Posted 2012-07-08 9:52 PM (#145457) Subject: ANY Ideas about horses death
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Location: Nashville tn
Our 15 year old unregistered QH died last week unsure of cause due to us not knowing breeding vet maybe HYPP but if you have ideas please share here is details. Horse did not want to load in trailer after 1 hour got him loaded this is fairly new to us trailer 2007 keifer 3 horse slant put him middle stall no other horses going after 30 min husband noticed hooves coming out face guard of window pulled off he had both hooves stuck in bars got him down from manger just a scratch or 2 when arrived at camp noon horse seemed fine munched on hay drank ect it was hot 100 but shady rode 2 hours along river wading water came back tied to picket line after 1 hr started crossing back hind feet legs like muscle cramp tying up went down stiff all over like rock hard breathing and racing heart vet gave Valium banimine and fluids horse was alert with eyes but could not stand died 3 hours later Very sad thanks for input
Posted 2012-07-10 7:47 AM (#145490 - in reply to #145457) Subject: RE: ANY Ideas about horses death
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Posts: 326 Location: central IL
Sounds like he "tied up" to me. It's not a pretty sight.
Happened to a friend one time after getting lost on the trails. His horse was not in good enough condition to have been out as long as we unexpectedly were. His horse had a better outcome though. Sorry about your loss.
Posted 2012-07-10 2:58 PM (#145502 - in reply to #145457) Subject: RE: ANY Ideas about horses death
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Posts: 2453 Location: Northern Utah
The horses I've seen with Heart attacks or burst aorta. Go down pretty fast. They don't linger for several hours. They are dead in 15 minutes or less.
If the horse got excited ( as you describe) he may have not drank enoughwhen he should and just got dehydrated. did you check a Skin Pinch or Capillary Refill? If he got dehydrated it could have shut down his kidneys or caused the cramping.
I've not had any experience with tying up. So can't offer any advice on that.
Sometimes horses just die. You could spend a bunch of money have a Necropsy done, so you know the cause. But in the end the horse is gone. A friend had her horse up last weekend riding in the mountains. A thunderstorm blew across and temps plumeted. Horse coliced and was gone in a couple of hours. Questions are asked, Was it the sudden change of tempeture, the morning ride, new grass along the horse nibbled on along the trail? We will never know.
Posted 2012-07-14 11:56 AM (#145589 - in reply to #145457) Subject: RE: ANY Ideas about horses death
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Posts: 316 Location: Illinois
Without having a necropsy performed on the horse, you will only be able to guess. It's possible the horse did sustain an internal injury when he tried to climb out the window. You say you had a Vet out, I would think the Vet would have had a pretty good idea of what the problem was and cause. Otherwise a necropsy would be the only way to find out the actual cause of death.
ANY Ideas about horses death
