hobbyhorse23
Well-Known Member
What IS it in the last two months with going out to feed and finding horses that I left perfectly fine, suddenly sick??
Spyder is eating fine now, bright-eyed and cheerful, but this morning Kody's got some sort of neurological problem! He seemed normal when I let the dog out, walking quickly up to the fence and tossing his head while he stared at me and demanded breakfast. But when I went out to feed something was a little off as he backed away from the gate for me and when I went to give him a treat for doing a nice halter stretch he suddenly jumped away from my hand and practically fell over as he did!
Of course major alarm bells went off in my head upon seeing that and as I tried to close with him he continued to shy sideways and stumble in the hind end. I finally got him to stand still and he let me run my hand down all his limbs (standing solidly at that point) but when I offered him another treat he shied to the other side and again wobbled and stumbled in the back end. He then led me down to the barn at a good clip, moving pretty normally and even breaking into a trot, but every time he stopped he'd have to catch himself.
He's obviously been playing with both his pasture toys today and was perfectly fine at 11PM last night, rearing with good balance and laying down easily and doing all his tricks. Whatever this is hit fast and doesn't seem to be affecting his personality, only his control of his body. He cleaned up last night's dinner and wants food and treats this morning but acts like they're going to electrify him if he touches them.
If I'm really lucky it will turn out to be an inner ear infection or something else stupid and easy to fix. I don't think EPM or West Nile comes on this fast or that he'd be playing with his toys and acting so normally otherwise if he had one of those. But I'm still freaking out and would really appreciate good thoughts until the vet gets here!
Maybe it's something in the new bale of hay I opened last night except that Spyder seems fine and he's been eating it too....
Leia
He's obviously been playing with both his pasture toys today and was perfectly fine at 11PM last night, rearing with good balance and laying down easily and doing all his tricks. Whatever this is hit fast and doesn't seem to be affecting his personality, only his control of his body. He cleaned up last night's dinner and wants food and treats this morning but acts like they're going to electrify him if he touches them.
If I'm really lucky it will turn out to be an inner ear infection or something else stupid and easy to fix. I don't think EPM or West Nile comes on this fast or that he'd be playing with his toys and acting so normally otherwise if he had one of those. But I'm still freaking out and would really appreciate good thoughts until the vet gets here!
Leia
