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Post by julz on Dec 23, 2008 16:40:27 GMT 1
when i rode at the RS, where I later worked, there was a horse that wee'd every time it was in canter..... there must have been something very wrong with his kidneys to do that....
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Trouble
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Post by Trouble on Dec 23, 2008 17:31:27 GMT 1
Well, I decided not to hang around, I've just had a chat with my vet on the phone and she has agreed it could be something or nothing, kidney or urinary (sp) infecetion, or a blockage (unlikely a when he does go he pees a river!) but that the kicking up coupled with the weeing behaviour under saddle could be linked, she's said to get a sample to them and we'll go from there.
Anyone know how long you have to get a sample to them? Or if it needs to be kept in the fridge or anything?
So, I've just been down to our food lab, at work, and scrounged a load of sterile pots and a sterile bucket! Guess what I'm going to be doing this Christmas...
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Post by jes on Dec 23, 2008 17:49:30 GMT 1
Good luck getting the sample Trouble. My previous horse had a weeing problem and I had to try and get a sample. IF I happened to catch him going, bluming horse would insantly stop if I tried to catch any! I never did get a sample!
My current horse does the stopping to wee as a form of napping thing to. It's very annoying!
Hope you get to the bottom of it Trouble.
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Post by graymare on Dec 23, 2008 18:58:28 GMT 1
B wont wee with a rider either. Nor will she wee whilst out competing, be it dressage or XC. have tried everything, she just wont go. I have to watch the length if time we're out and stabel her immediately on return travel boots and all - first thing she does is a huge huge wee.
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Post by mags on Dec 23, 2008 19:00:51 GMT 1
Trouble what was the cause of the colic...I didnt know he had had colic lol
Dan loves drinking cranberry juice from the bucket, that wouldnt hurt
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Post by Trouble on Dec 23, 2008 21:13:25 GMT 1
You did...honestly! It was when we first realised he'd reacted badly to the grass at the old yard and needed the magnesium, he;d got himself into a real stress without the magnesium and has a touch of colic - it was so low grade that they never even gave him anything for it (other than get him on the magnesium supplement)
Vet sat in his stable for an hour watching him stress, until she noticed a pattern where he kept looking at his flanks, she had a good listen and there was a slight gurgle....it was never a 'confirmed' colic but that's what she thought it was - but the cause was the need for magnesium.
I still have all our emails from back then somewhere, I'm sure we spoke about it at the time...
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Post by mags on Dec 24, 2008 4:21:53 GMT 1
I believe you, you would not believe what a bad memory iv got. I swear if I look back at my posts id have even posted stuff twice having forgot lol. Phew, just have moment panic there, couldnt remember it and was busy piecing together colic and his dislike of been girthed and getting ulcers lmao
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Post by Trouble on Dec 24, 2008 9:14:50 GMT 1
lol...no it was a stress colic he gave himself from reacting like a loony to the grass - which we then later found out the farmer had put a high potassium/phospherous fertiliser on...
It was discovered the day he had his bloods done when we tested him for any deficiencies.
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Post by pd on Dec 24, 2008 13:46:46 GMT 1
Hi Trouble, good luck with getting a sample, and don't worry if its positive, there are treatments available and your vets will be able to help him be much more comfortable if thats what it is. Well done for getting on with it.
I'm off line for a couple of weeks now, but will try to catch up with your progress on my return. cheers
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