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which_chickPony outing yesterday went fairly well -- we did some exploring, went up the usual Betsy Road and down the other side (which has shitty footing about halfway down so we quit after we'd had enough of that) and back up and down the proper side. We explored all of the side trails off of Betsy road and discovered that most of them dead end a not-terribly-far distance from Betsy Road. One goes to a pond, one goes to a creek, one goes on some absolutely lovely grassy turf to a POSTED sign, and a couple just dead end in the woods.
We found the missing easyboot (it fell off Casper's back foot on the Wednesday outing, an event not mentioned because it was overshadowed by the nosebleed thing) so that was good. A missing easyboot is like fifty dollars, so yay for us finding it.
We flew home trotting after the grassy turf to the POSTED sign -- the footing was spectacular and the horses felt good and we hadn't done as much work as we usually do -- and neither horse had any major issues. Casper clips (her back feet step on the heels of her front feet) sometimes at the extended trot, an issue that requires some management because bloody heels are Not Good in competitive trail. Nick, of course, bleeds from the nose, which is a new-and-worrisome thing. So, we extended the trot there to see how the horses would handle it.
When we got home, Casper's feet were pristine, so yay. Nick had a fine looking nose when I took her bridle off. Then she put her head down to eat grass and when she picked her head up, she had a bloody nose. Fuck. It was less than on Wednesday, not so much blood and more of a mucous look to it. It was more like pink than red and the volume was about half of what there was Wednesday. I'm still worried, but not hugely worried. Whatever it is, it looked better yesterday than it did on Wednesday... and I'm okay with "continue to observe" here as a strategy as long as she looks/acts healthy in other ways and continues to improve. She's eating well, moves out well, doesn't seem to be listless or less-than-forward... all systems appear to be go except that she bleeds from the nose. Nick also has a ding on her right hind pastern, a ding that I think was caused by a bad step. She's never before interfered so I am hoping this was a one-shot. She does travel pretty close behind, though, so it's something I'll have to keep an eye on during future rides.
Gillian and Tasha say that every adult needs to have a sponsoring junior to go to this damn ride. La didn't figure she needed a sponsoring junior because she was a 4-H leader, but that's not what the rules say. (I am not going to argue with La over what the rules say, but my interpretation of the text suggests that Gillian and Tasha are correct.) La and I both want to go, but we only have one sponsoring junior (Cass). Not sure how that's going to work, honestly. I'll be rather upset if I don't get to go, particularly after all the time I've put in, but it's not my kid (La's niece) and it's not my horse (La's mom's horse) and it's not my horse trailer (La's mom's horse trailer). Not sure what we're going to do about this, but it's a moot point if I can't get my freaking horse to stop bleeding from the nose.
We found the missing easyboot (it fell off Casper's back foot on the Wednesday outing, an event not mentioned because it was overshadowed by the nosebleed thing) so that was good. A missing easyboot is like fifty dollars, so yay for us finding it.
We flew home trotting after the grassy turf to the POSTED sign -- the footing was spectacular and the horses felt good and we hadn't done as much work as we usually do -- and neither horse had any major issues. Casper clips (her back feet step on the heels of her front feet) sometimes at the extended trot, an issue that requires some management because bloody heels are Not Good in competitive trail. Nick, of course, bleeds from the nose, which is a new-and-worrisome thing. So, we extended the trot there to see how the horses would handle it.
When we got home, Casper's feet were pristine, so yay. Nick had a fine looking nose when I took her bridle off. Then she put her head down to eat grass and when she picked her head up, she had a bloody nose. Fuck. It was less than on Wednesday, not so much blood and more of a mucous look to it. It was more like pink than red and the volume was about half of what there was Wednesday. I'm still worried, but not hugely worried. Whatever it is, it looked better yesterday than it did on Wednesday... and I'm okay with "continue to observe" here as a strategy as long as she looks/acts healthy in other ways and continues to improve. She's eating well, moves out well, doesn't seem to be listless or less-than-forward... all systems appear to be go except that she bleeds from the nose. Nick also has a ding on her right hind pastern, a ding that I think was caused by a bad step. She's never before interfered so I am hoping this was a one-shot. She does travel pretty close behind, though, so it's something I'll have to keep an eye on during future rides.
Gillian and Tasha say that every adult needs to have a sponsoring junior to go to this damn ride. La didn't figure she needed a sponsoring junior because she was a 4-H leader, but that's not what the rules say. (I am not going to argue with La over what the rules say, but my interpretation of the text suggests that Gillian and Tasha are correct.) La and I both want to go, but we only have one sponsoring junior (Cass). Not sure how that's going to work, honestly. I'll be rather upset if I don't get to go, particularly after all the time I've put in, but it's not my kid (La's niece) and it's not my horse (La's mom's horse) and it's not my horse trailer (La's mom's horse trailer). Not sure what we're going to do about this, but it's a moot point if I can't get my freaking horse to stop bleeding from the nose.
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Date: 2007-08-19 12:23 am (UTC)Alternatively have you tried taking her temp at all? Occasionally, in horses with a low grade upper / lower respiratory infection or virus, the inflammation in the airways can make them more prone to minor nosebleeds. If it's low level, she won't necessarily present as off colour. (My general impression of her is that she's a pretty tough little pony - you don't sound like you overly coddle your horses.) And you've been out and about with her a bit lately, yes? She could easily have picked up something.
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Date: 2007-08-19 11:32 am (UTC)She coughed a couple of times (very unusual for her) on Wednesday, which was the first time this happened. She did not cough on Friday. I'm leaning toward popped a blood vessel at this point what with the decrease in blood on Friday and the continued bright-eyed, bushy-tailed presentation in the face of all of this. She felt off *when coughing* on Wednesday but then recovered (during the ride) to "normal". She was also normal on Friday. Saturday was a day off and it's raining today (Sunday) so I don't know that we'll go out. Also, I have family visiting and need to spend time with them. A further riding/evaluation may wait until Monday.