Re: Thumps

["GESA BRINKS" <gesaeqfx@pe.net>]

If the thumps ever happens again try carrying some calcium tums (any kind as
long as it is calcium)  Give the horse about 10 or 12 of them.  Mine like
the fruit flavored kind.  It also works for gas colic.  Worth a try and wont
hurt a thing.  If they dont want to take them, I use a balling gun or grind
them up in water or whatever and syringe it down them.  Just a suggestion
that has worked for me.   gesa n clovis n sky.
-----Original Message-----
From: guest@endurance.net <guest@endurance.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 4:53 PM
Subject: RC: Thumps


>Teresa Mc Hugh sierramex@hotmail.com
>I recently took a pack trip in the mountains.  One of the horses was not
well conditioned and in the heat of the day showed signs of stress.  I put
water on him to bring down his heart rate whereupon he started to thump.
This continued for a long time and he was still showing signs next morning.
I did everything I could using team, massage and pressure points to
stabilize him and was surprised that the thumps should have lasted so long.
It seems like more than an electrolyte imbalance.  Does anyone have any
ideas as to why it was so severe and if this is an indication that this
horse is just more suseptible than most.  All input welcome.
>
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