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Haflinger randomly parks out

3K views 12 replies 7 participants last post by  Cowgirls Boots 
#1 ·
So I've had alot of threads on my recent lease to own.

I've noticed that randomly he will start to park out. The first time I noticed this he was colicing. But today he did it 3x. It's like he has to pee, but doesn't.

He isn't foundering. There's no abnormal heat, digital pulse, lameness. I have no clue why he would be parking out for no good reason.

I do know he needs his sheath cleaned but other then that I'm stumped.

Here's a pic of him doing so.

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My friend has a halflinger mare and she does the same thing. I don't know why, though.
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So what do I do to treat that? Sand clear I'm assuming. I've never had a horse with sand in their gut, though.

Right now I have him on probios for 2 weeks then I can probably do the sand clear in the beginning of Sept.

I did notice him licking dirt one night in his stall, although I haven't seen it since.

I did clean his sheath and he had a huge bean the size of a quarter, if not bigger. :Shock: Poor guy, that had to feel terrible.
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I don't think he did before I got him. I have a mineral salt lick and himilayin salt lick on a rope in my stall which I've noticed he LOVES. The himilayin lick is almost gone and I've only had him a week.
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They can also do that if they have back pain.

Taken from an article about sheath cleaning I've just come across.... "


By Ben Espy, DVM, DACT
General Health - Feb 28th, 11"

http://www.aaep.org/health_articles_view.php?id=366

"Myth #4: An unusually large smegma “bean” can block a horse’s urethra. Smegma can accumulate in the depression at the end of the penis, called the urethral fossa. Commonly known as the “bean,” this smegma plug can vary from about the size of a small eraser to a lima bean. When male horses stand “camped out”—with their hind legs stretched behind them and their backs hunched in an uncomfortable-looking stance—some people worry that they’re having trouble urinating. But the force of a horse’s urine stream is far too strong to be inhibited by any amount of smegma. In fact, the “camped-out” stance is usually a sign of abdominal pain caused, for example, by ulcers or colic."
 
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No back pain to my knowledge. I've ran my fingers along his back and there's no soreness.

He doesn't seem uncomfortable when he does it. He doesnt hunch his back. He parks out like he was taught to do it. How do you tell if a horse has ulcers, though?

He did it once today. But when he did it I had grain in my hand and he was on the cross ties. Like he was stretching forward to get it.
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