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| delly-b |
Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 4:19:22 PM
Hi...
I have noticed recently one of my horses has started throwing his head up really high, almost throwing himself backwards and kind of yawning. He actually did it out today when I was leading him out too. I have never seen it before and just wondered if it was normal??
All other habits totally fine... Eating, drinking, teeth all fine...
Just seems strange to me ..
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| Libby Frost |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 8:24:51 PM
Originally posted by delly-b
Hi...
I have noticed recently one of my horses has started throwing his head up really high, almost throwing himself backwards and kind of yawning. He actually did it out today when I was leading him out too. I have never seen it before and just wondered if it was normal??
All other habits totally fine... Eating, drinking, teeth all fine...
Just seems strange to me ..
check the tightness of the head collar is my first reaction |
| Professional Lurker |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 7:26:52 PM
Hi.
Right, quidding, showing my age here but that's what it was called back in the day. It's when a horse chews food, hay, haylege and then either stores it in their mouth, (think hamster !) and/or then spits it out and you get lumps of half chewed wet goopy food left all over the place.
Usually an indicator of pain.
My lad did the yawning, though that was downwards not up as in your boy, held his lower lip sideways for thirty seconds at a time, (a movement that the specialist dentistry vet had never seen before,) and made a complete mess of his box and outside his door with goops of hay so knew we had a problem.
All this behaviour appeared within the space of a couple of days.
Vets best quess was a bang on the head resulting in the inflamation so you might have to go down the x-ray route to get to the bottom of it.
Good Luck with getting it sorted.
PL.
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| delly-b |
Posted - 19 Apr 2010 : 4:55:11 PM
Hi, thanks again.
Sorry im not sure what you mean by quidding PL ?
I havnt noticed him fall or hit his head, tho he is running with his mare at the moment so that is anyones guess.
He does seem fine in every other way tho and this isn't a constant behaviour thing. Just seen 3-4 times now. He is wearing head collar constantly for first time tho to keep his fly rug on.
I will ask vet to do a full check on him when he goes... Thank you xx |
| Professional Lurker |
Posted - 19 Apr 2010 : 11:17:27 AM
As Rowena says this could be a problem with the temperomandibular joint.
Has he banged his head or had a fall in the field that you know of.
My gelding had this yawning and also severe quidding, after x-rays and vet inspection we had anit-inflamatory injections in both sides of the head which seems to have done the trick.
We did go down the teeth route first but teeth were spot on which left us with inflamation in his temperomandible joints in the vets opinion.
I'd get your vet to check it out.
PL. |
| Avonbrook |
Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 8:26:01 PM
I notice that you say that his teeth are fine apart from there being one wolf tooth due to come out. If he has had a dental spec in so that his teeth can be checked, the yawning may be a sign that there is a problem with one or both temperomandibular joints (hinge of lower jaw)and/or problems where the skull joins the neck. I'd agree with Mrs Vlacq as regards a chiro, anything that starts suddenly is worth a look.
Rowena |
| vjc |
Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 8:21:10 PM
Very strange ??? i would be inclined to have some health checks done too, yawning can sometimes be a sign of pain or discomfort as in pregnant mares when in labour, it may be nothing but it does sound odd??? |
| delly-b |
Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 7:58:12 PM
Well I certainly think it looked odd ... Different to usual yawning... He has wolf tooth that is coming out on 30th when he goes for castration.
The only other thought I had was that he has just started to wear a full neck "pagoni" midge rug which has elastic to hold it up round the throat area... It's not too tight as I have it fastened round a head collar at the top instead of tightening the throat straps.... Do you think this could be something? (although he wasn't wearing it on his walk out)
x |
| Mrs Vlacq |
Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 6:05:46 PM
I'd check teeth , ears, glands and poll alignment. Drinking the wind is totally normal, but this sounds a bit odd - ask the chiro to take a look? He might be getting wolf teeth? |
| delly-b |
Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 5:44:39 PM
He is 5.... X |
| Montikka |
Posted - 18 Apr 2010 : 5:12:57 PM
How old is he? |
