*let me just preface this by saying my vet is aware of the issue, and does not think it's anything to panic about, this is something that has been ongoing for 3-4 years. Horse is UTD on everything/always has been. Has had blood work done recently over summer, nothing wrong with her other than her tendon/bone injuries that have nothing to do with this. This is not by any means an emergency, I am just curious what could cause this.*
What would cause a horse to have one droopy ear? She sees vet regularly and has not had any ear mites or what-have-you. No weird fungus infections (minus one on her chest 5+ years ago). She's a bit of a "derpy" mare and has been known to whack her head at times as she's 17.3h and our stalls have bars across the top window area (now closed off for this reason).
Her ear started gradually drooping maybe 3-4 years ago. It wasn't all the time, or bad, to start with. Hardly noticeable at first. In the past 1-2 years it has gotten quite droopy. She seems to be able to move it forward in a "'pricked" position just fine, but once her ears are no longer pricked, it goes right back to being droopy as if there is no other range of motion. Although, there are times where her left ear is pricked, and the right ear (droopy one) is sort of stuck in droopy position. Sometimes she can ***** it, sometimes it seems like she isn't able to.
Am I forgetting any needed info?
I'll post some pictures.
What would cause a horse to have one droopy ear? She sees vet regularly and has not had any ear mites or what-have-you. No weird fungus infections (minus one on her chest 5+ years ago). She's a bit of a "derpy" mare and has been known to whack her head at times as she's 17.3h and our stalls have bars across the top window area (now closed off for this reason).
Her ear started gradually drooping maybe 3-4 years ago. It wasn't all the time, or bad, to start with. Hardly noticeable at first. In the past 1-2 years it has gotten quite droopy. She seems to be able to move it forward in a "'pricked" position just fine, but once her ears are no longer pricked, it goes right back to being droopy as if there is no other range of motion. Although, there are times where her left ear is pricked, and the right ear (droopy one) is sort of stuck in droopy position. Sometimes she can ***** it, sometimes it seems like she isn't able to.
Am I forgetting any needed info?
I'll post some pictures.