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Post by portiabuzz on Jun 10, 2013 13:34:30 GMT 1
i saw something about pollen count on the news today, it said more and more (people) are suffering this year, pollen count very high now weather turned warmer quickly from months of crap rain/snow (hate those words now!)
hope every ones horses are dealing with it x
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Post by mrsfields on Jun 16, 2013 12:49:40 GMT 1
quick Reggie update:
i've been upping his work since the weather has been a bit better and, until today, have been using his nose net when ridden - he's just been so relaxed and no signs of headshaking at all, so half-way thru our hack today i decided to take his nose net off to see how he was without it - he snorted a few times and did one little flick, but other than that he was absolutely fine at walk, trot and canter!
we were able to walk and trot with him long and low and stretching his neck down, and walked home on a long loose rein - absolutely thrilled to bits!
i also forgot to put my gloves on - in the past when he was headshaking i would end up with blisters if i forgot my gloves, but today my fingers were intact lol!
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Post by Catrin on Jun 17, 2013 12:35:42 GMT 1
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Post by clava on Jun 17, 2013 15:54:50 GMT 1
quick Reggie update: i've been upping his work since the weather has been a bit better and, until today, have been using his nose net when ridden - he's just been so relaxed and no signs of headshaking at all, so half-way thru our hack today i decided to take his nose net off to see how he was without it - he snorted a few times and did one little flick, but other than that he was absolutely fine at walk, trot and canter! we were able to walk and trot with him long and low and stretching his neck down, and walked home on a long loose rein - absolutely thrilled to bits! i also forgot to put my gloves on - in the past when he was headshaking i would end up with blisters if i forgot my gloves, but today my fingers were intact lol! That's brilliant Belle is also still not shaking So, I've had just two days of shaking so far this summer (when I let her on the new grass) which is amazing as the previous summers it has been 4 to 6 weeks of it . I'm struggling a little to keep weight on her without the lush grass but it is worth it to be able to ride her in the summer. Not many flies yet which might make a difference, but she seems so chilled that I'm hopeful they wont.
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Post by portiabuzz on Jun 20, 2013 14:35:35 GMT 1
great stuff! x
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Post by Kelly Marks on Jun 21, 2013 12:52:15 GMT 1
We used a fly fringe on George's noseband yesterday rather than a nosenet and it seemed to work better - another experiment worth trying? I talked to someone recently who used a suede fringe over the nose which stopped the HS completely while on and she said it was the massaging the area that made the difference.
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Post by heidi on Jun 21, 2013 14:57:17 GMT 1
I'm so glad things are going well with your boy. I do wish I had been able to find a miracle cure for my girl Sadly I lost her on Tuesday. I do wonder if it was connected to her headshaking. She was soaked in sweat and trembling, but the trembling stopped after a while when I put a Thermatex on. But she was still soaked hours later. I then bathed her and she did dry off then. But all she did was walk a triangular pattern in the field, drink lots and scratch her bottom. When the vet came out, she was found to have a low heart rate and temperature, no gut sounds and her membranes were not a good colour. As the vet started to do an internal examination (she'd only got in up to her wrist)Friendly started to stagger about in a rather dramatic fashion. Having been a broodmare, she had had internals before and just stood perfectly before. When she stopped, we had to prop her up until she found her feet. When she had, the vet said she didn't think she could see. I thought she looked as if she was about to collapse and she did. Her breathing was also very odd. I asked if it would be best to put her to sleep straight away and the vet agreed. She will be very much missed as she was such a special girl.
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Post by clava on Jun 23, 2013 6:08:18 GMT 1
We used a fly fringe on George's noseband yesterday rather than a nosenet and it seemed to work better - another experiment worth trying? I talked to someone recently who used a suede fringe over the nose which stopped the HS completely while on and she said it was the massaging the area that made the difference. For me, nose nets are not getting to the source of the problem but just act as a comforter and if they mean people can ride, many accept that is enough and then look no further for a solution (if there is one) although of course, any comfort for a headshaker is worth pursuing.
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Post by jill on Jun 23, 2013 8:49:56 GMT 1
I'm so glad things are going well with your boy. I do wish I had been able to find a miracle cure for my girl Sadly I lost her on Tuesday. I do wonder if it was connected to her headshaking. She was soaked in sweat and trembling, but the trembling stopped after a while when I put a Thermatex on. But she was still soaked hours later. I then bathed her and she did dry off then. But all she did was walk a triangular pattern in the field, drink lots and scratch her bottom. When the vet came out, she was found to have a low heart rate and temperature, no gut sounds and her membranes were not a good colour. As the vet started to do an internal examination (she'd only got in up to her wrist)Friendly started to stagger about in a rather dramatic fashion. Having been a broodmare, she had had internals before and just stood perfectly before. When she stopped, we had to prop her up until she found her feet. When she had, the vet said she didn't think she could see. I thought she looked as if she was about to collapse and she did. Her breathing was also very odd. I asked if it would be best to put her to sleep straight away and the vet agreed. She will be very much missed as she was such a special girl. So very sorry, must have been really hard being so sudden. It sounds to me that was something like an internal bleed rather than anything related to headshaking - sweat and trembling = shock, and loss of vision and inability to stand = general debility. Nothing you would have been able to do about it, sadly - be nice to yourself for a while,
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Post by portiabuzz on Jun 23, 2013 9:14:14 GMT 1
am very sorry for you heidi xxxx ((hugs)) xxxx RIP special girl
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Post by heidi on Jun 23, 2013 23:55:20 GMT 1
Thankyou Jill and Portiabuzz. She has certainly left a very big hole.
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Post by mrsfields on Jun 24, 2013 8:15:33 GMT 1
oh goodness heidi, i'm so sorry about your mare - that must've been devastating for you... do take care x
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Post by portiabuzz on Jun 25, 2013 22:53:28 GMT 1
i bet feel for you xx
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Post by clava on Sept 8, 2013 9:42:10 GMT 1
Just wanted to update this and say that we had no more headshaking over the summer, so a total of two days when I put her on to the lush grass and hooves are so much better too.
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Post by Solly on Sept 8, 2013 12:46:16 GMT 1
Sorry to say Sorrel's headshaking came back as soon as the nice summer weather started (along with an abundance of flies) and has been as bad as ever despite salt. Maybe he's the exception that proves the rule!
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