to do a medium paced (5mph) 10 mile
moonlight ride this Saturday and a 25 mile easy competition the following
Saturday. Should I consider both of these to be out of the
question? Or what signs should I look for? I considered her in
shape to do a 50 at this point, but we were just going to do the 25 because we’re
bringing along a new rider. I’ve got a backup horse or else I’ll
just crew if it is too soon to consider her getting back to work.
Any suggestions appreciated – haven’t done this
one before and don’t want to do it again!
Marlene
Marlene
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