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Discussion on Tongue Lolling
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dsmith6
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 10, 2009 - 10:11 am:
Hi
last night my horse has started tongue lolling. He does it mostly while he is eating his hay- but sometimes at random times when standing in paddock. He seems uncomfortable. I don't think he needs his teeth floated as he just got it done this summer (on an operating table- which I posted in "dental surgery" posting). I'm thinking maybe he has something stuck in his teeth. He will bite on grain bucket and the fence too almost like he's trying to get something out. I cannot afford to have the vet out again as we have gone thru the wringer this year with a sick donkey (another post of mine) and my horses issues. Can anyone recommend how to open his mouth to observe if he has something caught or maybe a flushing to remove anything caught? anything at all that I can do without calling the vet yet to try and fix this if it is indeed just something stuck in teeth or tongue and doesnt require floating. I'm desperate and my wallet can't handle another vet call! thank you! Danielle
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Member:
dsmith6
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 10, 2009 - 2:05 pm:
my vet is coming out tomorrow.
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Member:
vickiann
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 10, 2009 - 2:42 pm:
Danielle,
Sometimes horses will do this if they are having some kind of digestive upset, or if there is something caught in their throat.
Good luck getting to the bottom of this without adverse effects.
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Member:
annes
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Posted on Friday, Sep 11, 2009 - 10:22 am:
Danielle, my TB (who cribs) had a splinter stuck in his inside upper lip once. He stopped eating his grain because it was so painful and that is how I discovered it. The vet had to dig pretty deep to get it all. Thankfully, this has not happened again, it was years ago. I hope you can get this resolved easily. Please let us know what happens.
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Member:
dsmith6
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 - 8:24 am:
Hi, well we had good news- thank goodness!
Our vet examined his mouth, took a garden hose and washed his mouth out. My horse had some grass and food packed in between his 2nd and 3rd molars- so that was all washed and picked out. Then the vet felt around and he seemed to have gaps between the molars on each side- both were consistent. Also, there was some sensitivity in these gaps- so he diagnosed him with gingivitis and inflammation. His recommendations was feed wet food to make up for if he doesn't eat enough hay and also to syringe the backs of his mouth with warm saline water 5/6 times each sides. This AM- eating hay no problem! yay! thanks for everyones advice on this.
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Member:
dsmith6
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 - 8:25 am:
oh- I forgot to mention- in addition to eating his hay, the tongue lolling has stopped! yay!
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Member:
frances
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 - 10:17 am:
Oh, I do like these happy-ending threads!
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vickiann
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 12, 2009 - 9:55 pm:
Excellent news!
Thanks for sharing this happy and informative result.
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