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jaydee - this is not ERS, this is RER - Recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis. RER can't have potassium. We do not KNOW if she has ulcers. I am ASSUMING she can get ulcers. In my opinion, ulcers can be treated with medicine. She is not a high strung horse, just a cribber and her cribbing has gone down 50% since moving to this new barn. In turnout she will NOT move. In a large dirt lot or arena (what we have access to, so please respect my limitations and work off of what I have when you offer advice), she stands and cribs. She ties up when she is turned out with another horse who makes her RUN. Every time she's had an episode it has been under these conditions, the last one where she ran for over 20 minutes straight with another horse sent her to the hospital. So forgive me if I choose a stall for her, because too much exercise makes her sick.
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horselovinguy - only when she is turned out and made to gallop/race around. Then she ties up. This last time I caught was after my friend, not knowing, turned her out with her extremely aggressive and hyper mare and they went around and around at full tilt for over 5 minutes. I come to the barn and she's breaking out into spontaneous sweating. Not full tie-up but she was breathing heavy and wouldn't move. I agree, after turnout she should be walked or cooled off. I am brand new to this disorder... I did not know. I am doing everything I can now to recognize what can trigger one of these episodes.
She is in very light work under saddle, and we do light dressage. She doesn't experience episodes after being ridden, just after being turned out with the horses who like to zoom. She is not a zoomer. She is a stagnant being who would rather stand and sleep than move about. Whether this is due to pain in her body from the RER or her personality is not clear yet, but for the past three years this is constant across the board. She does NOT like to run.
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rambo99 - this is why the vet suggested we soak it, to remove any sugar that possibly could be in there.
OMG! The management for this is insane!!! I am so thankful I am at a barn that will adjust their standard practices for me...
I would also like to note that
yes I do believe in pasture turnout and I am not someone who is against it... but not for this horse. With all of her issues, she needs constant monitoring 24/7 which we would not get if she was in a pasture. If this were ANY OTHER horse she'd be out there frolicking about, but Tyra has too many issues, too many health concerns and needs too much supervision for me to feel safe with her in an area with other horses where she cannot be seen at all times.
AS A COMPROMISE we are moving her to the "large stalls" which have 50 x 60 enclosed area and a 14x14 indoor box stall leading out. I am on the waitlist. Just waiting to get the call that they have a stall for us.