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Discussion on Help for EPSM gelding
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Cynthra
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Posted on Thursday, Dec 7, 2006 - 9:07 pm:
, Posted on Monday, Dec 4, 2006 - 9:10 am:
Has anyone tried Omegatin as a grain ration for an EPSM horse? I started using it as a conduit for the oil which my gelding (Perch/paint cross) does not like. I ended up cutting the oil to about 2 Tbsp. per feeding. He gets two cups Omegatin in the AM and one Pm with oil plus Quiessence, Vitamin E and selenium. He is 8 and for the last 4 years has been out 24/7. Over the summer he was on pasture (mostly timothy) during the day and in a paddock at night with free choice grass hay.
This fall, during a low level dressage lesson he began having trouble with his hind end: cross cantering, switching leads, breaking to trot and "hitching". His walk has sometimes been a bit 'sticky' since then but he usually gets better as we go along and after trotting for a bit.
In his most recent episode (last week) he again had trouble cantering and when the vet checked him he was lame on three of four limbs after flexion. Bute did not seem to help.
The blood work showed elevated muscle enzymes but I was not told which ones.
I wonder if fall grass aggravated his condition or whether increasing his work load at too fast a pace did it.
Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Posted on Wednesday, Dec 6, 2006 - 4:56 pm:
Dr. O,
My gelding (please see my posting from Dec 4th) had a massage today to move the toxins out of his muscles and during the final 10- 15 minutes urinated 5 TIMES!!!
Once last year when I was tacking him up he had an episode of muscle fasiculations and peed 4 times in 20 minutes. He sometimes urinates frequently when in a new place where there is a lot going on. I wonder if these things are related?
Can you comment?
Thanks in advance, Cynthia
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